Saturday, August 18, 2012

Listen, Darling

Buzz (doesn't he look absolutely stunned in this scene!) and Pinkie go on the road after Judy (I mean Pinkie) sings "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" in the early scenes of Listen, Darling. She seems so very young and real.  The year of release is 1938 - the same year The Wizard was shot, but I'd rather watch/listen to this wonderful old tear jerker that leaves no emotion hidden behind any curtain.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

A Different World in Each One's Mind

     "Wildly, like trapped animals, the seven of them made their way forward into the darkness of the living room. Under their feet, the carpet stirred restlessly. They could hear it all around them, the uneasy living presence, rippling and fretting, struggling into irritable animation....
     "On all sides, lamps and books stirred sullenly. Once, Mrs. Pritchet gave a mindless squeak of terror; the cord of the television set had craftily wrapped itself around her ankle. Bill Laws, with a swift yank of his hand, snapped the cord and pulled her loose. Behind them, the severed cord lashed furiously, impotently."
Eye in the Sky, Philip K. Dick