54 years of cinema

tivo's nice. i like it. but i suppose it's ultimately dangerous in the hands of a person such as myself.

over the last few days i watched high noon again, for maybe the 3rd time altogether. it's a movie i like a lot, though i still feel the ending was a bit abrupt. i want more of a denouemont. still, gary cooper is so totally the man. the fistfight between him and lloyd bridges was nicely edited, i thought. i should look for more movies by this director, fred zinnemann. i have a man for all seasons and the search set up to be recorded in the next couple of weeks - i've seen neither of those before. he also did julia (a full 25 years after high noon - wow), which i haven't seen in a long time, with jane fonda and vanessa redgrave (still the sexiest woman in the world - see venus, a 2006 movie [29 years after julia] starring peter o'toole) - i also want to see isadora (1968) but it's not currently on dvd. and julia for some reason (probably thematically?) reminds me of reds, another movie i haven't seen in a while but remember liking (though not fully understanding, because of my lack of education at the time about that political era). all these i'm adding to gimme, because i sure can be a materialistic prick sometimes.

my birthday, after all, is next month. whopping 37.

and sometimes i just want to watch all of lee j cobb's movies. i like him a lot too, but have only seen a few of his movies. what of his should i look for, aside from the wonderful 12 angry men?