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I was partway through the 20-block walk back from the drug store last night when the Siberian Siren texted, asking to move movie night to then instead of Thursday. It sure beats housework, I told her.
At length I went to the QFC on Broadway, where the hungry Siren was getting something to eat. And who should I spot checking out but Mistress Matisse, columnist, frequent tweeter, and professional sadist? I confess to being a fangirl. I got her attention and said, "Maura Hubbell.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sistawendy."
"I thought you looked familiar."
"Uh, I'm here to meet someone. I better find her."
We went our separate ways. I've wanted to meet her in person for ages. Pity it wasn't in a more... appropriate venue.
And what was the movie? The late, great Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. I'd discovered that the Siren had never heard of Fellini, so she proposed the movie night, and what a fine plan it was. The movie is nominally about a film director who's under pressure from everybody and has lost his inspiration, but it's also about way more than that. And Fellini's visual style alone is worth watching. There are many good reasons why film schools show this movie to students. Fun fact: Fellini shared my birthday.
At length I went to the QFC on Broadway, where the hungry Siren was getting something to eat. And who should I spot checking out but Mistress Matisse, columnist, frequent tweeter, and professional sadist? I confess to being a fangirl. I got her attention and said, "Maura Hubbell.
sistawendy.""I thought you looked familiar."
"Uh, I'm here to meet someone. I better find her."
We went our separate ways. I've wanted to meet her in person for ages. Pity it wasn't in a more... appropriate venue.
And what was the movie? The late, great Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. I'd discovered that the Siren had never heard of Fellini, so she proposed the movie night, and what a fine plan it was. The movie is nominally about a film director who's under pressure from everybody and has lost his inspiration, but it's also about way more than that. And Fellini's visual style alone is worth watching. There are many good reasons why film schools show this movie to students. Fun fact: Fellini shared my birthday.
