An autobiography of John Callahan, who was a well-known cartoonist. His work is pretty edgy, some would call it insensitive (I wouldn’t).
He was a raging alcoholic from an early age. He describes in harrowing detail – and humor – his journey through the hell of alcoholism, which ended up with his being in a terrible drunken car accident, which then led to his struggle with being a quadriplegic, and eventually salvation through cartooning.
Highly entertaining book.
Didn’t take notes on this one.
What a great, great man. His life is an inspiration.
Forough Farrokhzad was an Iranian poet.
The movie is credited for paving the way for the Iranian New Wave. The subject is a leper colony in Iran. Tragic. Her poetry accompanies the video. Very effective.
documentary on her life:
https://www.imvbox.com/watch-persian-movie-iranian-movies/sarde-sabz
Very beautiful movie, liked it a great deal. Plot a clear ripoff of Casablanca (and probably many other films). Doesn’t matter. The camera work is very fine. The director keeps it moving just perfectly. The story, despite a lot of gaps, is compelling. Two thumbs up. Probably watch again someday.
Pretty much the same story as all the others.
To boil it down to one paragraph. Reagan’s “great” insight was that the presidency was just another performance, very similar to his movie roles. He focused on his and his staff’s presentation and frequently ignored the real job. Kind of brilliant, and also sad.
Bush’s father was a senator from Connecticut. And executive at steel company. Ann Richards said he was born with a silver foot in his mouth