Tuesday, April 22, 2003

 
XXX. Quality fair. Except not. But, like Greg said, Jess did pick it. :-P
posted by Miles 3:25 PM

 
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979). This is some fallin' over, clenched up in hysterics, funny shit.
posted by Miles 3:23 PM

 
Dancer In The Dark I was devastated by this film the first time I saw it, a couple years ago when it was in Theaters. I'm not sure why I decided to sit down and watch it again, when Jim rented it (Friday night). It fucked me up, completely, again. It's just unbearably emotionally intense. I'm split between recommending it as a movie that everyone needs to see, and telling people they should avoid it. If you want a more manageable, but still very affecting death row movie, watch Dead Man Walking.

Dancer in the dark sneaks up on you. You don't realize the damage that's coming. You feel everything slipping away at the same time as Selma does, and it both makes sense and doesn't - as it is for her. And in the end, you are unable to escape, gripped by fear, inevitability, and incredible sadness, as she is.





posted by Miles 2:36 PM