Swine flu? Don't Just blame Édgar

Édgar Hernández is in the NYtimes today because he is reportedly the first case of Swine Flu in Mexico. He's doing fine now, but the strain of influenza is making big news and big worries.
I looked up the disease and the Center for Disease Control says that this strain is contageous from human to human and there isn't much of the vaccine (currently) to go around.

I'm not a big fan of sickness and try to avoid it at all costs. This Swine Flu really scares me. It scares me in the same way that it probably scares a lot of people--through the news, the threat of getting it, the threat of not having a vaccine--yes that all traditionally scares me. Let's talk about the name. Gross. I don't want to be lumped in with the pigs. I don't want to have some crazy disease that is like something out of the movie Outbreak. F-that. (Hey Erin: "Katie NO!")

I would like them to really rush to find out how to control this or help the poor people it is effecting. Édgar shouldn't have to see his face in the news for getting something he didn't mean to get. That's not fair to him. Granted, we have the right to write whatever, but still--I feel for the little guy.

Another thing that is scary--the reports of pork in Mexico and the States being rejected by foreign importers. I hope that doesn't become the start of this recession's "dust bowl." Sure, it's not dust, but the Times is reporting it as a threat.

I'm definitely going to keep popping vitamins, working out, and an eye on the news.

Who has $200?

I was just looking on www.nylon.com
and there is an article ( Moviefone) there about Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman!
There is a box set that has some of Bergman's work.

The Ingmar Bergman Archives (box set) can be found at www.taschen.com and is $200.

I don't have an extra $200 laying around, but you bet if I did, that I would surely have this box set.

I can't get enough of the Swedish cinema! The market isn't big enough in the U.S. for these nordic film masters.

Adi sent me an article today from the NYTimes.com website regarding another Swedish director, Jan Troell. Though I have not seen any of his work, I hope to in the future.
Here is where you can read the article: A Swedish Director's Literary Lens

I want Swedish film as well as international film to have more prevalence and popularity in United States pop culture. It shouldn't always be considered avant garde, indie or small production if it isn't made in Hollywood! Let's give the international voice a mega phone because some of this stuff should be seen just to give America's public a little less narcism and a little more culture.

Jeanne Crain in the New York Times

I was reading The New York Times online and in the style section there was an article about large families.

READ THE ARTICLE

On the page that lists the articles in the section, which I'm sure will also be one of the pages in the style section (or was on Friday), there was a picture from the 1950 release of Cheaper by the Dozen.


I own this movie and love both it and the sequal Bells on Their Toes. I also enjoy the remakes with Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin.
It stars Myrna Loy (most famous for The Thin Man series) and Jeanne Crain who is one of my favorite actresses. Jeanne was in a lot of B-movies but did a couple of major productions and is probably most famous for her role in State Fair. I like her attitude. She always plays a woman who is stuck in life and has to deal with everything around her. But Jeanne brought more, a slyness that can't be ignored.
My favorite film of her's is People Will Talk. In this film, she stars opposite Cary Grant. The film is quirky and ahead of it's time. It deals with unwanted pregnancy, scandal, suicide and socio-economic issues as well as the love affair between a student and professor...just kidding... though the professor and student fall in love, she gives a disclaimer which avoids controversy there.


I love Cary Grant and this movie is hilarious. I would recommend it to anyone seeking a good laugh and a corny love story.
Look out for Sunderson too... he's great! Oh! The "Wicked Witch of the West" is in this film too... keep you're eyes peeled!
Another person in this film is related to me: my Great-uncle Bob. He plays a violin in one of the scenes and every time he comes back east, we either watch the film or watch the film and talk about the film. I love it. This is also the only film that my Pop-pop and I ever RE-watched (he thought it a waste of time to see something too many times... one of many subjects we liked to verbally spar over... I miss it dearly).

Suffice it to say, I like that Jeanne Crain was in a picture in the Style section of the NYtimes today. :)