Friday, October 31, 2003
halloween horror
well...i didn't make it to the midnight movie wednesday night. so i will be trying to rent All the Colors of Darkness somehow soon. ended up staying at my friends' house after we all had been carving pumpkins (well, they carved. i watched.), eating toasted pumpkin seeds, drinking wine, and sitting 'round the campfire. (we would have been telling ghost stories, but none of us knew any.)
as time passed, and midnight neared, the thought of trekking downtown and back seemed less appealing. thus, we popped in The Changeling. Unfortunately, the warm wine and the lazyboy sucked me into a dreamlike state instead of keeping me awake through the entirety of this movie. however, it started mighty fine. nothing i like more than an intro scene that tugs at your heartstrings and gets the gore introduced immediately! (have you seen Identity? yeah, rent it.) but alas, the ways of wine were stronger than my will. thus, i will have to watch The Changeling fully another day.
i did however check out from our own austin public library (yes, my friend, check out movies and some dvd's for FREE for one whole week, because i know we are all broke out there. and if you're not broke out there, then take me to more movies!) this fine selection from the favorite classics to choose from:
The Birds
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
and The Omen
so yes, if i am unable to drag myself out tonight, not exactly in the halloween spirit, i will be o.d.'ing on classic horror and missing out on live austin action, but oh well.
last night, i went to the austin museum of art. there was a lecture by the director of the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. and, i hadn't been to the Warhol exhibit yet, so i figured this was a good a night as any to go. (i also have a $1 off coupon, and saved 20% off the entry fee. man, i'm a cheapskate lately. i could tell you 20 reasons why, too, though.) so anyway, as i was driving by the Paramount to the AMOA, their marquee sold me...Double Feature: Frankenstein (7:15), Frankensten Meets the Wolfman (8:45). Okay, i really wanted to see the original Frankenstein, but i had already planned to attend this lecture, so i was just gonna see how i was feeling after i left the museum.
and yes, the feeling was still there. the desire to be: all alone, the night before halloween, munching popcorn in a dark theater, watching an old black-n-white horror film (that was sort of good, sort of bad, wrapped up all in the same movie). anyway, the mood was perfect. the film couldn't have been any better. bad accents (might have been her real one, but it was still bad), gypsies, beerfests, yes, this was the feeling i wanted to achieve, and i achieved it. i went home last night satisfied. and it couldn't have turned out any better had i had planned it...
well...i didn't make it to the midnight movie wednesday night. so i will be trying to rent All the Colors of Darkness somehow soon. ended up staying at my friends' house after we all had been carving pumpkins (well, they carved. i watched.), eating toasted pumpkin seeds, drinking wine, and sitting 'round the campfire. (we would have been telling ghost stories, but none of us knew any.)
as time passed, and midnight neared, the thought of trekking downtown and back seemed less appealing. thus, we popped in The Changeling. Unfortunately, the warm wine and the lazyboy sucked me into a dreamlike state instead of keeping me awake through the entirety of this movie. however, it started mighty fine. nothing i like more than an intro scene that tugs at your heartstrings and gets the gore introduced immediately! (have you seen Identity? yeah, rent it.) but alas, the ways of wine were stronger than my will. thus, i will have to watch The Changeling fully another day.
i did however check out from our own austin public library (yes, my friend, check out movies and some dvd's for FREE for one whole week, because i know we are all broke out there. and if you're not broke out there, then take me to more movies!) this fine selection from the favorite classics to choose from:
The Birds
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
and The Omen
so yes, if i am unable to drag myself out tonight, not exactly in the halloween spirit, i will be o.d.'ing on classic horror and missing out on live austin action, but oh well.
last night, i went to the austin museum of art. there was a lecture by the director of the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. and, i hadn't been to the Warhol exhibit yet, so i figured this was a good a night as any to go. (i also have a $1 off coupon, and saved 20% off the entry fee. man, i'm a cheapskate lately. i could tell you 20 reasons why, too, though.) so anyway, as i was driving by the Paramount to the AMOA, their marquee sold me...Double Feature: Frankenstein (7:15), Frankensten Meets the Wolfman (8:45). Okay, i really wanted to see the original Frankenstein, but i had already planned to attend this lecture, so i was just gonna see how i was feeling after i left the museum.
and yes, the feeling was still there. the desire to be: all alone, the night before halloween, munching popcorn in a dark theater, watching an old black-n-white horror film (that was sort of good, sort of bad, wrapped up all in the same movie). anyway, the mood was perfect. the film couldn't have been any better. bad accents (might have been her real one, but it was still bad), gypsies, beerfests, yes, this was the feeling i wanted to achieve, and i achieved it. i went home last night satisfied. and it couldn't have turned out any better had i had planned it...
