In a small but honest attempt to get our Camille on the right mood, I’d like to say a little something about an excellent Australian film I watched at the Stockholm film festival last week. It was called “Praise” and told the story about a twenty-something couple in a destructive and emotional relationship superficially “based” on sex and drugs. Cinematically splendid, this dripping tale of a woman with a bad eczema and a man with low self-esteem doesn’t leave you indifferent. A true movie movie. The novel is a best selling piece of some kind, but I doubt it will be as good as this film. The day before, I watched another Australian film, Strange Planets, which was a shallow but amusing comedy. For a moment there, I was getting used to the thought of spending New Years Eve drinking champagne to cool down from mid summer heat. /TLM ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com