Quickie - Exit Music turned out to be a very real and intimate movie as we become part of the household where Ethan Rice is in his 20s, and his cystic fibrosis has reached the stage where he is on oxygen the whole time. We're there with Ethan, his parents, with the doctor, and others as they plan how to take the next steps if things get too painful to continue as they are. I know that sounds grim, and that's part of this film, but more important was seeing past the illness and the paraphernalia to get to know the human being inside the body.
After the film there was a discussion with the doctor who worked with the family - and has lived in Anchorage. There should be more films like this that get passed the facades and remind us that every human being basically is, well, another human being with dreams and fears and love.
Earthquake recovery is happening rapidly. Until today, the restroom near the theater wasn't working and you had to walk through the mall, down the stairs (the elevators weren't working either) to get there. Today, it's working.
And they announced that Martini Matinee at 2pm tomorrow will be Bear Tooth's grand reopening after the earthquake. Not even a week.
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