So excited to learn Waiting for the Barbarians will be available digitally this summer in the US. I spent roughly three months with this book -- researching Coetzee, southern Africa, the concept of 'the other,' the story of bringing this book to the movie theatre, and so many other things. An easy book on the surface that goes as deep as the reader wishes to go. I am not sorry i must see it on my computer screen (as I have seen Ciro Guerra's other magnificent films). Better than nothing.

I just heard the song "We Gotta Rise" and I am ecstatic, utterly over my head in the deepest respect for these guys doing a straight up political action song. Damn! The lyrics I got to write down, "We gotta rise, rise and mobilize. It's you and me, we gotta rise, let's rise above the lies" Wow, wow. Johnny Depp, you sweet man. Hunter Thompson must be dancing in heaven or wherever. Find the video.

I wonder if our guy has any idea about how he has inspired our creativity? I say this as a writer and artist, because nothing I've done in about 10 years is uninformed by what he has given me, unconscious or not. His films, his physical beauty, his insecurities and doubts and failures. All spun into a ball of wonder that feeds me deeply. Thank you, my man, for the inspiration you have provided.

Thank you for that interview. That last line -- I can't stop giggling. But, what I want to say is that we (Depp community ) should forthwith BAN all bad reviews from any Depp site. We should exist, like secret colony of mushrooms, on the rare juice of a Depp interview. Yeah, years would go by. We're mushrooms, it's ok. But, we would never for second lose sight of what this artist is doing. No need for the crap delivered by the ignorant, you know? Pure Depp filter.

I started to read the RS piece (via the IFOD link), but damn, I can't read that. Too down on the man, too deliberately finding the negative in every element. The law of the celebrity -- either they glow and do no wrong, or they aren't fit to be invited in. Superficial crap. Being fans we've always had to bat this stuff off, and this is nothing different. There is one story line for stars in the US -- they shine and then they fall. Walk away Johnny. Get out of town.

Ah, Public Enemies. One of my most favorite Depp films. He just embodies Dillinger, doesn't he? Look at him standing there next to Billie -- that face, the posture, his whole body, all of it transformed so that we see the roots of the man, the place he came from. In a photo, we don't even need to be watching the movie to see Dillinger right there. Amazing. Utterly incredible.

I don't think this is a question just a comment. I can't stop looking at the picture of him standing behind a group of people experiencing David Blaine's magic. There is such gentleness in his face. He is clearly happy, but it's the gentleness that gets to me, the feeling that I am seeing into his center, him at peace, at repose. No awareness of the camera, no need to be the center of attention. Oh man, I wish this man was a good friend of mine. Keep moving forward, Johnny, we are with you.

Thank you to the Depphead who posted the Public Enemies photos. That movie always gets me, makes my heart pound and my head go dizzy. He is magnificent, and the passion just explodes. I'd give anything to vanish into Billie for just one scene, hear that voice in my ear, the power of his arm around as he walks me down the street. Now I am buzzing.