For those who can get the USA Network, tonight the American Film Institute (AFI) will air the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty. Since I miss everything else, this is one I won’t be sad to sit out. One of my favorite films is McCabe and Mrs. Miller – good acting, [...]
Entries from July 2008
One From the Grave
July 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Altman · Beatty · cemetery · Paris
Shooting Jacques Chirac
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Here are a few more photos from July in Paris, even a Mona Lisa. I tried to get a photo of Nicolas Sarkozy packing his bags for his China trip, but his wife told me to come back in a few weeks. She was very friendly, though clothed. Disappointed. But I did get a photo [...]
The Louvre
July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
There are some things you do just because you do. And in retrospect you wonder why. Most Chinese weddings fall into this category. Visiting a relative on their deathbed just because you saw them once when you were five and they were, then, already older than dirt is another. Going to the Louvre in July [...]
Tags: Beijing · Bush · Louvre · Olympics · Paris
Curious George Loves the Chinese People
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments
George Bush is coming to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, and he’s more than happy to tell us why: “The Chinese people are watching very carefully about the decisions by world leaders, and I happen to believe that not going to the opening ceremony for the games would be an affront to [...]