The Fog of War
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zzbottom and missdimple. It’s a documentary on Robert McNamara’s time as Secretary of Defense (during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War), centered on an interview with him, but with lots of footage and recordings from the time. It’s really, really good. The Phillip Glass soundtrack worked very well for the subject matter. 
Dreaming is right — everybody should see this movie, more than once. And I wish there were more movies like it. I said afterwards that it’s rare to see a movie that’s both a work of history, of nonfiction, and a work of art, and very good at both.
Beforehand we had dinner at Zaftig’s (since Rami’s was closed — obvious in retrospect, but I had spaced on the fact that it was shabbat), and afterwards we had ice cream and talked about the movie at JP Licks across the street.
On a completely different note, this is completely and utterly not my kink.
zzbottom and missdimple. It’s a documentary on Robert McNamara’s time as Secretary of Defense (during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War), centered on an interview with him, but with lots of footage and recordings from the time. It’s really, really good. The Phillip Glass soundtrack worked very well for the subject matter. Dreaming is right — everybody should see this movie, more than once. And I wish there were more movies like it. I said afterwards that it’s rare to see a movie that’s both a work of history, of nonfiction, and a work of art, and very good at both.Beforehand we had dinner at Zaftig’s (since Rami’s was closed — obvious in retrospect, but I had spaced on the fact that it was shabbat), and afterwards we had ice cream and talked about the movie at JP Licks across the street.
On a completely different note, this is completely and utterly not my kink.
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Date: 2004-02-07 06:06 (UTC)[history geek] However, to paraphrase John Cleese in the Bookshop Sketch:
"I think you'll find Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense, sir"
:-)
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minipaxleader
Date: 2004-02-07 06:39 (UTC)By the way, not that it matters, since I routinely and haphazardly (if predictably) mix Commonwealth and
barbarianUS spellings, but is “defence” Commonwealth and “defense” US, or is it the other way around? That's one of the few I can never remember.Re: minipaxleader
Date: 2004-02-07 18:43 (UTC)According to the OED, both "defense" and "defence" predate the US's founding, so neither can properly be claimed to be an Americanization of an English word. That having been said, the OED lists "defense" as the spelling "now usual in the United States".
FYI, "defense" is Middle English from Old French adapted from Latin, as is the word "defens", from which (apparently) comes "defence".
no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 15:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 18:11 (UTC)Not your kink
Date: 2004-02-07 15:08 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 16:00 (UTC)As for the cow... completely and udderly not my kink either.
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Date: 2004-02-07 18:11 (UTC)And hey, isn’t that the biggest leather glove you've ever seen anybody wear?
Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 00:04 (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 05:56 (UTC)kink.
Date: 2004-02-07 16:11 (UTC)ew.
ew. ew. ew. ew. ew.