pta & haim

late night hooked on their videos (greek theater, like a star is born)

best of the decade (from the 2019 oscar telecast)

Paul Schrader

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Watched Apocalypse Now tonight in Imax. The film remains as problematic as ever in terms of theme and intent. It's like vibrating under the spell of juiced up pro war amphetamines while, in the distance, hearing a dour somewhat confused country preacher declaiming war's evils. But visually and auditorily, man, it stands alone.

Added comment. The schizophrenic nature of the film goes back to the script itself. John's original script was all bravado and gung ho crazy. Francis has the opposite sensibility.. The Ride of the Valkyries, the surfers, the bunnies--that's Milius. The Michael Herr narration, the plantation exposition, the meditations on evil--that's Coppola.

favorite films of the decade (working draft)

tree of life
inside llewyn davis
zero dark thirty
inception
only lovers left alive (patterson)
twin peaks: the return
horace & pete
the deuce
vietnam war
long strange trip
wolf of wall street
lady bird
midsommar
once upon a time in hollywood

greenberg
the master / inherent vice / phantom thread
everybody wants some
toni erdmann
suspiria
rolling thunder revue

Grateful Dead - Uptown Theater, 12.3.79

That late fall 79 sound...Brent's keyboard/Phil's bass...cokey dirty bar band tempo**...

Set1
Alabama Getaway**
Promised Land
Brown-Eyed Woman
El Paso
Ramble on Rose
It's All Over Now**
Jack-a-Roe
Lazy Lightnin'>
Supplication
Althea**
Music Never Stopped