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Redemption Song - movies, music & thoughts - 050930

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey - "Warming by the Devil's Fire" | Salma Hayek | Alice In Chains | puppeteering | labyrinth - maze | butterflies | Immoral Majority

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MOVIES --


- TONIGHT -


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
This offbeat romantic comedy (which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) stars Jim Carrey as Joel, who opts for a procedure in which memories of his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), are erased after he learns she's already had the surgery done. But as his doctor begins to wipe out traces of Clementine, Joel decides he doesn't want to lose what's left of their relationship, so he squirrels away the memories somewhere else in his brain.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, David Cross
Director: Michel Gondry


Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey (7-Disc Series) (2002)
Disc 4: Warming by the Devil's Fire
This PBS series, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, consists of seven feature-length films that capture the essence of the blues while exploring how this art form so deeply influenced music and people the world over. The films include such treasures as rare video footage, interviews and unforgettable performances by some of the greatest musicians in blues history.
Starring: B.B. King, Ray Charles, More
Director: Martin Scorsese, More
Disc 4: This disc includes the film "Warming by the Devil's Fire," in which director Charles Burnett presents the parallels between gospel and the blues through the story of a young Mississippi boy. Special performances from the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotton, Ida Cox, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Muddy Waters and more are included.
Additional "Actors:" Son House, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mississippi John Hurt, Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Ida Cox, Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington Love, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins


- UPCOMING -


wanting to watch Butterfly Effect (2004) again - If you could travel back in time and undo a horrible childhood, would you? This thriller poses that complex question when a young man named Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher), who's besieged by tragic memories, discovers a way to alter his past. But should he?

speaking of butterflies [see also below in THOUGHTS] - i should watch this one again, also: In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) - Salma Hayek steps out in a weighty, serious role as Minerva Mirabel, a resistance fighter against the popular dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) in the Dominican Republic


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...and speaking of Salma Hayek: i'd like to also watch Frida (2002) again... Julie Taymor directs this Oscar-winning biopic of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek), focusing on her often rocky relationship with husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). Also known for her controversial political and sexual reputation (she was a communist and a bisexual), Frida struggled with a life of wracking pain ...and yes, i agree, i'd drink any liquid off her body... see previous: 050920 [From Dusk Till Dawn] - i will borrow that one again just to watch her performance!


above quote[s] from netflix

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MUSIC --


Alice In Chains

google "Alice In Chains"


see also above in MUSIC - Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey - "Warming by the Devil's Fire"


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THOUGHTS --


...wierd: both movies i watched last night had to do with puppeteering... see previous: 050929 [Being John Malkovich & Labyrinth]

was searching for one of my mazes that i had online years ago, but can't find it. will have to dig a little deeper into the archives - - update: 10/01 - found it! see 051001.2

google "LABYRINTH" | google "PUPPETEER"


regarding butterflies [see above in MOVIES-UCOMING]: have been seeing a few lately, but it seems that they are not nearly as numerous as before! what does this mean?
Search /RENEGADE/ for articles that mention environment
[only articles for the last six months will be indexed]


- LINK OF THE DAY -


Immoral Majority by Eugene Robinson
What's the difference between the Republican Party then and the Republican Party now? Here's an illustration: Richard Nixon was the president who established the Environmental Protection Agency. Tom "The Hammer" DeLay is the congressman who called the EPA a latter-day "Gestapo."


see also: /RENEGADE/


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