. . . not far from Casa NewMexiKen, though well above freezing down here at 6,000 feet. A day more wintry than spring-like in any case.
Last night I read my third detective novel in the past few days, this time Vendetta: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
NewMexiKen saw The Good Shepherd on DVD over the weekend. It’s a story about the foundings of the modern American intelligence service — OSS during World War II, the CIA after. The film centers on Edward Bell Wilson as the head of covert activities during the 1961 disaster at the Bay of Pigs. In flashbacks we learn how Wilson got to that point.
It’s a good film telling a good story. Matt Damon as Wilson is OK; I am just not a big Damon fan. He doesn’t seem to age when he needs to in a part. Damon is much better in roles where he is a guy in his twenties, now thirties. Angelina Jolie does surprising work as Wilson’s wife. Others include Alec Baldwin, William Hurt, and Robert DeNiro (who directed the film). In minor parts are Keir Dullea and Timothy Hutton.