That Is So 1984
Bob Shingleton of The Overgrown Path informs us that Lorin Maazel's unloved new opera 1984 will be webcast Wednesday, May 25. He's got more information here. Of the many reviews out there, Jessica Duchen's is short and to the point.
Speaking of unloved, the wifeösphere and I tried to watch Roman Polanski's The Pianist this weekend, but the required effort proved too great. This movie is supposed to be excellent -- what were we missing? Does it suddenly shed its leaden clichés and get interesting one moment beyond point at which we stopped watching? It was educational, however: we learned that Nazis are very, very, very, very bad people.
This was a Movielens recommendation -- I do hope this is not an augury of future wrongheadedness. I'm a huge fan of collaborative filtering, thanks to my unfailingly good experience with the now-defunct moviecritic.com.
Umie the Umlaut says, "ask your doctor about the Fredösphere!"
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