Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bambi B (A) on June 10, 2006 at 09:40:36

In Reply to: Whew is right, Bam, you keep killing me with your "Russian"! posted by Victor Khomenko on June 10, 2006 at 06:29:23:

Victor,

Thanks to my early life all over the place (my father worked in the oil industry '49-'66) I can embarass myself in terrible German, Dutch, English, and even a little French. Now I don't even remember what my first language was- German I guess.

You're right about my "Russian"- I should really learn English first before ruining new languages. My Mother is the linguist- Spanish is her degree language, but she does a few others- and when her sister lived in Leningrad for five years, learned a bit of Russian and that got me interested. Russian is fascinating to me as I can't tell what the hell I'm doing most of the time, and it becomes Duchampian poetry, with accidental meanings. A friend with a Russian degree from Dartmouth says my Russian is (paraphrsing) something like the sounds made when a Swedish person gets run over by a Buick with English plates! I did a painting of one of my heroes- Rasputin, and I'm sure the title I painted in Russian ("Портрет человека вытягивая его бороду.") is quite different from the intended!

I think there's far too much concentration on language having to "mean" something just all the time.

More often than not, I end up really hating Blake Edwards movies***, but "10" has some great comedic features and for Edwards is actually a rather quiet movie.

***Except "The Party"

Did you speak with Derek at the Ball? I started chatting with her at the Jaguar shop- she was waiting for a car, I was waiting for XK140 suspension parts. But in jeans and little makeup- she was highly freckled and had obviously been in the Sun a lot, plus being really quite petit- maybe 5-3, 5'4, I didn't recognize her. The mechanic told me when she'd gone. But, yes, a strong presence, and a definite, (slightly unexpected) intelligence and nicely calm.

Another chance meeting like this was in my local espresso hole and there was Jamie Lee Curtis in muddy riding clothes. She's tall- 5'9/5'10, athletic looking, and though she's not often in movies I like much, I've long thought she was attractive and a strong character.

Did you speak with Derek ?

Cheers,

Bambi B

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