A man is born lonely, lives lonely, and dies lonely. Alain Delon Summer 2001- my good friend Cem comes to visit me and hang around, but I tell him that I have to pick up something important quickly and ask him to come with me. ‘Quickly’ meant to drag him to the end of the …
Iggy Pop on Miles Davis’ ‘Sketches Of Spain’ (1960)
This sadness does something to you. I remember exactly how I bought Sketches of Spain in a store for used vinyl at Mercer Street corner Bleecker in New York, for $3,99. It was the time after CD’s had conquered the market and people sold their vinyl records in order to replace them by discs. That’s …
The Sex Gourmet – Damage (1992)
#5 Jeremy Irons & Juliette Binoche Having written four previous pieces on sex scenes which have toasted my loins, the time has come to vent spleen on a film where I have been left both frigid and entertained in the most unexpected way. And, it is with an amused and a slightly annoyed disposition that …