Saw Mongol, will see the Dark Knight. I luved Christian Bale in American Psycho!!! So funny.

Stayed in & watched TV. WOW! On TCM, old fave, Sweet Smell of Success (1957), then Rope (1948) from Hitchcock. Had never seen it. Pyrotechnic filmmaking, it’s made w/out cuts. So pervy & disturbing, particularly for the time. HITCHCOCK WAS OUT THERE… He did the 1st American picture about a serial killer, Shadow of a Doubt, several years earlier. Rope is about a thrill-killing. The perps are a rich male couple who think they are superior. Leopold & Loeb-types. Saw Frenzy (1972) for the 1st time in years…it’s very shocking too. (Hitch was wild. I heard on some show that he wanted to call North By Northwest, the picture w/ scenes at Mt. Rushmore, The Man In Lincoln’s Nose.) Then I saw High Fidelity…liked it.

Looked at a documentary on the Ramones. I get the Sex Pistols–but not them!!! The music is so bad, & they’re so stupid. JL walked in & said,”Spare me!” So I did.

War, global warming, missing bees, hyper-inflation, deflation, foreclosures, Fannie, Freddie, Indymac, just the beginning…Iran, bombs, terrorists, torture, reality shows….the election…will it all turn into Road Warrior????!!!!

Madonna & Alex Rodriguez. Kaballah, soulmate, British accent, children’s books…Whatever. Who cares? It’s just tired….She has yet another upcoming tour, Sweet & Sticky. I wonder what advance sales are like? If you’ve missed her, menopausal Madge will be on stage until she’s 60!!!! She’s inked a decade-long pact with Live Nation concert promoters.
Speaking of traif, have you watched Bizarre Foods w/ Andrew Zimmern? I like him. Balls, cheeks, guts!!! It’s all there. He eats it! The show can be fascinating.