We just watched "the Life of David Gale," an Alan Parker film about a college professor/accused rapist/murder on death row. Some great acting, some great scenes; some not-so-great acting and cliched scenes. But overall a fantastic film, worth renting.
It really makes you think about the value of an individual life and what's worth doing.
B. guessed the plot twist to-come in the first 30 seconds. Which reminds me that we should be writing movies scripts instead of making fourteen-something per hour in this grad school gig. He really has a feel for knowledge - who knows what, and when, and how. I think I have a feel for scenes - it's all setting and symbolism for me. Together we have a plot outline for a thriller - but when?? We should go to Vegas for two weeks in January and knock it out by the pool.
I am reading a so-called ecological history of Chicago and am bored beyond belief. The same author wrote about New England and I couldn't put the book down. So what's the deal? - is it the subject matter that interests me/bores me, or is this book just not as good as his earlier one?
I am looking forward to reading about the catfight in _Antipode_ about this book. But I fear it's just geographers all ticked off that Cronon got all the credit for writing a book that a geographer "should" have written. Geography = history, with maps. N'est-ce pas??
Posted by otto0114 at November 27, 2004 11:20 PM