Movies and performances and other things I've seen since 5/1/04
Note: (R)=second time seeing it. (Rn)=nth time seeing it. (V)=film i 
saw on video.  (Naz8)=Fremont Naz8

DECEMBER 1-12
Boca a Boca (Iberia Cine-Club)
Maqbool (2004, Bharadwaj) (Indian Film Class)
Real Genius (Lev's Capp Street Movie Palace)
Aitraaz (2004, Burmawalla) (Naz8)
not Musafir.  dammit.
The Hebrew Hammer [the reviews were right. i'm glad i didn't drive to LA for 
	it.  mario van peebles's appearance and the constant shaft and 
	sweetback references were nice touches, though] (Sarah's)

NOVEMBER
Dhoom (2004, Gadhvi) (Naz8)
Dating Do's and Don'ts (1949), Shy Guy ["well, that's beside the 
	point"]Marijuana (1967) [starring Sonny Bono!], Narcotics, Pit of 
	Despair (1967), LSD-25 (1967), Pill Poppers (Oddball Film and Video)
	(with K, Nina, Scott, Soroosh, Brown Dave)
Waisa bhi hota hai (2003, Ghosh) (PFA) (with K)
Kandukondain, kandukondain ("I Have Found It") (2000, Menon) (PFA) (with Nina and k)
Shukriya (2004, Anupam Sinha) (Naz8) (with K)
Veer-Zaara (2004, Yash Chopra) (Naz8) (with K, Tathagata)
Bombay (1995, Ratnam) (142 Dwinelle-Indian film class) (V)
Main Hoon Na (2004, Farah Khan) (Castro!) (with Matt Levine and Jeff 
	Brown) (and Sarah and Nina in spirit) (R)
a few minutes of Anchorman on the way to Boston, and even less of it on 
	the way home, thanks to a switch of airlines.  yech.
Infernal Affairs (2002,) (Brattle) (with Andre)
La Ardilla Roja (1993, Medem) (why have I not seen more Medem?)
Wit (, based on Edson's play)
Hungama (2003,)
first hour of Hum Aapke Hain Koun (fucking scratched unplayable dvd's)

gems: Veer-Zaara

OCTOBER
(throughout the month: various parts of Kal Ho Naa Ho on video, especially 
the title song, It's the Time to Disco, and Pretty Woman and later Maahi Ve)
Smutshop Cinema: The Subject is Sex (Oddball Film and Video) (with K)
2 Ali G Show episodes (at home with Nick and Polina)
VP debate at home
Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995,Chopra) (V) (with Nick and Aaron)
2nd and 3rd Pres. debates (home and Blake's (with about 15 math grad students for some reason) respectively)
Bob Dylan (Haas Pavillion)
Mujhse Shadi Karoge (2004, Dhawan) (Naz8) (with K and Sarah)
lotsa Radio Free Jerky in general
When Harry Met Sally (1989, Reiner) (V) (home)
Superfly (1972, Parks) (V) (Rajay's)
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha (2004, Agnihotri) (Naz8 Artesia) (with K)
Red Diaper Baby (2004, Pray; Kornbluth) (Roxie)
THX-1138 (Lucas) (Lawrence Hall of Science)
Careful (1992, Maddin) (PFA) (with Juliana)
Dracula: Diary of a Virgin (2002, Maddin) (PFA) (with Juliana and Soroosh)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003, ) (R) (V) (Nicole's room, with Salpi/3)

