Nine To Five

I've noted this film only to mention Colin Higgins- its screenwriter, who also was the pen behind two of the greatest comedies of the early '70's, the classic Harold and Maude, and Silver Streak, the first and best pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Tragically, he died of AIDS in 1988, at the age of 47.

This is the weekend after Memorial Day- my first summer of my fifth decade, and i realize- nothng playing at the movies this weekend is for me. A complete lack of interest on my part- the first time this has ever happened. I now seem to be in that aged 50-64 demographic, the one nobody cares about. I don't want to see one of the loud movies- and I don't really care about a bunch of Catholics trying to kill Tom Hanks. My daughter isn't interested in the current kid's fare, and the arthouse films that are playing feature low-rent features from Jennifer Aniston, Michael Keaton, and Adrien Brody. This would've been a nice week for Academia.