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Movie Break From Economic Woes

Break Time
Hammering in a blog on national economic problems occasionally requires a break to look around and see if the world is really still rotating. I checked this morning and it seemed to still be going around. There was one of those beautiful mountain sunrises with pink clouds sprinkled across a startling blue sky. I felt better after checking out the status of my natural surroundings and took some time to think about some thoughts other than political and financial matters.

I’m going to take a movie break. A movie break requires a little study today since there are a number of good looking movies that I haven’t seen. I think that I need to spend a few days catching up since I haven’t seen anything since Slum Dog.

Benjamin Button and The Reader seem like good choices to get back to some enjoyable activities. The Wrestler is getting good reviews and Mickey Rourke is usually worth checking out. In getting prepared for my movie break I have been reviewing some critic’s choices and was a bit surprised at the omission of Slum Dog in the top 10 choices of 7 of the 10 critics on the MSN site. I guess my lack of sophistication is apparent since I thought this was simply a great movie.

I’ll go with my instinct since critics who didn’t like Slum Dog are obviously looking for something in movies that I don’t completely understand. That has always been a problem for me. I have walked out of movies that were the rage and lauded by the critics. Several of these walk outs were with Robert Redford and were giant hits. Out of Africa and The Way We Were were two hits that I just couldn’t sit through. Redford received my full attention in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and The Sting. I think maybe since he was acting with Paul Newman had something to do with it. I will say that Redford and I did at one time share an affinity for the same Mexican Restaurant in Santa Fe. He and I never were there at the exact same time I always just missed him according to the bartender. He must eat early.

New Mexico is an interesting place which I don’t seem to get to as much as I would like.
Dorothy and I went down to Taos a few months ago and also spent some time at restored hacienda outside of Cimarron. Cimarron was a bustling place 150 years ago and visited by all of the characters of the old West. Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Bat Masterson and a number of desperados were regular visitors. The hotel in Cimarron still operates even though there were about 26 killings in the hotel bar in the first 18 months of operation back in the day. The local paper reported, “Things are especially quiet in Cimarron. There hasn’t been a killing in almost a week” . Cimarron is mostly quiet all the time now. There haven’t been any shootings for a long time but it is a place that you can still feel the West.

Looking at the magic of a sunset in New Mexico tells you in a second why so many great artists have worked there through the years. The galleries in Santa Fe are spectacular to visit and someday I may find something there that I both like and can afford.

I’m surprised how easy it is to think of pleasant things once I move my thoughts away from the events in DC. I may even take a ride to my favorite Tamale joint in Denver for some tamales and green chili after the movie. I don’t have time to get to Cimarron but an hour ride into Denver could work. I’ll work on the recession another day.

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