Let’s call it movie Friday, although I’m going to include a couple of video clips. Like I may have mentioned, I spent New Year’s Eve watching memories of the 80s – of musicians who are no more. One had just died, George Michael, the other was long gone, Michael Jackson.
I just happened to find a couple of similarities between two of their songs that made me wonder how anyone was ever born in the 1980s, since men didn’t seem to want to take responsibility for babies! 😉 Cases in point: Billie Jean and Everything She Wants… Listen to the songs and/or watch the videos at the links…
Then the new year started and we had another celebrity loss, Om Puri. So I spent a weekend watching East is East and West is West in memoriam. Not to mention the fact that I gave my offline beta-reader the Bollywood fever – we’ve been doing movie afternoon twice a month since November, we meet more often than the writers group, LOL!
The Bollywood movies that I showed my beta, started with Mohenjo Daro (which was a first for me too). She enjoyed Om Shanti Om and of the Dhoom franchise she preferred Dhoom 2… no, I swear I didn’t brainwash her! 😉 I’m also lending her movies that are not strictly Bollywood (Kama Sutra a Tale of Love) or that she has missed, like Labyrinth. I will also pass her Oggi Sposi since it has English subtitles… 😉
Between projects I also rewatched a few movies (not because the ToWatch pile went down but because I have sci-fi movies and historical movies to watch and I needed to stay in fantasy mood or present day) including: I don’t kiss (France 1991), Saturday Night Fever (USA 1977), Chasing Amy (USA 1997), The Wedding Banquet (Ang Lee 1993), Touch of Pink (2004) and Muriel’s Wedding (Australia 1994).
I have a creative weekend coming… so hopefully Art Friday next week! Have a great weekend! 🙂
Barbara G.Tarn - writer 
Nikalee
/ 20/01/2017What did you think of Muriel’s Wedding? I love that movie but also find it rather sad. You also need to see Strictly Ballroom I think (if you haven’t already!)
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Barb
/ 20/01/2017I love Muriel’s Wedding – one of the reasons why I’m not too keen on getting married anymore, LOL! Yes, it’s sad, but it also says something true – changing your name won’t change who you are…
No, I haven’t seen Strictly Ballroom… will have to put it on the ToBuy list – maybe I’ll find it for cheap in London! 😉
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Victoria Zigler (@VictoriaZigler)
/ 21/01/2017Well, I managed to be born in the 80s, so I’m living proof that 80s babies happened somehow. 😉
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Barb
/ 21/01/2017I know, Tori, you and my Jedi twin, Fulvio, are great exceptions! 🙂
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