French Film Polling and Easter week on Monday Morning Diary (April 11)

 

by Sam Juliano

This past week, Wonders in the Dark essayist extraordinaire Jim Clark published another fabulous entry in his ongoing Federico Fellini series, on the 1983 And the Ship Sails On.  Jim’s scholarship continues to be a guiding light here at this fourteen-year-old film and arts on-line depot.

Barbarism in Ukraine, perpetrated by war crime engineer Vladimir Putin continues to repulse many of us, and we can only wonder how much longer can the world accept such morally repugnant behavior without more decisive intervention.  My own interest in films, music and literature has taken a back seat over the past several weeks, as I have tuned in to all the events surrounding this unspeakable horror.

Still, life moves forward, and our Greatest Films of France polling has been getting a ton of attention, what with 44 ballots having already been cast in this 30 film polling bonanza.  But as France challenges the USA as the greatest cinema of all, I can’t say this level of enthusiasm has been any kind of a surprise.

Classes are on spring break through Monday, April 18th (the day after Easter), and will resume on Tuesday, the 19th.  I have been taking advantage of this down time to write more chapters in Irish Jesus in Fairview, though I won’t get a clearer picture of where I stand with it until the aforementioned Tuesday, the 19th.  I just yesterday reached 50,000 words.

Wishing all our friends and readers who celebrate, a Happy and soulful Easter Sunday, and the Holy Week that begins today!