The Hunger

What better way to commerate 09.09.09 than with a blog post? I recently watched The Hunger. Classified as a horror film, directed by Tony Scott (who did Top Gun and True Romance) in 1983, I found this to be a surprisingly delightful gem. Catherine Deneuve while always gorgeous, looks particularly stunning in this movie. She's a vampire (yes, this is where the cheese comes in) whose lover is the handsome, talented David Bowie, a cello player who is also a vampire thanks to Deneuve. From what I can gather, Miriam (Deneuve) then falls in love in Susan Sarandon, a sleep specialist, and when this happens David Bowie then starts to lose his immortality because it only lasts as long as Miriam is in love with her lover. He rapidly withers away (he is hundreds of yrs old after all) and soon there's some lesbo action happening btwn Miriam and Sarandon. Miriam infects Sarandon, confusion ensues, Miriam invites Sarandon to be her lover in everlasting immortality but alas Sarandon rejects her and hence Miriam then dies herself. Gothic rock group Bauhaus opens the movie, Ann Magnuson and Willem Dafoe make cameo apperances. There's some 80's footage of Times Square, Central Park, and upper east side. The sensuous atmospheric quality, cast, and hypnotic Deneuve makes this a surprisingly delightful film.
Its on Netflix and also looks like someone posted the whole movie on youtube.

destruction and devastation!

Apparently a microburst rolled through Central Park last tuesday, (and I didn't even know) leaving a swath of destruction in its path. All of this was in the northwest corner of the park where I oft go to sit in the quiet shade of the trees. imagine my surprise and shock when I first walked upon those said trees to find them scattered all over the ground. there really was alot of damage done and they're still cleaning it up days later. I walk through the park every single day and I felt alittle sad seeing all the trees and surrounding areas destroyed, but I guess it will just clear out the area for some new growth. what a weird weird freak occurence. nature is fascinating.

from Central Park's website:

More than 200 trees fell, with hundreds more damaged. Tree canopies were simply wiped away. The most severe damage occurred between 90th and 100th Streets, including a 40" London Plane tree which fell across the East Drive. The Central Park Conservancy deployed 60 operations staff and 17 contractor crews to remove debris and secure affected tree limbs.

The staggering cost of clean-up is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars, but it is impossible to attach a monetary figure to some of the losses. "We had a wonderful chestnut tree at 100th Street and Central Park West," said Neil Calvanese, VP of Operations for the Central Park Conservancy. "Records indicate the tree was planted by the Park's designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, more than 150 years ago." The tree was devastated by the storm and will be removed.

evrbody know da hound

totally digging hound dog taylor this morning. hellz yah.

more random

central park feels like its just bursting right now

yoga in bryant park

summer nites


line for street meat

physical manifestation of the freezing cold air inside air conditioned buildings and the heat outside. I'd rather be outside.

confusion

where am I, ohio? no, prospect park brooklyn.


one of my fav things is misspelled or nonsensical graffiti.

got chased out of prospect park by an impending ominous storm. it caught me anyway and I got soaked. I dried pretty quickly though in the 150 degree subway stations.






on the way home at fairly early in the evening, I experienced the rare occurrence of being the only person in a subway car. while I don't enjoy packed subway cars, completely empty ones are fairly creepy.

You can't fool drool

I love the 80's and crazy cat ladies!