Author Archives: rdavies

Standing this morning in the onslaught of fierce Arctic winds (“A man could be a fool.”–Jack London, “To Build a Fire”), pumping gas, I noticed a Styrofoam cup with writing on it  rolling back and forth beside me at the … Continue reading →

does not change us. It just unfolds us.” –Max Frisch

(Neepawa, MB; model of the Simpson house in A Bird in the House; visited for the second time in Sept. 2010)

one of those 24-hr. ‘flus’, food poisoning, or serious illness. Despite whatever help is offered and available, there’s pretty much just you and The Enemy. In the midst of whatever, I always recall the lyrics of that old gospel tune: … Continue reading →

Dusseldorf.

is a matter of luck and opportunities.

MASH (1970) Brewster McCloud (1970) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Images (1972) The Long Goodbye (1973) California Split (1974) Nashville (1975) Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Vincent and Theo (1990) The Player (1992) … Continue reading →

What’s New Pussycat? (1965) Take the Money and Run (1969) Play It Again Sam (1972) Sleeper (1973) Love and Death (1975) Annie Hall (1977) Interiors (1978) Manhattan (1979) Stardust Memories (1980) Zelig (1983) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Hannah … Continue reading →

12 Angry Men (1957) The Fugitive Kind (1960) Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) The Sea Gull (1968) The Pawnbroker (1969) Serpico (1973) Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Network (1976) Prince of the City (1981) … Continue reading →

(deeply lost in the dream of music and performing, February 1967, operetta cast party, playing guitar with Ed Greene–middle: vocals, and Eric Crone–right, harmonica; we’re playing “I’m Mad” by Eric Burdon and The Animals) (RD already lost deeply in dream and … Continue reading →