Eric SamulskiNuclear monster babies
July 2nd 2007 04:08
Which way to Balmain
While reading Vietnam Diary by war corespondent Richard Tregaskis I came across a classic film quote. He asks a helicopter pilot if he saw the movie showing in the hanger the night before. The pilot says he didn’t because;
It was one of those English jobs about all them women got pregnant with that monster – nuclear physics and all that junk.
Sounds like a film with go-go to me.
I recently saw the film, Babel. It won Best Director at Cannes when Duke and I were there. It’s a great film but I didn’t enjoy it. It’s funny, sometimes you can see powerful films like that and they reflect positively on your own life. You walk away with something. Other times you just get left with this deep sadness. I guess it’s a time-of-life thing. Right now the message I need is nuclear monster babies.
Anyway, Kate Blanchett was in Babel and rightly or wrongly she always reminds me of Balmain. Which brings me to the obituary in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. Hard man writer Robert English (1936-2007) has gone to his great reward and this little gem reflects on a life bathed in go-go.
He would go out of his way to offend people he perceived to be impostors and phonies. Some of these people he hurt, something he grew to regret later in his life. His “impostors list” frequently updated and circulated to friends and associates, was English’s continuing observation on the hypocrisy he saw in Australian society.
Until next time and happy film-making.
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