Month: June 2007

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (Movie)

Netflix description: A film about the state of Chinese-occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance… Ten years in the making, this feature-length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. Taking viewers to the long-forbidden “rooftop of the world” with an unprecedented richness of imagery, the film powerfully chronicles the dark secrets of Tibet’s recent past through interviews, personal stories and archival images. My thoughts… It was excellent: disturbing, […]

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Bridge on the River Kwai (Movie)

Netflix description: “Director David Lean’s sweeping epic is set in a Japanese World War II prison camp where British POWs are forced to construct a railway bridge as a morale-building exercise.” My thoughts… I watched this because I’ll be in Bangkok and want to visit the River Kwai. I thought it was a stupid film, but maybe that’s because I’m a girl and it’s a Boy Movie.

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Bears (2007)

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Letter from the Katie archive. Hello Wearied Belle, I’m so sorry that all this madness is descending [ed note: work], especially in a time that ought to be somewhat relaxed. All I can say is, when life hands you crap, make frappe. If it is of any consolation, it is 90 some degrees here and very sticky. This is my time to have hands free, before a small and charming creature [ed note: her grandson] […]

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