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[aslant]

i'm watching eight women (not to be confused with 8 1/2 women, which i saw in italy and will forever think of as 'otto donne e mezza' with pachinko parlor sounds in the background). so adorable! i want the little girl in green, in my pocket. and oh the adorable songs.


interview next week at the harvard university press for the publicity associate opening. i'm very excited, yet trying to stay quiet---schlepping half a mile down garden street in interview clothes in this heat is not appealing.

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[souvenant.livejournal.com]

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[aslant.livejournal.com]

really? well, i'm flattered all over again, then! thank you :) she has such an adorable mouth. her whole face is cute!

i was noticing throughout the film how french women have such a peculiar way of holding their mouths, and also what a bizarre accent whatsername, the sister of the father, had. almost african, or something. i thought that was catherine deneuve, but that was the mother, right? was the sister fanny ardant? why does she look so familiar and yet not? i thought that was someone more famous? hmm.

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[aslant.livejournal.com]

no, not the sister of ludovine, the sister of the father in the film, who played cards with the black maid, was a lesbian, etc. virginia ledoyen definitely looked familiar. i guess fanny ardant was in 'elizabeth'. she also resembles isabella rossellini a little, or perhaps just to me. also juliette binoche. they all look alike to my brain!

juliette binoche was my idol for the longest time, i loved her character in 'the english patient'. she was in a series of ads the year i was in italy, for expensive jewelry, just her face/hands in a sort of classy chanel-esque 1950s background. i cut them out and pasted them all over my room & my journal that year.

[souvenant.livejournal.com]

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wow...that's really amazing that you saw her on stage. and in oleanna!! kirk has mentioned that play to me, isn't it some weird mind-fuck about a girl possibly faking an accusation of rape, to her professor? he said something about impressionable young drama-queens in theater depts always wanting to direct/star in that play, but the subject is controversial enough that it never got approved (in texas). there is a restaurant near us called 'oleana' and i always think of his stories of over-dramatic theater college girls when we drive past :) possibly after all that grueling emotional work in shitty undergraduate productions, they are now living quietly as waitresses at oleana! ha. just in my imagination.

[kleinekatze.livejournal.com]

oleanna! i read that my sophomore year in some 'society and literature' course at fairhaven. all the feminists were stuffy about the rape accusation, and all the guys were stuffy at the portrayal of the professor as a great big ass. we watched the movie, which is considerably easier to understand, as the play is written in conversation style, and unless you're used to it, it's difficult to follow and get the passion behind the words. (if i'm not mistaken, the movie was directed by the writer, i think.) anyways. i think oleanna should be required reading/watching for all college students, especially those who are all uppity about student/professor relations (of any kind.) it really just doesn't let you get away with any quick 'oh i found the answer' kind of thought. but disturbing all the same. yes. good play.

(five days left, are you ready for a drink? i'll buy you a gin and tonic.)

[coast.livejournal.com]

Catherine Deneuve rocks my world. She's the fucking best, man. Am I correct in assuming that 8 women is on HBO on Demand right now? I thought I saw it there. I started watching Hysterical Blindness yesterday and wasn't really impressed. I was like, oh man, this is pretty...not good. And I like Uma Thurman (although only really in Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction) and especially Juliette Lewis. I guess I don't really like Juliette Lewis in movies so much, I just think she's one crazy chick as a person and I dig that. Her band is a big joke, it's so nuts.

Anyhow, I'm rambling.

I will keep my fingers crossed crossed crossed for you! I am sure you will do just fine.

Love you!

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yeah, i saw hysterical blindness when it first premiered. it was okay, but ultimately it was the concept that was more interesting than its actual portrayal. but if 8 women is in on-demand, you *have* to watch it, miss in-love-with-frenchy. you'll love it.

[coast.livejournal.com]

miss in love with frenchy, eh?

vas te faire foutre! :P

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