Assignment L.08.11: No Man’s Land
I just found this. Â I cannot believe I never came across it before now. Â Just yesterday I ordered a DVD-R copy from a “source,” thinking it was the only way to obtain it.
Harold Pinter-No Man’s Land-John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson
This 1978 television version of the original stage production has never been released commercially. Â I do not know why. Â Maybe the BBC wants to have exclusive control over when and how it gets viewed. Â That is not surprising since it is a special sublime thing. Â It is sublime beyond sublime. Â The image, unfortunately, is poor on this transfer (I hope it will be better on the DVD I ordered–if I did in fact order it and not just cough into empty cyberspace), and I hope the sound allows for enjoying the language at least a little (I haven’t taken it in myself, yet).
I don’t yet want to turn into a school marm and lecture on why I think this is so special. Â I’d rather folks watch it and…experience.
Good Flick
I don’t know if this movie has made it out your way, but I saw Bill Maher’s Religulous this weekend. I have never been much of a Maher fan, but the movie is pretty good. No matter what your beliefs are, it’s a pretty funny movie.
Mike
My friend’s blog.
While I lived in Rome, I did as the Romans do. So I built some aqueducts, and made some friends.
Two or three would make great Lichtenbergians. www.jumpexam.com I wanted to share a blog from one of those friends, Michael Bailey, a professor of history at Berry College. I thought you guys might get a kick out of his view of the world. www.jumpexam.com
http://professormikey.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Taking a Moment: David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace hanged himself:
The article does not mention he also played competitive tennis in his teens. Â My one impression of him from a Charlie Rose interview was of affable intensity and a desire to reveal a genuine thinking indecisiveness in his responses. Â I don’t know if anything can be gleaned from that observation.
I think it’s important for our survival as Lichtenbergians that we not be so quick to slip this one under the rug. Â America’s youngest monumentalist (I may have just coined that one) author is dead by his own hand. Â One can only wonder at this point. Â The peak looming in the background of our insignia is looking a bit more shadowy at present. Â A darkness we may need to feel our way through for a while.
Art?
OK, I’ll play.
A new assignment?
Summer Vacation
Watch These. Trust Me.
From the man who brought you Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a musical super hero saga 70-646 starring Neil Patrick Harris. This is my favorite thing I have ever watched on the internet.