The Dolphin Lounge is the film and TV corner of the garden, named for the lounge a submariner earns access to once qualified. This note records how it is organized.
What a note here is
One film or show per note: a short factual setup, my take, the lesson if there is one (written in the note, not the frontmatter), and links back into the rest of the garden wherever the film touches something I already have a note on. Sourcing is light, the take is the point, and notes start as seeds and sharpen on a rewatch.
Frontmatter
watched: 2026-06-20 # when I first saw it
updated: # when I last revised the note (blank shows the watched date)
status: finished # watching | finished (drives "Currently watching")
year: 1981 # the film's own facts
director: Wolfgang Petersen
rating: 8 # optional, out of 10
maturity: seed # seed | working | published
tags: [media, film, submarine]How the index is organized
- Currently watching lists what has
status: watching. - Recommended is a short hand-picked list of the ones worth someone’s time.
- The full list at the bottom of the index is generated by Quartz (alphabetical) and includes everything regardless of status.