Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Two if by Sewall

A couple new essays to share from our friend Jake Sewall: the first a pondering of our humble origins and the second a strategic view from the rooftop lofts.

Dust

and

Warrior Monks of the Rooftops

Enjoy!

3 comments:

Chas S. Clifton said...

Did you ever notice that pigeon breeders in movies are a little . . . odd?

Think of Forest Whitaker's hit man character in "Ghost Dog". Or Will Ferrell's unreconstructed Nazi in the 2005 version of "The Producers".

Neither of them is exactly "mainstream."

So what are pigeons in American cinematic mythology?

Steve Bodio said...

But what about Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront? Or Jimmy Smits in NYPD Blue? (He also narrates a good pigeon documentary).

Chas S. Clifton said...

So, Steve, it's an obvious essay for you to write: Cinematic pigeons (but not in the film noir sense).