I know less and less about who I am, or who anybody else is

The American Friend (1977)

Rating 4.8/5.0 
Where 5.0 is the best first film ever by any director

Wim Wenders made the poignant Paris, Texas. Its a 137 minute poem - it is slow, its moody and it is definitely one of the most thought provoking films I have seen. Since then, I have always been wary of watching a Wenders film - they are not entertainers in the conventional sense, they force you to think, to contemplate and they provoke sadness - his films stay with you as symbols, as a burden of what you can't fully comprehend.

The American Friend is a crime/psychological thriller adapted from Particia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game. The real suspense in the film is not what will happen but whether the viewer will ever be able to unravel the true reasons for the way the characters in the film behave and react to situations - it makes the viewer think about what drives the films character to do what they do - What are they thinking? Why are they changing? Is it compulsive behavior or does it have a deeper meaning? Wenders leaves hints through the film and its up to us to intepret it.

I watched three films in between jobs - The Next Three Days (2010),  Army of Shadows (1969) and this one. The Next Three Days is a well made thriller anchored by Russell Crowe's controlled performance, Army of Shaodows is a WW II French Resistance film - it takes you back to the world where freedom was the only reason to live and to die for. Both of these are recommended viewing.

Imdb link here

I wanna be a field day for the Sundays so they can fuck up my life

Wire - Pink Flag
Rating: 4.75/5.00
where 5 is an indie album with naked people kissing on the cover!!


Another punk record. But this time its the famous first album by Wire...something that everyone gets to after listening to Ramones and the Clash...no maybe not everyone, I got to do this pretty late and hence the 4.75 and not the 5 - it would definitely have been a 5 if I had listened to it when I was 27. Infact, come to think of it - Is London Calling a 5? Is Rocket to Russia a 5? Is Death by Television a 5? No, Yes, Yes. London Calling is too pretentious so its a 4.9...

Hee hee haw haw haw haw haw....Ambulances appear...take him away...this man is rating mad.

Rating not raving..did you get that? Man, do I have a sense of humor? Ain't me fantastic my good sir?

This is an awesomely awesomed awesomeness...the lyrics are fantastically good for the first few songs and then they become great again from song no. 16 onwards and in between it gets a tad boring but because everything is 2 minutes long you can almost manage a small dream during the songs you don't fancy that much.

Perhaps I didn't understand it but please please tell me what's so overwhelming about Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights. I mean its nice and all and hey RingO, have a banana for all I care but why are people going gaga over this shit....someone else can replicate this in a minute.

Allmusic Link to the Pink Flag review to find out more about how you can write sentences that start with "Perhaps"

Also, visit the Wire website - www.pinkflag.com