X-Rays of birds breathing.

green porno

Isabella Rossellini made Green Porno, a series strange, dramatic and hilarious theatrical shorts with bug sex themes. I just love them.

Notes on a movie

I saw the movie Notes on a Scandal tonight and was very impressed. It was based on a novel, and I love movies that keep that "book" feeling, if that makes any sense. I thought the characters were fascinating, and reminded me of some stories I have written - or have aspired to write. I was particularly drawn to a scene where Cate Blanchett dresses up as her former rock star self. It seems that at that point she has the clarity to understand the motives of another character.

David Lynch

I'm really getting into David Lynch films. I just watched The Elephant Man, which was quite different than some of his other films I've seen. Highly recommended.

Little Otik visited for breakfast

Laurie and I watched Little Otik today after breakfast.

Synopsis:

Surrealist master Jan Svankmajer (ALICE) brings a famous Czech legend eerily to life in this darkly hilarious cautionary tale. An ordinary couple, Karel and Bozena, are unable to conceive a child. When Karel digs up a tree root and whittles something vaguely resembling a human baby, Bozena’s maternal longings transform the stump into a living creature with a (literally) monstrous appetite that can’t be met with baby formula. Svankmajer brilliantly mixes his wicked humor with his subversive politics and love of mythology into a stunning live-action fable for our times.