Saturday was Hayward’s hottest day this year, or so it seemed; so we went to a place where, for a fee, we could sit in coolth for a while. As a bonus, they showed us Hero<\/i> (\u82f1\u96c4), the most gorgeous piece of film we’ve seen in years.<\/p>\n
Later:<\/strong> The following weekend was another scorcher, and we saw Vanity Fair<\/i>, which stinks. Reese Witherspoon (who was so brilliant in Freeway<\/i>) plays Becky Sharp on one note, and the plot is violently compressed for time. — Anachronism?: the regiment embarks for “Belgium” to meet Bonaparte. The kingdom of Belgium was created fifteen years after the battle of Waterloo; so what would the English have called that country at the time? Flanders, I guess, though Waterloo is not in Flanders proper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday was Hayward’s hottest day this year, or so it seemed; so we went to a place where, for a fee, we could sit in coolth for a while. As a bonus, they showed us Hero (\u82f1\u96c4), the most gorgeous … Continue reading