Strangely appropriate

Last night I had a dream about the US midterms. Two psephologists were explaining the outcomes, swings etc with reference to the operation, water levels and contents of a toilet. This seemed strangely appropriate.

Film quiz update

The following answers to yesterday's film quiz have been provided (with the name of first identifier).

1. Marquis - damiel

2. Paths of Glory - damiel

3. Ran - kalypso_v

4. Metropolis - gnimmel

5. Meet the Feebles - gnimmel

6. Virgin Spring - damiel

8. Margaret's Museum - c_mantix

This is fun because I can almost always rely on damiel and gnimmel to identify odd cultish films and c_mantix and globetrotter1 to spot the mandatory Canuckistani flick. Plus, of course, much general cinematic erudition from all sides.

Naturally I think all these movies are worth seeing and could maker a case for all but Marquis and Meet the Feebles being genuine classics. Those two however are a bit different. Lord of the Rings fans will want to see Meet the Feebles because it was directed by Peter Jackson. It's much better than Lord of the Rings because it wasn't shot in the pitch dark and only the rabbit has pointy ears. Marquis is very weird but definitely worth a look.

Now, additional clues for the three remaining flicks.

7. Is a very long, star studded, over worthy and rather dull WW2 flick.

9. Is a less well known but much better WW2 flick.

10. has a star studded cast and an A-list director but still manages to be thoroughly unsatisfying.

Today's chuckle

It's hard to find anything much to smile about in today's contest between the Torture and Torture Lite parties in our increasingly insane southern neighbour but the following from Gavin Esler of the BBC produced a weak chuckle:

The Democrat campaign seems to boil down to one phrase: "We're not George Bush." And the Republican campaign is similarly taut: "We're not George Bush either."

Somehow, however, American voters will sort it all out.