Thursday, July 30, 2009

Time to wrap it up, Jude

Status: Drained, excited, content, full, and so many other things

So far, I've seen 2 ethnic films and 1 plain ol' fantastic film: Wolke Neun, Rudo & Cursi, and Frozen River.

I think in the states, you can probably see Rudo & Cursi and Frozen River...I think. They were both really good films, but I recommend you see Frozen River for sure. Probably one of the best movies I have ever seen, hands down.

Movie theatres here never cease to surprise me. When I saw Wolke Neun, I went to the BFI Southbank Cinema and when I went inside, I thought I had entered a film institute. The theatre itself only had about 30 seats. It was a great way to kick off my ethnic film journey because I felt like this was an artsy endeavor. There were sheets with the directors comments and everyone discussed the film afterwards.
Then, Rudo & Cursi was at the Curzon Cinemas. This one had a cafe on the top floor, a bar in the middle, and the cinemas on the bottom floor, with your usual popcorn and soda. That kind of thing. But the cafe served some of the BEST wine I have ever tasted. It was organic wine that they don't serve by the bottle, only by the glass. I swear, it got more potent as it aired out and I was more than tispy off of just a glass. Glorious
Frozen River was at the Apollo Cinemas and this one looked a little more like a regular theatre, except it was decked the hell out. Great, blue lights lining the stairs and fancy decorations. And the seats in the theatre were armchairs. It also had a bar in it, just above the cinemas.

Why aren't theatre like that in America? Even the mainstream theatres are edgy. I loved 'em!

Anywho, Betsy and I went out to dinner after one of the movies in Chinatown and ran into one of the most fun places I've been to in a while. It's a cook-your-own place. There's an electric gridle thing in the middle of your table. You order broth and the veggies and meat you want and they bring it all out to you, raw. Then you cook your own. It was good, it was filling and it was cheap. Because they don't really serve you, the added service charge is for the clean-up. Betsy and I split a bill that was only 15 pounds and we were stuffed. Usually for a dinner like that, it would cost 15 pounds each.

Class is going extremely well. Judith Roof is hilarious, energetic and we always find ourselves engaged in conversation in her class. It's one of those classes that the teacher says, "We don't have anymore time. It's noon" and you just watched 3 hours fly by. It's lovely

I still have SO MUCH work to do. Blech.

But!

I go to Scotland tomorrow. So, there's that.

(!!!!!!!!)

Pip pip, cherrio and all that rot!

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