gems: DDLJ, Careful

SEPTEMBER
a few episodes of Chapelle's Show (home)
Modern Times (1936 Chaplin) (R4) (PFA) (with Soroosh, Joel, Nina)
Down to Earth (2001, Weitz) (V) (UCSF)
The One (2001, Wong, starring Jet Li) (V) (UCSF)
Half Baked (1998, Davis) (V) (R) (UCSF)
Talk to Her (2002, Almodovar) (R) (Iberia Cine-Cycle)
Chinese Clown Cabaret (WORST "PLAY" EVER) (Exit Theater/Fringe) (with K and Nick)
Home/Darkness (Marsh Theater/Fringe) (with K and Nick)
Bobby McFerrin (Zellerbach)
1st collage film program (PFA):
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Trade Tattoo (Len Lye, U.K., 1936, 6 mins, Color, 35mm). 
Cotillion/Midnight Party/Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, 1940s, 22 mins 
@ 18 fps, Silent, B&W). No. 10 (Harry Smith, 1950s, 4 mins, Color). A 
Movie (Bruce Conner, 1958, 12 mins, B&W). Living (Vivre, a.k.a. To Live) 
(Carlos Vilardebo, France, 1959, 8 mins, B&W). Scratch Pad (Hy Hirsh, 
France, 1961, 9 mins @ 18 fps, Color). Very Nice, Very Nice (Arthur 
Lipsett, Canada, 1961, 8 mins, B&W). Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner, 1961, 5 
mins, B&W). 
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The Dirty Dozen \ some sequence in which Cassavetes barely appeared (Aldrich) (Cassavetes De-Cal) (V)
the first half of Peep "TV" Show (PFA)
2nd collage film program: [missed mothlights] (PFA):
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 Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963, 5 mins, Color). Scorpio Rising (Kenneth 
Anger, 1963, 29 mins, Color). Now! (Santiago Alvarez, Cuba, 1965, 5 mins, 
B&W). Schmeerguntz (Gunvor Nelson, Dorothy Wiley, 1966, 15 mins, B&W). 79 
Springtimes (Santiago Alvarez, Cuba, 1967, 25 mins, B&W). Our Lady of the 
Sphere (Lawrence Jordan, 1969, 9 mins, Color). In the Beginning (Artavazd 
Peleshian, U.S.S.R., 1969, 9 mins, B&W, 35mm). 
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9/26 services at Church of Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane (with K, Nick, Matt Levine)
A Night in Casablanca (1946, Mayo) (V) (home; borrowed from Kathryn)
Yojimbo (1961,Kurosawa)(V) (Alex's.  sleepy.  with Jeff and Alex's Roommate) 
3rd collage film program (PFA):
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Rubber Cement (Robert Breer, 1976, 10 mins, Color). Valse Triste (Bruce 
Conner, 1979, 5 mins, B&W). Loose Ends (Chick Strand, 1979, 25 mins, B&W). 
Frank Film (Frank Mouris, 1973, 9 mins, Color, 35mm). Crossroads (Bruce 
Conner, 1976, 36 mins, B&W, 35mm).
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1st Kerry-Bush debate at a CP-USA meeting

Drug-enhanced music experiences at UCSF:
Hair original cast recording, Myr's cello rock CD, Beethoven's 9th 
(Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic), Are You Experienced, Einstein on the 
Beach

gems: Scorpio Rising

AUGUST 
The Wild Bunch (1969, Peckinpah) (PFA) (with Nick)
Hum Tum (2004, Kohli) (Naz8) (with Nick, Tathagata)
Spiderman 2 (2004, Raimi) (Tustin Marketplace) (with Mom and Dad)
Hair (Knightsbridge Theater Company) (with Dad)
Bad(der) Santa (2003, Zwigoff) (V) (R) (SA) (with Adam)
Polyester (1981, Waters) (PFA) (with Odorama cards!!!) (R) (Exploit-o-Scope!)
	(with Nina, Joel, Soroosh, Brendan)
Zippy the Pinhead in Fun: The Concept (The Dark Room) (with K)
Duck Soup (1933, McCarey) (V) (home) (R~13)
Dementia 13 (1963, Coppola) (PFA) (Exploit-o-Scope!)
La Dolce Vita (1960,Fellini) (Castro) (with Mom, Dad, Nick)
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor, Mozart 2nd Flute Concerto, Max Bruch 
	Violin Concerto (Berkeley BACH at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in 
	Oakland)
JUNK Queer Underground Film Festival (ATA) (including Hip Hop Homos, a 
	hilarious movie about plushies and the one with an extremely 
	campy battle) (with Joel and Nina)
Nina's friend Charlotte's dance performance
Goldfish (Spike Jonze et. al.) (YBCA)
How They Got There (1997, Jonze) (R?)
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003,Advani) (V) (home, with K, Myr, Nick, Polina, Sarah)
Nightmare in Wax (1969, Townsend) (PFA) (Exploit-o-Scope!)
Less Rock, More Hilarity (Lynnee Breedlove) (The Dark Room) (with K and Myr)
TNG: "The Inner Light" and "Time's Arrow, Part 1" (Myr's)
Duck Soup (1933, McCarey) (V) (Dark Room) (R~14) (with cast)

