I had the best week of new movies and music thanks to my blogging buddies.
It started off when I checked out Gaelic Storm from the library. We've already heard about that. On the same trip I picked up Hedwig and the Angry Inch, DVD and soundtrack. I've been singing the songs in my head all week now. "Put on some makeup, turn on the 8 track..." etc. What a beautiful movie. I think that my favorite scene from early in the movie was in the Sizzler looking restaurant, with the band all around the salad bar with all the Jewish sugar daddies. I love Hedwig's monologue. What the heck city were they supposed to be in anyway? I watched the movie trying to imagine the play and wondering what it was like. I'm so happy to have the songs in my head even though I returned the CD and DVD today.
Great as this movie and music are, I have gotten a little weirded out lately as I just saw that John Cameron Mitchell (director/writer/star of this movie) is planning another movie, Shortbus, with real sex, but not porn. I just saw today a call for "sextras," people who will be having real sex in the background of some scene. They are calling for couples, which somehow makes me feel...better? I believe in artistic freedom in principle of course, but given the reception that Brown Bunny got, I wonder how well received this will be. I can't really imagine going to see it, must as I loved Hedwig.
Anyway, on a lighter note...I also convinced Isaac that we should rent Wet Hot American Summer even though Blockbuster charges $4.79 or so for one rental. Gag. It was delicious - I used to love the State and it was fun to see those guys again. I love the absurdity of the whole thing having 30-somethings play teenagers. The montage in town was our favorite. It brought back memories of the montage in Team America, but was a lot better done. There was a lot of good montage action in WHAS - the later one with the "new way" was also so funny.
Gee, I really should go to bed. I'm supposed to wake up in less than 5 hours to go on a field trip to a pharmaceutical company. Cheers.
I'm the worst movie reviewer ever, I realize.
7 comments:
Did you just die at the going to town montage!I am not kidding I don't think I have ever laughed so hard.I also loved the chase motorcycle scene where he got stopped by the bale of hay.Oh I have to watch that again today.It is so fun to have a blog friend like it because after I saw it for the first time I made my whole family watch it...none of them liked it...Greg thought it was odd.I mean it is odd but it is one of my absolute favorites.o.k. poor Michael needs breakfast...
Did you get free handouts at your field trip?
I wish I got to visit drug dealers for work...
Brown bunny never made it here, I think. I would like to see the movie though.
WHAS!!! Yay!! That movie is *so* funny! I love when he throws the little kid out of the van. And, yes, the going to town montage made me lose it too. All of a sudden they're in a crack den?! Too funny.
I DID get freebies at the pharma field trip. But no viagra. Or what I really wanted which was some stinking headache medicine. Instead they gave us Trident and Certs. Last time I went on this field trip I got Trident, Certs, Lubriderm, Listerine tongue strip things, Rolaids, headache something or other, and maybe some Zantac. MAN! What a rip.
The food was better this time though, and I got to see a pilot plant, where they scale up some pharm making which was really really cool.
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