i have been watching all of jean-pierre melville’s stuff . . . the guy was stone-cold cool. damn! i haven’t watched a bad one yet. tonight i watched LE DOULOS, which is this peanut butter and jelly blend of new wave and noir. it ruled. last month i watched THE RED CIRCLE and ARMY OF SHADOWS, both excellent . . . and BOB LE FLAMBEUR on the night of the peyote trip. (bob is, of course, just me in twenty years, assuming i make it that long . . .) you know, i’d never even seen any of his movies until the pandemic when i put on LE SAMOURAÏ. alain delone looks hot as hell in that one. anyway, i dig melville. the guy was a consummate professional!

well . . . i’m kind of stoned and, to be honest, a little sad as well. i also have swimmer’s ear which is making me miserable. i ought to go to sleep. sorry if it was pretentious that i capitalized the titles of all the movies i referenced. i just think it looks nicer is all. ok?

(truthfully, i’m so tired and worn down right now i could cry . . . *sob* *sob*)

sweet dreams!!! ☆彡