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11月11日 They shall not grow old,As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Veterans Day in the US. Armistice Day in other places. A time to reflect on the ones who didn't come back. Ave atque vale. Showed United 93 for cinema. Got unexpected results: at the end of the movie everyone just sat there, except for some girls who were sniffling. They were stunned by the emotion. The abrupt ending, definitely not a happy one, seemed to leave everyone speechless. One student brought up an interesting point- she said she thought the passengers showed an American trait. Control over their lives was taken away from them suddenly and their response was to immediately try to take control back. I hadn't thought about it that way before, but it seemed like a valid observation. Should have a lighter movie next week. I came down with a cold, friday was strange because my voice failed in class, I started sounding like Mickey Mouse. It was odd, and funny. I was supposed to have an employment interview, but begged off, calling the lady and explaining (in a hoarse whisper) that I'd lost my voice. Hope she doesn't think I lost my mind as well. Today was spent mostly sleeping. I made soup from mushrooms and onions, drank Pu Er tea. I'm feeling better but I want to rest and get over the cold quickly. I talked with the cinema classes about movies. My aim is show movies that show some aspect of US culture ( that I can explain if necessary) and that's also interesting to the students. So I've got Last of the Mohicans(adventure) Good Will Hunting ( academic background) and I'm looking for a good romantic comedy. Any ideas, anyone? I'd like to show the Three Musketeers, but it doesn't have subtitles and the English is archaic and hard for the students to understand. It has it all though- humor, courage, nobility, treachery, love, tragedy. To me the scene between Milady(Faye Dunaway) and Athos(Oliver Reed) is magnificent. A meeting between two people who had been lovers, each had thought the other dead, each feeling betrayed by the other, now on opposite sides in a struggle for power. Excellent acting and directing. The screenplay for this version is written by George MacDonald Fraser, whose hero Flashman is the English version of Wei Xiao Bao. Good Will Hunting came into it because one class asked for a movie about US college life. I'm not into Animal House so I threw out the first movie I could think of about academia- one that I liked a lot, as I identify with Will. A Beautiful Mind is also a possiblity. Russel Crowe did a good job there. Few students ever ask me about Princeton so maybe it will be good. Back in the US a friend took me to see A Beautiful Mind. She said her mom had seen it and thought I should see it. To this day, I'm not sure if that was a compliment or not...... I got revenge by showing her a Klein bottle. Klein bottles are an anomaly in that they have only one side, -no inside or outside-. Very good for freaking out people who havent' thought about topology ( which almost no-one has:) ) This is getting to be a long entry. Maybe I should write more tomorrow. Staying home all day alone has me bored. I don't feel well enough to study but I can't sleep all the time. Eh, Can go look at a DVD. hmmm Black Rain? Japan meets the NYPD... yeahh....A |
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