Another Friday night, another evening of movie watching and podcasting. We watched Vertigo tonight, for the second time. First time was for the AFI’s list. So. Damn. Good. Miiiight be my favorite of his? Especially learning that he didn’t want the letter scene in the final cut! It was forced upon him to put it in. It was written into the script, yes, and he filmed it, but actually putting the movie together, he didn’t want it in there. Really, really should have been given license to release the movie the way he wanted. It was the right choice, especially by our standards today. But, cest la vie. It’s a small blemish on an otherwise genius movie, and one of his darkest endings. Good shit.
First rain of the winter today. It was actually lovely. An afternoon shower. Came down pretty hard for a little while, then blew away and the rainbows came out. It’s chilly, too. Wild, because the same thing happened to the day last year. First day of winter, it feels like.
Up early to watch some footie! night night.