OK, remember that whole broken foot thing? Here's the hilarious part: since my foot and leg weren't being used (because I'm 100 percent non-weightbearing with a Jones fracture), and since little fragments of bone matter were dislodged into my bloodstream, my body took the opportunity to play a practical joke and began making a big blood clot! In my leg! Isn't that hysterical? And then, get this, pieces of the clot broke off, and they headed for my lungs! Ha ha! When I showed up at the hospital, breathing heavy but smiling and cracking jokes, they put me on oxygen immediately. Diagnosis? Pulmonary emboli! Six of the bastards, in both my lungs! Get out of town!

It could have been much worse, of course. It turned out that this was not the end of Rico after all, although Rico did spend three nights in the Intensive Care Unit and another four in the Telemetry Ward. Based on this experience, I can definitely suggest a nice hospital stay if, you know, you're dying, but otherwise I can't really recommend it.

For my own part, I didn't really start feeling better until I was actually out of the hospital. As of today, I'm pretty much back to normal -- well, except for that business with the broken foot, which is apparently going to take a nice looooooooooooong time to heal. I even took a drive today to The Black Cow, a funky coffeehouse in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, which is about 20 minutes up the Hudson River from Sleepy Hollow. (Highly recommended.) My stamina on crutches is improving, but it's not at the level yet where I feel like braving the multiplex crowds, so there won't be new theatrical reviews at Deep-Focus.com until further notice. Sorry about that.

I have been writing, however. Not about current films of the cinema, but about whatever I've been catching on Turner Classic Movies, music videos, record albums, whatever crosses my mind. I'm going to start posting some of it in this space, and some of it I'll probably format as regular reviews for Deep Focus. The bottom line: new content coming soon.

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Great to have you back and (relatively) well, Bryant!

Posted by: Dan at July 21, 2024 10:18 AM

best wishes, get well soon!

Posted by: Heiko at July 21, 2024 10:59 AM

Jesus Christ, that's scary. Glad you're doing much better!

Posted by: Kent at July 21, 2024 07:31 PM

Blood clots, like time travelling cyborgs and Michael Bay films, are not to be fucked with. And while nobody gets outta here alive, nice to see you at least temporarily slipped the reaper's leathery grasp. Still way too many good movies left to see, you know?

Posted by: Dan Jardine at July 22, 2024 12:18 AM

Nice to have you back Bryant. Looking forward to reading some new stuff.

Posted by: Jay F at July 22, 2024 01:03 AM

And here I was waiting to hear your take on 28 Days Later. Given the circumstances, maybe a blood thirsty sprinting zombie movie isn't the best of choices.

On another note, your Brakhage review is much appreciated.

M.

Posted by: M at July 22, 2024 11:40 PM

I'm glad to hear you're back to ok. It would be difficult finding hidden horror gems without you around to point the way. 'And like Mr. Jardine said, still too much to see, right?

Posted by: Daniel Jensen at July 23, 2024 03:03 PM

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