wasn't even there

i rented the man who wasn't there from the library this weekend. it's lovely. i can't believe how beautifully shot it is; making a movie in black and white is a hard thing to do and the coen brothers do it well. it's dark and well-written, tense and surprising. i'd always wanted to see it, but never got around to it.

i love netflix, but the things i choose on there i do so in advance, with a theme in mind. never two freaky movies side by side, never too many musicals at once, etc. i put stuff on there all the time that i've always meant to see, but often i put the things i really want to see at the top of the list before the other ones come around. the beauty of the library movie system is that i run into things at random, and either have to watch or leave it there. you never know what you'll find.

(also, how can you not love boys who can make dark, gorgeous noir and the big lebowski? genius.)