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Been battling a sick sinus headache from hell all weekend and got really sick last night with it. ( TMID )
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Not wanting to watch anything that requires too much concentration or movement. I watched Grey's Anatomy's Season Finale, and have been watching per yourlibrarian's rec on tv talk, "Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, the Last Movie Stars" - a documentary on HBO MAX directed/edited by Ethan Hawk, and the Newman children, along with someone else. It surprised me. It's not just a documentary, but rather a series similar to what was done with Billy Joel. And Hawk, who was given the task during the pandemic, decides to approach it from the angel of well, a fellow actor, director, and artist - not a gossip columnist or journalist. Which from my perspective - makes it far more entertaining and interesting. And looks at how the personal lives of the actors interacted with, informed, enhanced, and at times got in the way of their work - and how the work often got in the way of their personal lives.
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Be prepared for more on this, since I liked it. Oh, Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution is on PBS tonight. You know the guy who did The Civil War documentary, Jazz, and Baseball. I've discovered I like documentary's well enough depending on the subject and how they are done. I don't like watching people talk to me through a television or computer screen, but over video footage or film footage - works really well for me.
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Not wanting to watch anything that requires too much concentration or movement. I watched Grey's Anatomy's Season Finale, and have been watching per yourlibrarian's rec on tv talk, "Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, the Last Movie Stars" - a documentary on HBO MAX directed/edited by Ethan Hawk, and the Newman children, along with someone else. It surprised me. It's not just a documentary, but rather a series similar to what was done with Billy Joel. And Hawk, who was given the task during the pandemic, decides to approach it from the angel of well, a fellow actor, director, and artist - not a gossip columnist or journalist. Which from my perspective - makes it far more entertaining and interesting. And looks at how the personal lives of the actors interacted with, informed, enhanced, and at times got in the way of their work - and how the work often got in the way of their personal lives.
( Read more... )
Be prepared for more on this, since I liked it. Oh, Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution is on PBS tonight. You know the guy who did The Civil War documentary, Jazz, and Baseball. I've discovered I like documentary's well enough depending on the subject and how they are done. I don't like watching people talk to me through a television or computer screen, but over video footage or film footage - works really well for me.