****

 

There are no interpretations

 

but only misinterpretations.

 

- Harold Bloom,

 

from

 

THE ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE

 

(1973)

 

 

 

Aaaarrggghhh!!!

 

- poor ol' Gardevil

 

 

 

 

****

 

 

Have a good summer.

 

 

 

****

 

 

The truth is always best.

 

The only trouble is -

 

what is the truth?

 

- Rockie

 

from

 

Out In The Open:

 

life on the street (1997)

 

 

 

****

 

 

 

!Hey, Fanatiks!

 

!Check out

 

the

 

revised look

 

at

 

A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011)

 

and

 

COSMOPOLIS (2013)

 

in the

 

David Cronenberg 'essay'

 

and

 

also the

 

William Gibson 'essay', 

 

which

 

proceeds

 

at the usual

 

intrepid snail's pace!

 

 

!'Nuck said!

 

 

 

****

 

 

!Bravo

 

to

 

Terry Gilliam

 

and Company

 

for 

 

one of the finest

 

twilit and allegorical

 

films of the year, 

 

THE MAN WHO KILLED

 

DON QUIXOTE (2019)!

 

!!Bravo, and encore!!

 

!!!!ENCORE!!!!

 

 

 

****

 

 

And how apropos

 

to reaffirm

 

in the 50th anniversary

 

of the Apollo moon landing

 

that this site

 

does its best

 

to take one step for fan,

 

and one giant leap forward

 

for all fankind,

 

each and every day.

 

 

 

****

 

 

 

 

RIP

 

Andy Anderson

 

Alita: Battle Angel

 

Al Noor Mosque victims

 

Hal Blaine

 

Captain Marvel

 

Clarkie the Turkey

 

D-Day Heroes

 

Doris Day

 

Albert Finney

 

Irv Forbush

 

Katherine Helmond

 

Leo the Cat

 

Linwood Mosque victims

 

Peter Mayhew

 

Toni Myers

 

Luke Perry

 

Andre Previn

 

Shazam

 

Lisa Sheridan

 

John Singleton

 

Sri Lankan Bombing victims

 

Turkey the Clarkie

 

Agnes Varda