I get one day off this week, so I will be spending it watching several movies from the library. We started Following Sean which is a followup movie to a documentary filmed in the ’60s about a four year old named Sean who has hippie parents and has the run of the Haight, talking about eating pot and pondering why the police hastle his family so much. The film maker finds Sean 27 years later to see if he turned into a crackhead or an investment banker. I thought I’d enjoy it because I adore the Up Series and this seemed to be similar, but for some reason I’m not all that interested in the ’60s lore. Maybe it’s because my parents pointed out Bealtes songs to me every single time they played on the radio. Maybe it’s because I secretly resent baby boomers. In any case, I wasn’t digging this film. So now we are watching The Great Ziegfeld with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Or so I’ve been told… We’re about two hours into this three-plus hour film and we have yet to see the fabulous Myrna Loy, so I don’t see how she get’s second billing after Mr. Powell. I keep asking Linsey to fast forward and find me some Myrna, but she just ignores my pleas. Oh, wait, she just came on, and she’s blond. WTF… Don’t mess with a classic, people! I forgive them because Powell and Loy have such great chemistry together.

The films we will be watching tomorrow are Sicko, Of Human Bondage, My Mother’s Castle, Time to Leave, and The History Boys.