For my own reference; move along, move along.

( Jewish Revolt [Masada] )


( Imperialism [Trajan's Column] )

...Okay, Folie à Deux is rocking my world. Hats off, Fall Out Boy.

ETA: Also rather fabulous is Frost/Nixon. Not that I've seen too much archival footage of Nixon, but I am still 100% in agreement with the reviews of Frank Langella's performance. Which, in a word, all say: incredible. Not that the rest of the cast are at all slouches, but wow. Wow. It is can be Oscar tiem now, plz.

One of - I don't suppose I'd call it a failing, but one thing the film does is to seem to presuppose a level of prior knowledge about Watergate that, as a non-US citizen, I was somewhat lacking. That doesn't make it any less engrossing, though. Actually, I think that in a way, only having a rough idea of Watergate - one that the film doesn't do much to pad out - brings the story right to the perfect line between history and parable, if that makes sense. History, and parable, and relevance.

(I know, I know. It seems more than a little pat to make the oh-so-obvious connection between this story and Bush, and the film's proximity to the election, and to ask whether it's deliberately playing on it all. But earlier today, I watched Keith Olbermann's special comment on the Bush legacy 'talking points', and - goddamn. At one point, one of Frost/Nixon's talking heads mentions watching Nixon's resignation and not feeling vindicated, but instead just feeling angry. Feeling so. angry. that there was no admission of guilt. That there was no apology. And... yes. This.)