I am awaiting Amazon’s delivery of my copy of the documentary film about Harry Nilsson, when word of another, considerably different, documentary comes my way via the New Jersey Business and Industry Asociation.
It is a film about New Jersey's history of politics and corruption, and the toll it has exacted, and it is about to be released in theatres in the region.
The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption is based on the best-selling book written by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure. The premiere is scheduled for Monday, October 18, and the film will be released starting October 22 in the following select Clearview Cinemas:
- Headquarters 10 Theatres, Morristown NJ
- Tenafly Cinema 4, Tenafly NJ
- Clairidge Cinemas, Montclair NJ
- Red Bank Art Cinema, Red Bank NJ
- Hoboken Cinema 5, Hoboken NJ
- Manhasset Cinemas, Manhasset NY
- Cinema 100, White Plains NY
- First & 62nd Cinemas, 400 E 62nd St. NY
- Chelsea Cinemas, 260 W 23rd St. NY
- American Place Cinema, Flemington NJ
If you would like to get a better idea of what the film is about, you can view its trailer here.
Not exactly a date flick, but I think I will go see it.
I was sitting at a traffic light this past week, and for some reason I began identifying the cars crossing the intersection by country of origin... Japan, Japan, Japan, Germany, Japan, Japan, Sweden, Japan, US, Japan, Japan, Japan, Korea, Germany, Japan... and so on.
The fact that I was sitting in front of a recently-closed Ford dealership may have been part of what triggered this little exercise.
Obviously, my identifications were not perfect. When a Toyota passed by it could have been a Japan-built car or a US-built car. When a Volvo went through the intersection it was probably from the Ford ownership period. That BMW might be from the South Carolina factory. The Chrysler PT Cruiser? Built in Mexico. And the Mini -- what country should I assign to that?
But what I was musing upon was the fact that, 40 years ago, such a car census would have been overwhelmingly US, with a smattering of Germany (thanks to the success of the Volkswagen Beetle), and with the occasional British or Italian car. France might be represented, too, since back then there was a Peugeot dealership not far away.
This evolution in passing traffic would have been unimaginable to a person at that intersection 40 years ago. Plymouth – gone? Oldsmobile – gone? Pontiac – gone? You would have been thrown in the looney bin for suggesting the possibility.
