Post Surgery Musings
It’s now one week after surgery (more on that experience in another post). So did I meet any of my sick-bed goals? link
Well, I didn’t stay in bed a lot. I created a nest in the lower living room with a direct shot at our large flat screen TV, my computers on the other side of the room, a pile of books and a stack of movies.
My mp3 player was on the stand behind me full of podcasts, spoken word stories and music.
The first night I didn’t feel like reading, so I watched the four episodes of Masters of Science Fiction that I had recorded. Why ABC buried this series on a Saturday night and stopped with just a few episodes, I’ll never know. It contains some of the best acting and thoughtful, intelligent writing on TV.
I finished Journey of Souls in a couple nights and Deadline in three sittings (“lyings,” actually. I couldn’t sit). I have read some Hemingway short stories and will read more, appreciating again the concise and powerful writing.
I will get to Jim Harrison.
I went through several TV shows that I had recorded, including The Dog Whisperer, The Office, and in a sweeping bow to my 70s past, recorded WKRP in Cincinnati.
Though I’d seen Once Upon A Time In The West, I watched it again, totally intrigued with Sergio Leone’s sense of composition, and those hypnotic, lingering close-ups on Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale,
Jason Robards, and of course, Henry Fonda, who shocked his fans by appearing as a murderous villain (yes, he even shoots a young boy, a scene censored from the TV versions).
I followed this up with watching the director’s commentary version of Pan’s Labyrinth. Director Guillermo Del Toro goes from formal to very informal -even colorful — in his description of how a masterpiece is constructed.
I went completely to the other side and recorded a few episodes of Family Guy. It’s irreverent, written by joyously brilliant politically incorrect fiends.
More next post.