Leaving Madeleine - Part 11
I left Kiyoko's for Le Danton . There was still enough room in the day to get some work done. On my way there I saw that Before the Devil Knows Your Dead was just about to start at the UGC cinema. The days wasted anyway, I justified. I bought a ticket, some candy and a beverage, and found a good seat in the theater. The film started. Immediately I was filled with nostalgia. I missed making films. I missed acting. Since I was very young, people had been telling me I resembled Ethan Hawke. It was one of the few comparisons I actually believed to be true. I didn't find it to be a compliment, nor did I think it was an insult. We did look alike. Same oblong face, jaw, nose, and big ears. I even got a job as his double once. The point of it all is that I feel a certain affinity with the actor. I didn't mind his performances, found him intelligent, thought he made a lot of good choices, and to top it off, he wrote decent literature. Not a bad guy at all. Compare me all you want...