Snowed

Today was sunny.
I went to the American Church of/in Berlin.
It was in a really big Lutheran church and it was hard to hear. There was a lame 'kids' thing during service and the sermon was pretty weak. The reading was from John but they also threw in some stuff from Acts, but we didn't talk about it - just read it and then kept going. I also screwed up communion, drinking from the dipping wine...I don't think I'll find a church as good as Calvary. I think I'll just wait until I get back to Canada.
When I got home I was still tired from last night so I napped until like 6 o'clock.
When I woke up I made a B.L.T. and watched "Sleeper" (1973) by Woody Allen and "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"(1971) by Robert Altman with Warren Beatty.
"Sleeper" was pretty good. I didn't know it was a science-fiction comedy. I laughed pretty hard at some points. I was thinking that I only watch Allen for the writing. There isn't the film making aspect of someone like Kubrick. I just mean that Woody Allen's stuff isn't visual although "Sleeper" definitely has visual achievements for Woody Allen's stuff. I guess he may spend time photographing New York in other movies though...
"McCabe & Mrs. Miller" was alright. A pretty good western. The ending was good except the special effects were really distracting. I guess they must have filmed the one scene over many days, because the snow is inconsistent. Maybe one day it snowed and then the next it didn't and to cover up, the filmmakers super-imposed snow over the scene - but not always. So it jumps from authentic snow, to this layered film effect of second unit snow laid on top of the scene...
I listened to the Constantines first album and the new CBC3 podcast. They are doing a 'covers' themed podcast and I sent an email requesting a Constantines cover of Neil Young. I hope they choose it.