no, it was the reunion with the class of 07 at CBar. Nice to see all those people, great conversations---a great way of beginning the alumni weekend at Friends. This is a class that I first met in spring of 2000, when they were completing the fifth grade. Lots of shenagagins, but ultimately they were fun, and the first group that I actually grew with---as my work at Friends progressed from middle school assignments to upper school. And today there is more---will see them again and also the class of 12---another very interesting group. Will leave soon.
Just want to say a few words about the Melville picture that I saw on Thursday---Leon Morin, Priest. Slow to begin, but ultimately very compelling. I feel detached from Melville's work, but there is something really individual about how he approaches a story and tells it. Beautifully shot---whereas the first Melville picture of the series that I saw---Le Cercle Rouge, was about police vengeance and crooks on the run, Leon Morin concerns a Priest and his relationship to a parishioner about his age, over a period of about 8 years---throughout the Italian and German occupation of France, and moving through the liberation and its aftermath. The two become very close--but of course, no intimacy. How that is worked through is the crux of the story. Ultimately very compelling.
That is all I wanted to say, will report soon.
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