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This page contains a single entry by -S- published on December 6, 2005 11:25 AM.
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Merry Christmas! Lovely opening pic.
Thanks, Donnah! I still have miles to go before I can blog again -- at least today -- but I'll give it a go tomorrow.
Icon above (at this publishing -- since they change often), anyway, currently displayed is an icon by the immensely talented tempura painter of Christian iconography, ILIAN RACHOV. My current page display does not accommodate credits for the header art images displayed, but I will be changing that with the new site design in early 2006.
Later Edit: I've since changed the header graphic with image since Donnah complimented what was displayed when she wrote her comments here, so for others at some future time who may have missed that display, here is a copy of the painted icon that Donnah (and I, too) find remarkable:
"Virgin Mary with Child Jesus" (spelled, in original title, "...Child Gesus") by Ilian Rachov.
I don't know if I've asked you this or not...but have you seen "Walk the Line?" Wow...Phoenix deserves a nomination...I really enjoyed the film.
http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/video/article/667/667090/walktheline_ringoffire_qthighwide.mov
http://ffmovies.ign.com/filmforce/video/article/667/667090/walktheline_youcantwalktheline_qthighwide.mov
YES, I just saw "Walk the Line" and I completely agree as to Joaquin Phoenix's performance. I'm quite partial to his skill anyway -- he was wonderful in "Ladder 49" and convincingly repulsive in "Gladiator" -- but he fits in seamlessly with the rendition of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line", despite the poetic licensing involved in the film.
I particularly like the tagline for "Walk the Line": "Love is a burning thing." And, the one-sheet is a wonderful design but it's out of key with the film, film premise and subject. To make that effect (in use in the key art) work, they'd oughta' have had the effect be IN/ON Phoenix (Cash, depicted) instead of as background.