Tuesday 16 October 2007

I Ran Out Of Inspiration For Original And Highly Inventive Topic Titles

Lately my days here have gotten more simple. No pub every night or a night out downtown. I just go to class, study a bit, do some boxing or running, visit the cinema and have a nice drink at Woody's or at someone's home. Yesterday fitted into that image completely. First I went to
the Documentary Film lecture. I walked together with Clement. Alice had to do something before the lecture, so she joined us at the Grimond building. Again, the lecture was really interesting. it was about the use of interviews in documentaries and the different sorts of interviews that can be used. The examples Elizabeth shows are very good and clear. Overall her whole lecture is just so much more interesting than the lecture of British Cinema. The lecture of British Cinema is a real dissapointment. The seminar however is quite good, even though the ones from Documentary Film have been very good as well lately. So Documentary Film for me easily wins it from British Cinema, at least for now. I've read online that my package has arrived in the UK. Don't know if it's actually here yet. I will check the reception. I really can't wait for it, which became pretty clear to me last night, because I dreamt about it. After the lecture Clement and me talked for a while about When The Levees Broke, a documentary by Spike Lee of which we watched the first two parts. Then Marion, Marina and Alice walked our way. They were going home and because I had nothing else to do in the library I went home with them, while Clement stayed to do some things. When I got home I had my lunch and then put some ideas and thoughts on paper about my essay. Then i decided to watch Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho starring the late River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. Because the boxing lesson that normally is on Friday was on Monday this week, I Had to go to boxing class at 7. Claudia and Isa went with me and Clement as well this time. And if I'm right, they will now join us every week. So really cool. The boxing class still is really fun. i have to say I enjoyed last night more than last Friday, because we did less exercises and more actual boxing. At first i wasn't sure about watching Paris je T'aime again, because I had already seen it ocne, but I decided to go anyway. I expected to see Marion at the cinema, because you told me Marion, that you wanted to go. But I guess you were to tired after visiiting the Canterbury cathedral. A lot of people ended up going, besides me and all of Clements housemates. So after the movie I walked home together with Veronique and two other girls. Today I have the seminar of Documentary Film and theI'm done. Tonight I will be watching The Third Man witht he film society. I have already seen it once, but I can't wait to watch it on the big screen.

No comments: