@billric36028987 I regard this as a definitive icon of the postwar era. Those who slice the leaning tower of cranberry gelée betray a deeply repressed self-loathing common to the industrialized petit bourgeoisie. Better to kneel before its tall and jiggling bliss. Oh Ocean Spray! We submit.
@CinemaVsDave The rocket at the New Year’s party in Phantom Thread. As the film occurs at the historical precipice of space exploration, the rocket must refer to the German V2, and so to Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. A curious decoration, literally and conceptually.
@billric36028987 James Mason published a book for the fellow cat fancier and even provided original illustrations. I once had a copy (I think) before my misadventures north by northwest.
@whattheshot Thunderball is quite significant to me for another reason. Haven’t thought about it for a for many years even though it played on our television in the background many nights from 1982 until 1993.
@ShaneScottravis@CBCScott Strangely, Kafka says dogs can look but cannot see up in “Investigations of a Hound.” Where does dog food come from? The gods, of course
@eminencefont Seems to me the issue is with reading to understand totality of issue and critically alter your understanding vs cherry picking “data” via Google to support already held beliefs. Schools have reinforced latter method even if unintentionally, with graded based upon rubrics