WTC

I doubt that there are few people who could film New York with such care and love and, remarkably in the light of his past films, could do that without a political overtone other than Oliver Stone.

I really admire the way he films this city and have done since the opening scenes of Wall Street which always seem to me to be in the same league as Woody Allen’s treatment of Manhattan but just in colour.

The same care and love is evident in World Trade Center but this isn’t about fine days in a peaceful city. The stories behind a few men from the Port Authority give us just one insight into what happened that day.

The stories of Will Jimeno, John McLoughlin, Dominick Pezzulo are told with care and left me amazed.

Add to that Dave Karnes and Jason Thomas (incorrectly played by a white actor) and Chuck Sereika :

“a man with no training in collapsed-building rescue and extrication, risked his life that day for men he had never met. Sereika said he was sure he would die when he crawled in. Unlike the police and firefighters who without hesitation sacrificed everything—and I in no way discount their selfless acts—Sereika was not called to duty by his unit. He arrived on his own accord. He was a paramedic, but his license had expired and he had left that life behind as he sought treatment for addiction problems. But he grabbed his medic sweatshirt and his cell phone and headed down to Ground Zero to see if he could apply a few splints or perform minor triage. He never imagined that he would be involved in one of the few and most memorable rescues of Sept. 11.”

How the 9/11 rescue really happened. - By Rebecca Liss - Slate Magazine

An incredible film telling an amazing tale and very, very humbling.

So Dark the Con of Man ....

So dark outside as well.

This morning started with thunderstorms and darkness and became a bright, cloudless day as I wandered into town.

By this evening I’d cooked salmon wrapped in proscuittio on a bed of Puy lentils with chocolate mousse to follow.

K and I finally settled down to watch The Da Vinci Code. I have to say I enjoyed the book more than the film which seemed to lack the suspense and excitement of the book but it was a reasonable film to watch. That said I’d like to visit Temple Church and I do wonder if it’s the “wedding cake” church I see from Hungerford Bridge at this time of year…..

Seventies Cine ...

I seem to be stuck in some celluloid time loop at the moment checking out films from the Seventies.

Latest to make their way through my DVD player are :

• The Taking of Pelham 123
• All the Presidents Men
• Dog Day Afternoon

Luckily I have Kongekabale for a little more up to date intrigue.

Lead Poisoning ...

It seems everything that can go wrong on this project will.

I now need to move the location of the kit to another part of the building. The onsite meeting today went well but I now have a whole new level of complexity to manage the fit out of this new location and provide links from the old kit to the new.

Just to top it off a supplier called to say they have ceased production of something we wanted to buy as it has too much lead in the circuitry and no longer conforms to the RoHS directives covering the “restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment”.

Tonight I have given in, cooked and sat down to enjoy Chunking Express.