I just canāt bring myself to watch āDuneā again, I just canāt.
āFrenzyā is a great film.
Thereās another good Hitchcock film that I rarely see mentioned and thatās āThe Paradine Caseā made in 1947 and starring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Alida Valli, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Coburn and Louis Jourdan.
Again the full film is on YouTube:
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Iām watching it tonight. Iāve seen it a couple times. Itās a good one.
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I am going to check that out, never seen it.
Also āTown on Trialā
I will give you my take on it once I have.
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An Analysis of Akira Kurosawaās composition of movement of film. Some Directors have it others donāt.
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My favorite Akira Kurosawa film is āThe Bad Sleep Wellā made in 1960. I do like all the Samurai films obviously however the below is my favorite of his films.
Hereās the original trailer:
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Iāve been watching quite a lot of 1930ās-1950ās British films these past few months.
This one and many more were excellent.
His last movie I love this one.
Rhapsody in August is great too.
Dreamsā¦all amazing
Ran and Kagemusha and Seven Samurai are his greatest epics. But he has so many great films
Ikiru High and Low,
He was prolific like Hitchcock.
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Wandering in samsara. Repeat, rinse, repeat.
āan inchworm climbs up a stalk, but then almost reaching the top, falls back down.ā
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The sci-fi channel did a much better version of Dune, you should check that out.
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I just couldnāt get into it. Thereās a lot I hated in the Lynch version, but I became attached to some parts of it. The TV version felt like TV.
I havenāt gotten that far yet. 
My meditations is taking me elsewhere these days, but occasionally I will find one gem that is not only underrated but classic and forgotten.
Such as this one.
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This reminds me of the end of āWater Marginā the 108 Bandits in the Chinese classic I told you about some time ago. They vanished from the earth and became stars in the sky.
Was this Grandfatherās story ever done in a film?
No, because they are quiet meditations in remembrance of my Grandfather. I truly miss him sometimes. He was such a great man, compassionate human being. Sigh!
This story also reminds me of an old Hammer film from the 60ās- āPrehistoric Womenā¦a time traveling saga about a legend of a White Rhino
I saw this in 1967 in a Drive-in movie, double feature with another Hammer Film, The Devilās Own {original British title: The Witches). This double feature was imprinted in my brain since I was on a major psychedelic at the time.
And starring Joan Fontaine
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You would have to read a few of Carlos Castendaās books to really grasp the nuance of what my Grandfather was eliciting in the storytelling of the Niwot tribe. āThe Teachings of Don Juanā was like illuminating the consciousness within the dream state where beings took whatever shape they wanted.
Also the Winchester Mansion in San Jose is another that comes to mind about ghosts aimlessly wandering.
I read the Carlos Castendaās books.
Another association that entered my mind is from āA Gift of Unknown Thingsā by Lyall Watson.
Looking on Youtube searching Niwot Tribe disappeared has alot of interesting things, including a couple on a tribe in Canada. and the āmissingā Roanoke colony. I have descendants from that time in Virginia on my Ancestrydotcom
How well do you know the story about Castaneda?
Only that he was a anthropologist student and supposedly encountered a Yaqui named Don Juan (not sure if that is his real name) to which he eventually based his Thesis dissertation on. I read a couple of those books āThe Teachings of Don Juanā, āFurther Teachings with Don Juanā and The Eagles Gift"