Moving to Maine

Seems like I am having a Mel Gibson season, purely coincidental.



The Man Without a Face


This is a really good movie, directed by and starring Mel Gibson. This is how movies should be made. I hope James Cameron gets to see it sometime, maybe in Film-making 101. First, the place. I am moving to Maine immediately. The desert is okay, but give me a rocky coastline any day. The whole story takes place in probably less than 2 square miles of beautiful scenery - no CGI required thanks. The islands, the water, the boats, the trees, the houses are all stunning. Great lighting, excellent music composed by James Horner and played by the London Symphony (or is it Philharmonic) Orchestra. Now the actors. Nick Stahl is amazing. A natural talent and likeable with it. His family - all good, and none of them particularly well-known, well not to me. Mel Gibson is a real actor. The disfiguring scarring (amazingly well done) with loss of facial mobility highlights the subtlety of Gibson's performance. Of course there is the theme of outsider-ness and difference, leading to small town gossip and speculation. Chuck's psychological isolation and McLeod's self-imposed physical isolation mesh to the advantage of both when Chuck asks McLeod to tutor him for military school entrance exams. Perhaps it's a little Sorceror's Apprentice, maybe some Phantom of the Opera, but it is a very satisfying story. The credits after the happy-ish ending were a little blurry ...




Here is a webcam for Beatles fans

http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/




A wild kitten jumped on my bed this morning. They are getting less wild each day.