Thursday, September 21, 2006

braided lives

it is beyond beautiful.
the rest of day is spent in anticipation of getting back to gaitonde and sartaj and their many convoluted braided lives.
i am heart broken that black dahlia has been trashed by one and all
i was so sure it would be this perfect fit of De Palma, Ellroy, violent crime and noir and post war los angeles
oh what a sad only it all is
i refuse to accept that de palma is passed it
that cannot happen really
maybe like scarface this will also become just one cult classic
but apparently someone else was to direct it and depalma came into the project late late only
so maybe it was not really his vision
how can anyone, but anyone say tarantino directed traffic, l.a. confidential and moulin rouge?
and how-- this was a couple of days ago and i have forgotten what i meant to write
must have been more about idiot people who pose as film buffs
bah
eight below was wonderful
the dogs are too cute and paul walker wonder of wonders emotes
still am all tied with sartaj and gaitonde and trying to figure out who is who in bollywood and the political scene and the underworld
it was quite a shock to see gaitonde was only 27
he seemed old as sin
he started off at 19 at time of smuggling gold biscuits which seemed very seventies and eighties
so then to think only eight years had passed in the time of the 93 bomb blasts and all some how was wierd
then i am very surprised that the loss of wife and son was dealt with in such a peremptory manner
i would have thought that would be like a turning point or something kicking off a whole lot of revenge and retribution
i have crossed the half way mark and now the book is easier to hold!
oooh i have to write review
and also collect money for ticket
hmm
the ac has been turned on means it is going to be hysterically cold
cold reminds me of the proposed trip to the hills
today i was thinking if i had to write a rlt based on the trip, that would be too much na?
imagine writing about that
i guess one never stops working irrespective of where you are or if you are on vacation or what
oh remember the t shirt which said hold my calls i am on vacation?
then we could really take vacations and totally switch off
just drop off the grid
now that is a luxury that i guess i can only dream of
hmm
need not be a dream
it could be real
but i guess the spirit is all willing and all but the flesh... just chala weak
finally located two vials of penidure in bombay
it is harder to source than heroin i am thinking!
dont even know if i need to take penicillin
hash was talking about another book written by university guy called sriram
i dont know him -- name does not ring any bells but then that is not surprising because if you throw a stone you are bound to hit a srinivas, sriram or raju
mani shankar had similar thought i guess in tango charlie where ajay devgan's character asks the local man what is the most common name and the guy says srinivas and sure enough there is someone who answers to the name
it had a very home grown flavour to it
like incorporating something you heard on the dining table into the screen play
oh that reminds me of having dinner at ravi's place
it was so wierd i had met them when i was just starting out for one of first stories. a wretched valentine story and they had moved on big time
like he is doing some secret work i am thinking. and we are just where we are
things do not really change that much
it is all illusory
ha i got that right. i remember Dr M asking each of us and all of us promptly answered illionsionary and he looked pleased as punch as we were all wrong.
i seriously feel valentine's day should be banned not because of any indian culture and corrupting western values or anything like that. at least if the day is banned then we would not have to write nonsense about the day. that would be good
but well our's is not to question why, our's is to do and die
i do not even know where that came from
the hills are alive with the sound of music
and there is supposed to be a party next saturday but i feel it will not happen
it has been years since i have gotten totally wasted
it would be nice to get trashed totally and completely and even enjoy the wretched death warmed over feeling the day after

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