Potluck Quote of the Day (3 of 10): Friedrich Nietzche

For those of you in New York, Film Forum is screening the Joan Crawford film "Sudden Fear" with nightly showings at 7:00 or 9:20 p.m. Of course, the way life works, even if you live in the same neighborhood as Film Forum, someone will talk you into seeing "Bad Moms" instead. Well, Christina Applegate of "Married with Children" sitcom fame (she is now 44 years old) is a good antagonist in the bawdy comedy.

Here is today's quote from the late Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900):

"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge."

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Quote of the Day/Week- Sidney Poitier

Since we just got back from The Bahamas and today is the start of Black History Month, we thought it would be nifty to quote Sidney Poitier, 84, who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field" (1963), the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar. More recently, in 2009, Poitier also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.

Though Poitier has lived in the United for a long time, he is a Bahamas-native and maintains dual citizenship. In fact, in 1997, Poitier was the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. We also learned that he is fluent in Russian.

Here is his quote: "History passes final judgment."

SIDEBAR ONE: The underground cult classic "Pretty Poison" (1968) with Tuesday Weld and the late Anthony Perkins, who was best-known for playing Norman Bates in "Psycho" begins a week-long run at the Film Forum in New York starting on Friday. We finally saw the film two years ago. And, for those of you in the Big Apple or even New Jersey, we highly recommend it.

SIDEBAR TWO: We would personally love to see actor Michael C. Hall, who plays Dexter on "Dexter," a Showtime series about a serial killer who kills off people whom he believes have killed people, say: "I am not a serial killer, but I play one on tv." Today, Hall turns 41, the same age as me. He is originally from Raleigh, NC. Happy Birthday, Dexter.

Fellini's Amarcord @ Film Forum, NYC

In order to lure more hip urbanites to my blog, we are devoting a monthly look at what's currently playing at the Film Forum Cinema in New York.

This week the cinema is presenting a revival of Frederico Fellini's classic 1974 film "Amarcord," which did not play in Danville, Va. (see last entry)

The Film Forum is also presenting "Wendy and Lucy," "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" and "Dust."

"Dust" is a documentary by Hartmut Bitosky and it is indeed about dust!

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