Search

Search only in certain items:

40x40

Chrissie Hynde recommended Me Cheeta in Books (curated)

 
Me Cheeta
Me Cheeta
James Lever | 2009 | Biography, Medical & Veterinary, Music & Dance
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"“This surprising spoof autobiography is not only hilarious, but also tender and insightful. Cheeta recounts his days working with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan’s chimpanzee sidekick, but it’s more than that. He also recalls his capture from the jungle and arrival in America. I can honestly say that I laughed, I cried, and I learned a lot. Why this baby has not seen a movie screen yet is a mystery. It’s another that I read and reread.”"

Source
  
40x40

Ed O'Brien recommended L'Oeuvre Pour Piano by Erik Satie in Music (curated)

 
L'Oeuvre Pour Piano by Erik Satie
L'Oeuvre Pour Piano by Erik Satie
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I first heard Satie's music in one of my favourite films, Peter Sellers' Being There, when I was younger, about a gardener who lives in the house of a wealthy old man, who has never known anything different, and has to move out after he dies. The music's there in all these tender moments, it seems to follow the wrong chords, and the movement of the melody is never obvious. It's ceremonial. It always makes me feel something.
"

Source
  
40x40

Alan Cumming recommended Home Movie (2008) in Movies (curated)

 
Home Movie (2008)
Home Movie (2008)
2008 | Drama, Horror, Mystery
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I fell upon this documentary and it is an absolute gem. What makes it so is the five people’s homes that we are invited into. Their homes are — of course — insane, but it’s their happiness and comfort with them that is really the thrill. Again, it’s funny and tender and the filmmakers don’t try to try to be shady with their subjects at all. They just let them speak and their enthusiasm and joy floods over us."

Source