re: Warren G. Harding...the rare movie that doesn't suck...

[TMurphy]

Much of that was filmed about 500 yards from where I am sitting (my bedroom in Yazoo City). Most of it was filmed about thirty minutes from here in Canton, MS. I regularly gig on my upright bass and play formal recitals with the MSO brass quintet in the hall where the big concert is at the end. That is in downtown Vicksburg, MS.

And it is brilliant film making. I love all of their movies at art and some even as "popular film". John Goodman makes an excellent Polyphemus! And those wanton sirens!

I too enjoy all of the Coen's films, though some of their older ones I haven't gotten the chance to see yet. I especially want to see Barton Fink and The Hudsucker Proxy. I've heard nothing but rave reviews for those films.

[TMurphy]

As far as I am concerned, they hit one out of the park and out of the parking lot with The Big Lebowski. That is one of the best movies I have ever seen!

Probably my favorite movie of all time.

[Brucom]

Long Gone - 1987
Minor league baseball team with player/manager William Petersen.
(with Virginia Madsen and Dermot Mulroney)

[Rick Denney]

...Just rented another Coen Brother movie, Burm After Reading

And one you really should see, Blood Simple. Absolutely required viewing for Texans. Does for Texas what Fargo does for Minnesota.

Rick "Coen Brothers (and Francis McDormond) at their best" Denney

[eupher61]

Movies: This Is Spinal Tap
Johnny Dangerously (Michael Keaton, Marilu Henner, Danny Devito, Joe Piscopo, lots of others)
Fallen (Denzel Washington, John Goodman....TERRIFIC movie, only in theaters for about 5 minutes)
Heaven's Gate
good luck finding it, but "The World, The Flesh, and The Devil" with Harry Belafonte is one of my favorites from childhood, late-show-when-I-should've-been-in-bed movies.

Books: Connie Willis "The Domesday Book" I'm not into Science Fiction, but this is great, as is the sequel
"To Say Nothing Of The Dog"
Mary Doria Russell "The Sparrow" again, science fiction but well worth it, and the sequel
"Children of God"
Frank Conroy "Body and Soul" a great writer, now deceased, was on faculty at U of Iowa and ran the Iowa Writer's Workshop (a very good place to be!) and had been with the NEA for a while, too (not the teacher's union...) He was also a pianist, which shows in this book. He once jammed, albeit accidentally, with Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman! A great book, lots of good music stuff in it, but just as much or more about life, as a musician and in general.

WP Kinsella "Shoeless Joe" the origin of "Field of Dreams" (a great movie too...a lot different from the book)
Jeffrey Archer hasn't written anything I don't like. "As The Crow Flies" is my favorite, maybe my overall favorite. "Twelve Red Herrings" is also very good, short stories, and his "Prison Diaries" trio is pretty intense.


waiting for a reaction...

[eupher61]

no reaction to "Heaven's Gate"....geez...

[THE TUBA]

City of the Gods (Brazilian)

This is a great movie.