indiana territory

Saturday movies

While a lot of people will be watching football today; maybe I will watch later. I don't know. I just looked at the TV guide on Yahoo and see that The Far Country is on now, followed by Bend of the River. So, I am watching.

I like it out here on this porch with windows on three sides and overgrown shrubs outside them; it feels a little like a cabin, although I'd like a fireplace. I have a nice DVD fire and a little heater) but only one TV out here; maybe I should set up another one in a fake with some bricks around it and play the fire DVD on it. Hey, you laugh and sure it may be tacky but I'm not so sure it wouldn't be soothing. Something to think about.

The Far Country is set in the Yukon Territory - gold prospecting with Jimmy Stewart and Walter Brennan. It looks rough and damp and not all that comfortable and probably is smelly - wet wool and all that, especially sweat. I don't hanker to climb in the screen and be part of it. Now if they were filming inside a cozy warm cabin with lots of firewood and lots of food and some books to read. Jody, think this through . . . how long can you look at the fire, listen to the wind and be satisfied with feeling cozy? Really to get the most of it, you have to go outside and be cold to the bone and tired. I think this is beginning to sound like the old hit yourself over the head with rocks because it feels so good when you stop.

Still, I don't know about this Indiana gig . . . Still, there is something about the sound of "The Far Country" and "Bend of the River." Maybe it has a twang of tomorrow to it, a feeling of daily ruts all behind.

posted by Jody @ 12:17 PM