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Made by the Russian actor's group "Big Difference" (Bolshaya Raznitsa / Большая Разница).

Quick update

Haven’t been posting at all lately, or even taken pictures of coffee: a combination of insomnia, work, and rehearsals for “Forbidden Zone on stage”. I’m excited about the show. It’s a staged adaptation of the 1980 cult movie featuring the talents of Danny and Richard Elfman and the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. More details at the official movie site. We open Halloween night at the Coolidge Corner Theater, and there’s a possibility that Richard Elfman will reprise a role he had in the movie. At the least, he’s tentatively agreed to come to the opening.

The Thriller zombie dance last weekend went very well. We walked the mile from our rehearsal space to the theater. I was doing my best to shamble, if that’s the proper verb. They showed the whole long-form video for Thriller, and at the right moment, the screen was raised, and we did the dance section live. The audience seemed to like that. :) And my costume rocked. I need to get a copy of the video.

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Home sweet home

Got back late Thursday. Exhausted. Have done nothing all weekend, except going to see “Been Rich All My Life” at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, yesterday. It’s a great movie about a small group of tap dancers in their 80’s and above. They were all dancers during the Harlem Renaissance, performing at the Cotton Club and other places. Lovely movie. Go see it.

Ellen Feiss in new movie

Ellen Feiss (or, see Wikipedia entry), Internet darling of a few years ago, is starring in a new movie, “Bed and Breakfast”.

Oh, and here’s a weird parody mash-up of the Switch ad.

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Mambo!

I like these.

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Snakes on a Plane

I am going to have to see this movie.

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Match Point

I just watched Woody Allen’s new film “Match Point” with my roomie Corey and her parents who were in for the day. It’s a very good movie. Very intense: the urgency in the two main characters is kept at near-fever pitch. There is no comic relief.

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Tokyo Breakfast

WTF. IMDB entry.

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Kurosawa is a genius

Not exactly news, yes, but I watched Sanjuro last night, and was just blown away, again.

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Kung Fu Hustle

I wasn’t sure what to expect from “Kung Fu Hustle” but I could never have anticipated it, anyway. Go watch it: it’s like Terry Gilliam goes to Hong Kong, but different.