Film Society: Fur

Fur was my favorite movie out of all the Film Society movies. The plot was so interesting. Nicole Kidman was fantastic in this movie they was she portrayed Diane Arbus was amazing. Arbus was an amazing person she had so many ideas she was finally able to make a reality. She turned her back to her stable life with her husband and kids to pursue what she really wanted. Arbus was the cookie cutter wife until Lionel moved in. She became the total opposite of what a good wife was supposed to be. Lionel turns out to be a human werewolf who makes wigs with his hair. Arbus becomes enthralled with him. Once she starts hanging out with Lionel Arbus's inner freak really comes out. She starts meeting Lionel's circus friends which are all "freaks." Soon she starts forgetting about her family and spending all her time with Lionel. Lionel is able to let Arbus live the life she really wants. Arbus falls in love with Lionel. She soon finds out he is about to die, his lungs are slowly disintegrating. Lionel really helps Arbus become reborn again. She is not held back by the rules of society any longer. One part in the film I enjoyed was when her husband grew a beard to try and compete with Lionel for Arbus. The ending was very sad, it was nice that Lionel was able to go out how he wanted to.

April 22 Readings

It was a nice change to go from all the poems to these short stories. I really enjoyed all the poems but the readings this week was a very nice change. I enjoyed all the authors and their writing styles. I really enjoyed Thomas Pynchon's story. He included a lot of detail in his writing about everything. It allowed me to feel as if I was where he was writing about. All of the details added to the fullness of the story.
Raymond Carver's story Cathedral was very interesting to me. The ending was perfect I really like how the blind man was able to teach Robert not to feel smothered by his surroundings. The blind man was able to teach Robert how to enjoy his life more.
All the readings were very in depth and touching. Each one had a point to make. It amazed me at how much detail each had. When a story has a lot of detail I am able to make a clearer picture of what the author is trying to portray in my mind. My favorite story from the reading was Lullaby by Leslie Marmon Silko. It was a very touching story and I really enjoyed how she ended the story with the song that had been passed down.