On watching The Bourne Supremacy again

While I enjoy good (i.e. critically acclaimed) films and literature, I am not a film or book snob. Even so, I just don't understand my fascination with The Bourne Supremacy. Is it some idealistic identification with the tough-talking yet fallable CIA supervisor Pamela Landy (fallible above all for being so easily targetted by the un-sexy yet efficient Bourne)? Why doesn't she close her blinds? Sheesh. Maybe it's the car chase (the best car chase I think I have EVER seen, by the way). Maybe it's the hand-held Canadian-grey feel.

"They don't DO random" ... what a dippy line.

Broken Flowers

Ben suggested that Bill Murray's performance in Broken Flowers is like that in Lost in Translation. That's true in some ways, but I see the two films as quite distinct. While Lost in Translation seems about place, Broken Flowers is more about time. I could say more. But I won't.

Summer almost over

My daughter has come and gone and my thesis still isn't done. I have resorted to reading books on writing techniques. Still, the thesis has been overhauled and--while there is less than I would have preferred--it is better.