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i watch movies (and read blogs!) [May. 1st, 2008|02:40 pm]
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This Filthy World - Even if you're one of those who thinks that John Waters lost his spark years ago (and I for one am not), you might enjoy this odd combination of a stand-up act and a vocalized career retrospective. Some of it covers the same ground he dives into during his commentaries (which are the best I've heard from any director, mostly because Waters actually knows what his audience would want to hear), but it's still fun.

Lars and the Real Girl - Weirdly enough this movie got advertised as a comedy (which was egregious, but not as jaw-dropping as when Trainspotting got the same type of publicity), when it's really more of a film that rather defies genres. Given my own history, I give a lot of slack to movies about pathologically shy people, but I did really like this one, although it got a little too close for comfort once in a while (but, hey, it gave me more of a motivator to do as kia suggested and look for jobs in Boston and New York).
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[User Picture]From: [info]zmarlowe
2008-05-01 07:08 pm (UTC)

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I watched Filthy World through Netflix Watch Instantly a while back, and enjoyed the hell out of it. I don't think I've ever really liked a Waters film, but the man is a brilliant racountuer.
[User Picture]From: [info]drownedinink
2008-05-04 04:56 am (UTC)

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"People always tell me, 'You must have been on drugs when you made those movies.' And...well, we were." That and the description of Divine as Jackie Kennedy during the assassination both nearly killed me.

Even if you don't like any of his films, you really should watch his commentaries. He's really the only director I know of who can give an entertaining commentary that's worth listening to in of itself.
[User Picture]From: [info]katura
2008-05-02 07:54 am (UTC)

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I adored Lars and the Real Girl.
[User Picture]From: [info]drownedinink
2008-05-04 04:58 am (UTC)

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It was such a moving film, especially once the entire town simply decides to act as though Bianca was "real." Plus it had a subtlety that I thought was completely dead in Hollywood.
[User Picture]From: [info]katura
2008-05-04 06:11 am (UTC)

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That's what I loved about it, it was just so quiet and understated. Ryan Gosling's performance was beautiful.