Last night we watched Herzog's Nosferatu, to get in the Hallowe'en spirit.
The opening credits were so very chilling. Pans over the faces and bodies of mummified corpsicles set to foreboding music. Mummies in 80's style hooker boots.
Klaus Kinski made for a very feral and rodential Dracula. His teeth were ratty. His ears were batty.
Isabel Adjani had lots of lovely kohl smeared round her eyes.
Oh, Herzog's soundtracks always get me. Here the scene in the town square, with Lucy wandering amidst the plagued crazies, with the men's choral piece (the one that Kate Bush also used on Hounds of Love)playing...absolutely sent the best kinds of chills up and down my spine. Deeply haunting, absolutely perfect for the scene he sets.
Flame was sick, so I made him escarole soup. Lordy. I thought I was well-versed in obscure vegetables and such, but I found that when I got to the supermarche, I had no idea which dark leafy green was escarole. I had to use process of elimination to find it, as the signage was lamecore. Seems I have worked with all other greens they stock, but never escarole.
I think it was okay. I put too many little Jewish star pastas in it, but that was appropriate, as it was Esther Rolle, which also would appear to be a rolled-up religious document for the Chosen Folk who happen to dwell in the land of Herzog.
10:24 a.m. - 2003-10-21
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