tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post6712835927106731368..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: The Mind of Godbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-78696189531344383022014-03-18T15:57:33.939-04:002014-03-18T15:57:33.939-04:00Yeah, it was quite a story, but all related in ret...Yeah, it was quite a story, but all related in retrospect, so it almost had the air of a cruel joke when I heard it. That would have been not long after this film appeared, too.<br /><br />I did see GOH some time ago, and most of Morris's other documentaries as I could get my hands on them. Probably should watch them all again at some stage. Thin Blue Line is the only one I've seen more than once, and a few times at that. It always amazes me as much as the first time I saw it, every time.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-17396545046573306372014-03-18T15:05:14.158-04:002014-03-18T15:05:14.158-04:00That's an amazing story. I don't know how ...That's an amazing story. I don't know how your friend's dad, or his wife and kids, could process that kind of reversal.<br /><br />And have you seen GATES OF HEAVEN?bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-58963186932087763202014-03-18T14:03:54.636-04:002014-03-18T14:03:54.636-04:00A friend of mine's father was diagnosed with L...A friend of mine's father was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease at one point and told he'd be dead within about a year or so. Then after all the necessary arrangements were made, friends and loved ones here and there notified and preparatory goodbyes said, a subsequent checkup resulted in a freak, totally unexpected discovery of some small growth or abnormality on or in the brain stem or something, which being removed, eventually led to a complete recovery on the dad's part--almost by accident, in essence. I'm not saying this turn of events necessarily has any relevance to Hawking's condition, but we did speculate a little as to how unfortunate it would be if that kind of drawn-out physical collapse could likewise have been avoided by just such a seemingly random stroke of luck.<br /><br /><br />It's been a while since I saw this, and maybe because Hawking was already a fairly familiar figure to me, I don't recall it leaving a huge impression on me at the time. Certainly not on the same level as The Thin Blue Line, but then again not much else since has, either.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364322006357208797noreply@blogger.com