dog o' ver ill eaze

on sunday i purchased the film война и мир. that is, in english, war and the world. rather, that is war and peace. war and peace is the title. have you heard of it? i did once, but it fell out of my mouth like cabbage.



















this film, though, o! the director is Sergei Bondarchuk (Сергей Бондарчук). him i had never heard of so he had no chance at becoming cabbage enwrapping dense chopped beef with onions, or here they are called luke (лук), which is also the name for a bow, which i haven't seen here, but the kind that shoots arrows, which i have! a dour-faced man with some dour air about him was carrying arrows like a baby in his arms on sunday when this occurred. they were nestled and not at all threatening as the had no heads, dour-faced or no.

but i purchased this film. it is based on a book by a man that was called the lion son of nikolai tall'st-toy and clearly, the russian naming system is complex and not open to direct translation, but i think i understand enough to get by, so long as this lion son keeps his pen away from me and uses it to play darts with the likeness or effigy of another man named Naples-Leon.

well, some academy had good things to say about this dvd in the '60s, and though i don't trust persons generally from the '60s, i have on occasion, and on this occasion i did.

but of essentials, i want you to hear what was told to me, which is, namely, that if we adjust for inflation (which neither i nor you know how so to do), this film would cost $700 million dollars today, and that is certainly beyond my means, but if you are interested in becoming an investor, let me know and i will email you under the alias of african royalty and give you my paypal account number, and this epic will be greenlighted this very eve!

but also essential is to remember that there are over 120,000 extras for this film and it is over 400 minutes, which is substantial if you (i) drink a gallon of coffee, (ii) cannot pause the film, (iii) have to pay 16 rubles to use any bathroom in the country, but you don't have 16 rubles, all you have is 16 kopecks and you suddenly fear all the worst, that you will be lost to speculative history like Tycho Brahe and the world and your family will disown you for your 16 kopeck poverty, but then you remember "it's no shame to poor", and that's so true: we have come to an agreement you and i.