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Week in Review

It goes by rather fast when you start thinking about it. There's always something to treasure, to revisit, to bring your mind back to. We highly recommended The Proposal starring Ryan Reynolds and the creature formerly known as Sandra Bullock. She was just someone on Keanu Reeves' bus, and now she's playing opposite of Scarlett Johanssen's fuck-buddy? Imagine our surprise.

The new Fiery Furnaces leaked, life went on as before. The Yankees lost because Johnny Damon couldn't catch a fly ball. Donte Stallworth got 26 days in jail, Plaxico Burress said what the fuck? The people of Iran desired a free election, but try making that happen!

• Molly debated whether Jack Nicholson was worth saving.
• Yvonne reviewed the Francis Bacon exhibition at the MOMA.
• Eleanor made fun of The Hangover, most people didn't get the joke.

Makeshift sex tapes of Leighton Meester and Robert Pattinson circulated like flies. Imagine being one of their mothers. No one wants to be famous if they're really famous, it's like a Gypsy curse. Leonard Michaels had better ideas about these things, but he's a misogynist, and he's no longer with us. To be dead is to be happy.

• Alex explained the brilliance of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell.
• Bill Watterson explicated his love affair with Schulz's Peanuts.
• Ellen Page's favorite music was brought to the fore.

Was in the supermarket the other day and a young woman came up to me and asked does the blinking light meant it is open? Could make no sense of what she was saying, was listening to a book on iPod. Took a moment and decided on phrasing of correct answer: You ought to go and see.

• Molly's favorite movies about the corrupting nature of fame.
• Father's Day gifts from Alex's bookshelf.
• Leonard Michaels' brilliant diaries.

It's better to give advice, any advice. It doesn't matter what it is; it would probably go a long way. We try to forget everything, even things we know are important, because remembering it is so difficult. Our memories are to us as Johnny Damon is to a fly ball hit straight at him.

• Symbols you can recognize even from a fair distance.
• The return of True Blood was hailed by all knowledgeable folks.
• Eleanor showed you how to appreciate Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate.

We'll keep wandering here for a while in case you want to ask us something.

You can find last week's WIR review here.

"My Love For You Is Real" - Ryan Adams (mp3)

"Evergreen" - Ryan Adams (mp3)

"Answering Bell" - Ryan Adams (mp3)

Comments

[Gary Ferdman]

Just to set the record straight, Chagall did NOT spend two years in Paris without Virginia and their family.

Chagall returned from France shortly after David (David McNeil is his legal name, not David Chagall - it's a long story) was born, and they all lived in a modest house in HIgh Falls, NY until they left together for France in 1948.

They stayed together until 1952 when Virginia left Chagall for Belgian photographer Charles Leirens.

For more info, please check out the CHAGALL IN HIGH FALLS web site:
www.chagallinhighfalls.com

And go to the fabulous Chagall exhibit at the Jewish Museum in NYC.

Gary Ferdman
Chagall in High Falls Committee