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RIP Norman Mailer

November 12th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • 1 comment • Related Posts • Tags

Dance as though no one is watching you,
Love as though you have never been hurt before,
Sing as though no one can hear you,
Live as though heaven is on earth.
Source Unknown

The Life of Norman Mailer
And if you’ve never read “Armies of the Night,” to please do yourself a favor. It is at once about what is best and worst in America.

The Sadies - From Tales of the Rat Fink

September 13th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • 2 comments • Related Posts • Tags

Sorry for blog silence… I’m sick in a big way. While I recover, enjoy the stylings of The Sadies, whose music is featured in ’s Tales of the Rat Fink (click here for a trailer). The animation is done by Mike “the Canimator” Roberts (that is, Canadian animator if your mind is as foggy as mine).

Herzog in NYC

May 17th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags

There is a lot of very cool doc stuff going on in over the next few weeks. Coming up this weekend is Werner at Film Forum. I am probably going to Little Dieter Needs to Fly on Saturday night, but if you can only see one, I’d like to recommend The White Diamond. I saw the film at IDFA a few years back and the film has stayed with me. I don’t want to say much about it; understands men of singular mind who exist along boundaries and somehow he manages to share his understanding. If you liked Grizzly Man, you will like The White Diamond.

He is going to be at some of the , and there is also a special presentation at the Goethe Institut of a work-in-progress. It’s a Herzogian weekend!

[Update: More unfortunate ticket policies left me dissed! I had to finally give in and get Dieter on DVD from Netlix. Ah, you're always there for me baby. xo]

Let’s Get Lost

May 11th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags

Isn’t that a dreamy title for a movie? I’m so looking forward to some wonderful upcoming doc programs in New York, including this restored classic by . From the press release:

LET’S GET LOST, ’s acclaimed portrait of jazz icon Chet Baker, will play in a new 35mm restoration at Film Forum from Friday, June 8 through Thursday, June 28 (three weeks), kicking off its national re-release. Showtimes are 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 and 9:30. will appear in person opening night at both evening shows. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and Winner of the Critics’ Prize at the Venice Film Festival, LET’S GET LOST has not been seen for fourteen years in any form.