Welcome to the Liberators “Welcome to the Liberators!” It is painted on a brick wall as Antonia and her daughter walk into a Dutch village that Antonia grew up in in the movie Anotonia’s Line, directed by Marleen Gorris. While the message is clearly meant for Allied troops who are clearing out the Nazi…
Month: January 2021
Richard III – Evil Evil England – An Honest Review
Richard III: Evil Evil England A Review of Richard III (1998) starring Ian Mckellen and Annette Bening When one looks at the United Kingdom, one naturally expects to find certain things. Among these are crumpets, tea, drivers sitting on the right hand side of automobiles, double-deck buses, and a deep and abiding love for the…
Jim Bridger – Vagabond Saddle Tramp
This is an excerpt from my book “Vagabonds: Sometimes Getting Lost is the Point” . It’s available as an ebook for kindle or ebook readers. Over the next several months we will be exploring some of these amazing vagabond characters from the past (and present). Jim Bridger (March 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the…
Amazing Vagabond – Chris Guillebeau – Every Country in the World
Chris Guillebeau is such a genuinely nice guy that even the hater trolls can’t seem to hate him as he makes his way to every country in the world.
The Player – A Robert Altman Film
About The Player – Robert Altman’s Insider Look Inside of Hollywood What does it mean to be an insider in Hollywood? What happens behind the scenes during the process of an idea becoming a script, a script becoming a pitch, a pitch being selected to be made into a film, and finally in the transition…
Vino Vagabond Writer – Linda Kissam
Linda specializes in easy, breezy destination stories focusing on what makes each destination special through it culinary and wine, beer and spirits scene and the soft adventures that surround those pursuits.
Looking for Richard – A Film Review
Looking for Richard and Looking for Relevance by Vago Damitio It would seem that one of the major tasks facing filmmakers and story tellers of all stripes today is to find relevance between the story being told and the lives we lead. This search for relevance is not simply a way to achieve funding and…
Sex, Drugs, and a Holiday in Cambodia
Sex, Drugs, and a Holiday in Cambodia In 1987 Spalding Grey, released his indy film/monologue, Swimming to Cambodia. In the monologue, Gray discusses a trip he took to Thailand, his experiences on the trip, and the events that led him there. Of primary significance to the monologue is the historical understanding of the events which…
A Memento of Henri Bergson – Christopher Nolan’s Memento
A Memento of Henri Bergson You may think that you are free, but you are not. You may think that each action you take is an unrestrained choice, but it is not. You ( and everyone else) are incarcerated in a prison that controls every action you take and every decision you make. Even the…
Revolutionary Vagabond – Che Guevara
World travel was important to Che. Sure, you see his image on all kinds of clueless college kids t-shirts and hoodies and maybe later he was responsible for thousands of heartless deaths, but you gotta love that medical student who set out on his friend’s motorcycle to see the world.