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I always complain when my friends want to go see a documentary, and then I end up loving them.
This year, I was a bit disappointed with the Hunter S. Thompson documentary. And the other day I saw the one about Anita O'Day at the Ken Cinema.
I guess my first disappointment was the popcorn I bought. I'll usually buy a small, but since a friend was with me, I figured I'd by the large and we could share it. And, most theatres will give you a refill on a large purchase. At $6.50 here, they should!
It was the first movie theatre I've ever noticed burned popcorn. Not a lot of it, but every five handfuls, I'd get one that was burned.
And I was so interested in the movie, I never did go back for a refill.
I think it's more fun seeing a documentary on someone you know nothing about. Even if it's a bio-pic like Milk. Or the one about Andy Kaufman. With Kaufman, I knew most of the stories that were shown. It makes it less fun to watch.
This jazz singer, who people rank up there with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday, died right as this movie was finished. She was in her late 80s.
There's a great scene late in the movie, where she's discovering success again. It's bizarre, because she went from living in a tiny trailer in Hemet, and breaking her arm chasing a dog; to touring Paris and Europe, and making a little money. And, they show her signing photos and albums. And she seems to have a blast doing it.
Early in the movie, they talk to a guy that claimed to be her number one fan. And who's to dispute him? He had been writing back and forth with her for 26 years. In one letter, she says he's the biggest fan. In an early letter, she says how he was writing her the first fan letter ever.
We find out later in the documentary, that she had a 16 year addiction to heroin, which she tried when she noticed her drummer doing it. Her way of breaking the addiction was fascinating. She went to Hawaii for months and stayed on the sandy beaches soaking the sun. She'd start sweating, shaking, and craving smack...and would go jump in the water and swim and splash around.
Anyway, back to the #1 fan. He says that on more than one occasion, she asked him for money, which he gladly sent. Now, when someone was making $2,500 a week in the early 50's, asks you for money and you send it...you can consider yourself the biggest fan.
I always complain when my friends want to go see a documentary, and then I end up loving them.
This year, I was a bit disappointed with the Hunter S. Thompson documentary. And the other day I saw the one about Anita O'Day at the Ken Cinema.
I guess my first disappointment was the popcorn I bought. I'll usually buy a small, but since a friend was with me, I figured I'd by the large and we could share it. And, most theatres will give you a refill on a large purchase. At $6.50 here, they should!
It was the first movie theatre I've ever noticed burned popcorn. Not a lot of it, but every five handfuls, I'd get one that was burned.
And I was so interested in the movie, I never did go back for a refill.
I think it's more fun seeing a documentary on someone you know nothing about. Even if it's a bio-pic like Milk. Or the one about Andy Kaufman. With Kaufman, I knew most of the stories that were shown. It makes it less fun to watch.
This jazz singer, who people rank up there with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday, died right as this movie was finished. She was in her late 80s.
There's a great scene late in the movie, where she's discovering success again. It's bizarre, because she went from living in a tiny trailer in Hemet, and breaking her arm chasing a dog; to touring Paris and Europe, and making a little money. And, they show her signing photos and albums. And she seems to have a blast doing it.
Early in the movie, they talk to a guy that claimed to be her number one fan. And who's to dispute him? He had been writing back and forth with her for 26 years. In one letter, she says he's the biggest fan. In an early letter, she says how he was writing her the first fan letter ever.
We find out later in the documentary, that she had a 16 year addiction to heroin, which she tried when she noticed her drummer doing it. Her way of breaking the addiction was fascinating. She went to Hawaii for months and stayed on the sandy beaches soaking the sun. She'd start sweating, shaking, and craving smack...and would go jump in the water and swim and splash around.
Anyway, back to the #1 fan. He says that on more than one occasion, she asked him for money, which he gladly sent. Now, when someone was making $2,500 a week in the early 50's, asks you for money and you send it...you can consider yourself the biggest fan.