PLANET PEOPLE

To celebrate Dan’s new blog, I would like everyone to re-listen to Beyonce Knowle’s turn-of-2007 masterpiece: Irreplaceable.

But this time, think of it as a CIA lovesong.

I like to picture a newly wed couple moving into their new house.
The husband, an undercover agent, having to explain his life-depending secrecies.

Listen…

Or, for those of you with filmic sensibilities:

Secret Lives, 1991
d. Martin Scorsese

Harvey Trenthold, a NARC that turns out to be a bad guy - Ray Liotta
Lisa-Marie Trenthold, an Innocent Belle - Marisa Tomei
The Cab Driver, another undercover agent that’s been staking out Trenthold for the past 6 years - Nick Nolte

Academy Award Winner, Best Actress
Academy Award Nominee, Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Score
Academy Award Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay

DVD Bonus Features:
“Living Secretly,” a look at Ray Liotta’s transformation from neighborhood hero to underworld crime boss.
Featuring Commentary by Martin Scorsese, Stewart Copland, and Donald Spoto.
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