This afternoon, I watched another TiVo suggestion: “Happenstance,” another of those quirky French films in the “Amelie” genre, starring Audry Tautou. This one is definitely darker than “Amelie,” and takes a bit more concentration to get through: the basic plot of the film revolves around the simple fact that one action can have wide-reaching consequences, much the way that a butterfly flapping it’s wings in the Atlantic can cause a hurricane in the Pacific. The film is a constant series of seemingly meaningless events that drive the lives of a large cast of characters; who silently enter each other’s lives without even realizing it. When you begin to realize how the fabric is being woven, it becomes a challenge to spot the threads. Fate and chance are the true stars of this one, and it was chance that brought to it me…
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Is it or isn’t it?
Is the Google Gmail thing an April Fools joke?
Or is this their contribution to today’s festivities?
Reading the Gmail press release pretty much clinches it for me.
“Heck, Yeah,” Say Google Founders
April 1, 2004
November 12, 2004
No thank you, sir
Wondering what in the hell that last ringtone was? It’s a song from one of my favorite movies, Ja Zuster Nee Zuster — a wild, funny, wacky Dutch musical. You can see the U.S. trailer here, and the official U [more...]
December 11, 2004