February 7, 2007

haunted by the departed

Let’s not talk about the violence (just yet) or the fun I had writing a paper on Scorsese 19 years ago; let’s talk about the boyfriend flashbacks I had while watching “The Departed”.
The men who populate “The Departed” – fast talking cops and double agents, plus a few slower minded thugs – sent me reeling, [...]

February 7, 2007

the flight to Sophia-Antipolis

About 20 minutes from the Nice Airport is Sophia-Antipolis, more of a technology/industrial park complex than a village, and where I have spent many weeks (or fragments thereof) over the past 8 years for work.
Trips here, however much anticipated on my part, come with a price: a 5-8 hour layover at Schipol in Amsterdam. It’s [...]