The Journey of twenty-two hundred miles begins with just a single step. Lao Tzu (paraphrased) This blog is mainly about my excursion upon the Appalachian Trail. This is a journey that has been 15 years in the planning stage and on March 20, 2022 it will see that plan being executed. Please feel free to leave comments and follow me on the social media of your choosing.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Rear Window.

Still feeling better but still I don't have much of an appetite.  The nazis have stopped screaming; instead they're content to doing dog howls (pun intended).  I've eaten around three p.m. what amount to a normal meal but that should be considered "breakfast" since I haven't eaten anything else except the "whopper" the night before.  
IMDB alerted me to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window being show at the Cinema at Ashley Park so I do believe that will be tonight's entertainment.  Yes, I have a copy but these old movies were made to be seen on a Large Screen (much larger than the flat screen TVs most have) and there is something magical in seeing good acting and suspense instead of the CGI action and wooden acting.  Beside, with this soaker rain which had set in today, this is a good reason to get out of the house.
I'm killing the time before showtime at Barns and Nobel looking over books and then seeing if that same title is available in kindle.  Yep, it could be consider cheating but at lease I'm cool with it.

{later in the evening}

I've left the theater after seeing Rear Window.  Excellent!

More so than seeing it on any small screen I was aware that Hitchcock wanted his audience to view the surroundings of the other apartments and courtyard just as if they themselves were standing in that same apartment with Jefferies and only briefly allowing us out near the end when Jefferies fell from the window.  Also, by seeing Rear Window on the big screen I never realize just how "provocative" Ms. Torsos movement were meant to be.  When Lisa was across the courtyard and Lars was returning I found myself squirming in my seat like Jefferies was squirming in his wheelchair.  There were maybe a dozen couples at the theater; most were upper middle age with a few younger "geek" looking couples.  To me it was a positive experience and I'm going to keep my eye open for future "retro" screening of the classics. 

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