gems: The Wild Bunch, Dementia 13, Kal Ho Naa Ho, How they Got There

JULY
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001, Demarbre) (Cinema du Parc) (with Chris Wendl and another Hofer student)
Evil Dead 1&2: The Musical (performed sans tarp at the Caberet du Plateau)
The Mask, aka Eyes of Hell (1961, Roffman) (PFA) [the only canadian 3d 
	movie of the 50's-60's 3d novelty genre!] (Exploit-o-Scope!)
The Circus (1928, Chaplin) (Castro)
Rollercoaster (in Meyer Sound's faux Sensurround!) (1977, Goldstone) 
	(PFA) (Exploit-o-Scope!)
Master Class (Terrence McNally, presented by Berkeley Rep) (with K)
the first few minutes of Black Rage, which even i found unwatchable (V) (Rajay's)
The Jerky Boys (1995, Melkonian) (R) (V) (Rajay's)
Readaptation (at Id.something on Santa Monica Boulevard) (with K and Katya)
1,2,3 (1961,Wilder) (R) (V) (SA) (with Dad)
Scram, Another Fine Mess (Laurel and Hardy) (V) (SA) (with Dad)
Fellini Satyricon (1969,Fellini) (R) (PFA) (with Alex, Juliana, K)
The Searchers (1956,John Ford, John Ford, John Ford) (PFA)

gems: Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter; The Circus, The Searchers, Scram, Another Fine Mess

JUNE 
Main Hoon Na (2004; Farah Khan; starring Shahrukh Khan (and Zayed Khan)) (IMC6-SJ) (with Nick, Aaron, and K, but not Myr)
Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song (1971, Melvin van Peebles) (V) (home)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Aldrich) (PFA)
M (1951, Losey) (PFA) (with K)
BAADASSSSS! aka How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003, Mario van Peebles) (Shattuck)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003, Jarmusch) (Shattuck) (with Joel)
The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols) (Paramount) (R)
Jukebox/Peepshow: Im a Yankee Doodle Dandy! (Aaron McElhinney) (Werepad) (with a sleeping K; only Aaron and I were awake)
Hero (2002, Yimou Zhang) (Anthology Film Archives)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004, Michael Moore) (AMC Forum) (with mak)
various parts of Freshman Fannies and something else (nameless theater on 
	St. Catherine and something in Gay Village).  Well, maybe 10 
	minutes combined.  I was mainly sleeping.
Once Upon a Girl (197_) (Cinema du Parc) (this was disappointingly boring) (with Mak)
Zaitochi (2004?, Takeshi Kitano) (Cinema du Parc)
Aristotle's _Nichomachean Ethics_ Versus McCain's Greek Style Pizza (with Mak)
	(spoken word piece by Jake Brown; at Cafe Sarajevo); also a piece 
	about Scandanavia by Brown
Mondo Magic (1975,Castiglioni ) (Cinema du Parc) (wow.  i have a higher gross-out tolerance than john waters!)

gems: Main Hoon Na, Hero, Mondo Magic


MAY
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001, Takashi Miike) (V) (Sarah's, with K, Sarah's Dave, Sarah's friend)
The Time of Your Life (Saroyan; Steppenwolf/ACT) (with Nick, Aaron)
Ghost World (2000, Zwigoff) (R) (V) (home)
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004, Yu; about Henry Darger) (Docfest@Roxie)
Slasher (2004, John Landis) (Docfest@Roxie)
Goldstein: The Trials of the Sultan of Smut (2004,Guardino) (Docfest@SF Women's Building) (with K)
Gojira=Godzilla (1954, Ishiro Honda) (Castro) (with Jeff, Alex, Alex's then-so)
The Zoo Story (Albee; Theater Rhinoceros) (with Nick)
The Collection (Pinter; Theater Rhinoceros) (with Nick)
Super Size Me (2003,Morgan Spurlock) (Shattuck) (with K)
Children of the Revolution (1996, Duncan) (V) (Miriam's)
Babes in Arms (1939, Busby Berkeley) (V) (north street).  Wow, this really sucked. (with Nick, Aaron, some of their friends)
Forbidden Photographs: ...Charles Gatewood... (Red Vic) (with K)
How to Irritate People (John Cleese) (home)
miscellaneous western european, american frat boy, and latvian gay porn (Circle J) (with K and Alf)

