Wednesday, September 28, 2005


autumn acorn in ashford forest Posted by Picasa

clever lantern at cuckfield church Posted by Picasa

in cuckfield church porch Posted by Picasa

undecided starlings at cuckfield Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

prejudiced ? moi ?

i had a brief conversation with an even older cheese driver, shaun, about the merits of high-speed film noir dialogue, having just seen a dvd of otto preminger's fallen angel, made very cheaply in black & white in 1945 & currently available from the nft

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037691/

we didn't have much time to talk after too long a day, so shaun ended a condensed diatribe on modern film by saying, "i'm an intellectual snob, really !"

"no, shaun !", sez i, "you read the daily telegraph and that makes you a reactionary snob; whereas i read the guardian and that makes me an intellectual snob !"