Movie Tear
I’ve been on a movie tear for awhile now, for better or worse. I use movies to prompt me to stay at the easel… I’ll paint a little, watch a little when I have to hang around the studio, which would be always. Recent films -
Mysterious Skin - 2 Boys with shared childhood experience relink in this very unsettling and sexually graphic flick - for cinema freaks only really
Last Kiss - Jack Braff plays a wimp in love who’s girlfriend is having their baby. Braff hangs out with his wimpy friends (with the exception of one stud) who are getting whacked around by girls. Is Braff ready to settle down? Who knows - a decent movie which reminds me that youth is extended in contemporary culture. Maybe that’s okay since 30 was the average lifespan when the institution of marriage was established, apparently.
Factotem - Matt Dillon plays the peripatetic Charles Bukowski in a film that will prompt me to read this highly respected degenerate author. I can’t wait. Lillie Taylor plays his sometimes girlfriend very well. This is slacker central and I was fascinated by the style of life this guy led. I have a time card for my little studio, just to give you a taste.
Derailed - What happens when you flirt with a girl even when you’re married? Watch out in this very frustrating Clive Owens Jennifer Anniston film - at least there is some satisfaction after an uncomfortable slide into the darkness of ‘totally screwed’.
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