gems: In the Realms of the Unreal, Zoo Story, Forbidden Photographs



What I've read since 5/1/04



currently reading:
"Bollywood and Beyond" in Cinemas of the World ()
Colloquial Hindi (Tej Bhatia)
Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America (Frederick Lewis Allen)
Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties (William Rorabaugh)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby, Jr.)
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman story collection)
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (Greg Palast)
_The White Album_ \ "The White Album","California Republic" (Joan Didion)
Life on the Mississippi (Mark Twain)
The Ramayana (Valmiki and William Buck)
Only In New York (New York Times)

DECEMBER
Variations on the Death of Trotsky; Words Words Words (David Ives)
Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Anupama Chopra, BFI Modern Classics series)
Bollywood: A Guide to Hindi Popular Cinema ()

NOVEMBER
Mathematics and Physics (Yuri Manin)
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (Mario Vargas Llosa)
American Splendor: (Harvey Pekar/ /Robert McNeil)
Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread (David Ives)

OCTOBER
Tepper Isn't Going Out (Calvin Trillin)
The Zap Gun (aka Operation Plowshare) (Philip K. Dick)

SEPTEMBER
a cubic foot of newspapers while awaiting dr. miniciello on Sep. 1
Give Me Liberty (Miller/Gibbons)
The Book of Bunny Suicides (Andy Riley)
"California Republic" (Joan Didion)
"Mathematics as Metaphor" (Yuri Manin)
"Notes on Camp" (Susan Sontag)

AUGUST
Checkpoint (Nicholson Baker)
"The White Album" (Joan Didion)
"Hidden Costs of Wal-Mart Jobs" and response to Wal-Mart's 
	disingenuous criticisms (Dube and Jacobs)
Asterix in Britain (G&U)
The Invisible Man (HG Wells)
more Gaiman stories
Trust Me (Bo Grace)

JULY
The Bus (Paul Kirchner)
a story told by a little girl in run on sentences (Neil Gaiman, read to 
me by myr) and a few others by Gaiman (which i read all by myself)
a recent issue of HemAware, The Magazine of Bleeding Disorders
Literary Lapses (Stephen Leacock)
the first three chapters of From the Ganges to the Hudson: Indian-American 
	Immigrants in New York City ()
Paycheck (Philip K. Dick)
"Horace Greeley" in They Also Ran (Irving Stone)
David Boring (Clowes)
Asterix and Obelix All Out at Sea, Asterix and the Great Divide 
	(Goscinny&Uderzo)

JUNE
AMM ramanujan exams article (B.Berndt/an indian dude whose name i forget)
"Miriam in the Middle Kingdom" (K. Lueck and J-A English Lueck)
Dutchman (Jones/Baraka) (R) 
Cultures@Silicon Valley (J-A English Lueck)
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland (Ishmael Reed)
Young Black Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, 
	and the Transformation of American Culture (Todd Boyd)
"Jack Smith's _Flaming Creatures_" (Susan Sontag)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Melvin Van Peebles) [memoir of the 
	movie's production and shooting script]  {gladis omits one of 
	the "s" 's: two a's, 5 s's, please!}
Shaft (Ernest Tidyman)
Panther (Melvin van Peebles)
Wordsworth's "The Thorn" and various other selections (some involving
	trains) from _The World's Worst Poetry_ (ed. someone) ["i've measured 
	it from side to side/tis three feet long by two feet wide"]


MAY
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Samuel R. Delaney) 
Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York (Samuel R. Delaney/Mia Wolff)
The Times Square Hustler: Male Prostitution in New York (Robert [not Strange] McNamara)
Kinkorama: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Perversion (Simon Sheppard)



paused for the time being:
1968: The Year that Rocked the World (Mark Kurlansky) (note to myself: begin at ch. 4)
Washington (Meg Greenfield)
Song of Roland