I like Baldwin and see him as another versatile actor (I really liked him in The Departed), @gano , but shortly after I posted I reconsidered. Not because I think the actor playing Brennan has to have a "British look", but I think he has to have an authentic "Boston sound." (For example, Brennan’s trademark "lawer" for law/"sawer" for saw.) After thinking about it, Baldwin seems to be a bit too polished for that role. But I did like what he used to do on SNL when he was portraying you-know-who.
Movie/film suggestions.
While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies 
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I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:
The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?
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I typed a novel and it got lost @immatthewj yes, Baldwin is a brilliant actor. I will type it up again… |
I was just going on and on about how, when I lived in Boston, I felt like I was in a movie because of the people, many of the old-timers felt very rich and extreme characters, theatrical, almost cartoonishly so. The folks there feel it’s worth preserving their identities, despite being American, maybe because the nuances are still holding up, along the power structure between the Irish, Italian and Jewish quarters, and the blacks of course. And these Canton people are no different. Even when they move away from Boston - and not many do, when I go to weddings there, it’s usually one or two family members in a big family - 20 or so - who come from California, the rest moved 5 miles in their whole life. And the ones who do live out of state (outside of 128 haha) remain Bostonians, they find other Bostonians in their new home. They know which bar to go to on day 2 to watch Celtic games. I only found it with New Yorkers and Chicagoans to some extent, the rest are just "yeah, I was born in [X] and moved around". The "Bostonianship" is almost a spice, a sauce that you can pour on anything and make it way more interesting, enthralling, and also darker, mysterious. It’s like the mist and fog of London for Dickens. The Boston strangler, the Isabella Gardner robbery, Whitey Bulger, the Kennedys, etc. all swim in that gravy.. So not much lost with that novel. Have you seen; A Deadly American Marriage ? I don’t know if it’s a fascinating story or presented in a tricky way, but I was fascinated. Baldwin > Brian Higgins
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No Country For Old Men Wind River Hell Or High Water Sicario 1&2 and I am sure 3 13 Hours Black Hawk Down American Sniper Slaphot Goon The Mule Letters from Iwo Jima Flags Of Our Fathers The Town The Usual Suspects Pulp Fiction Gran Torino Den Of Thives A Perfect World The Song Remains The Same The Last Waltz
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