Having worked at Pfizer and American Express, I've taken full advantage of the free admission to various museums around the city that those employee identification cards grant me. One thing I haven't taken advantage of are the film screenings at MoMA. The selection of films they show is great and I get tickets to those for free as well but I just haven't ever gotten around to it. What finally got me off my ass and up to 53rd street was the chance to see Citizen Kane projected on the big screen.

Wow.

It's such an obvious reaction but, WOW. I knew the cinematography in the film was pretty badass but seeing it on the big screen on actual film and not a small TV really made me appreciate it. The film is also a lot funnier than I remember it being and it's not at all boring. Although I was skeptical when I saw it in highschool for the first time, I can definitely now see why it's considered one of the best films ever, if not the best. There's just not much wrong with it.

After having been through one of the best film going experiences of my life at MoMA (the two others that stand out are Apocalypse Now and 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Cinerama) I just had to watch another movie before going to bed.

Through the miracle of DVR, I had The Parallax View, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and The Magnificant Ambersons on my TV. Lee chose The Parallax View and off we went on a real strange film going experience. The film is a political thriller released in 1974 in the wake of Watergate and the assassinations of JFK and RFK. The film is one of the most ambiguous and pessimistic films that I've ever seen. Great cinematography by Gordon Willis and some brilliant sequences, including an assassination in the Space Needle, an incredible montage in the middle, and a devastating ending.