Day #22,382-383

Walk km 13,388-13,402: Meetup walk at Spanish Banks
Walk km 13,402-13,405 (8978 to go): running errands

Movie #2249: Un Flic (1972, Jean-Pierre Melville)

Excellent caper film. However, Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve were miscast. Everyone is this film looks like a cop or a crook except those two: they look like movie stars.

Day #22,381

Walk km 13,378-13,388: Meetup walk in Pacific Spirit Park

Meetup walkers
approx km 13,385 Pacific Spirit Park

Jericho Beach

Day #23,379-380
Walk km 13,369-13,376: Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach
Walk km 13,376-13,378: running errands

bridge and pond
approx km 13,375

Movie #2248: A Quiet Place in The Country (1968, Elio Petri)

Haunted house story. And since it was made in '68 a veneer of weirdness has been added. Haunted house strories are so boring.
In 1971 I saw Petri's "Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion" in Winnipeg and thought it was great. Would I have also thought that this was great too? I sure hope not.
They say it's very hard to find a version of this film with English subtitles. It should have been harder!

Day #22,378

Walk km 13,366-13,369: running errands

Movie #2247: The Flesh Eaters (1962, Jack Curtis)

I'm finally hooked back up to the Internet and just in time to watch this one on YouTube. Obviously, some skill was at work here. The plot and special effects are crap but it has a great visual look to it and the acting is of a high standard (for this type of thing). Radley Metzger was the editor. Barbara Wilkin rates very high on the hubba-hubba meter (probably second only to Allison Hayes).
This was Jack Curtis' only film.

Day #22,377

Walk km 13,361-13,366 (9011 to go): running errands

Book #451: Franny & Zooey (1957, J D Salinger)

A nostalgia trip. I haven't read this since the 60s and they reprinted this in paperback with the same design as the 60s edition. I remember liking this (and "9 Stories") a lot but not getting much out of Catcher In The Rye. Filled with eccentric characters - all I needed in the 60s. Today, reads like a three act play (a very good 3 act play).