I tend to prefer art that makes me uncomfortable, so this discussion of Mysterious Skin has made me want to see it. Plus, Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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Sean K - Nov 13, 2007 8:14:56 pm PST #2241 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Nutty - Nov 14, 2007 2:34:57 am PST #2242 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
My take on Mysterious Skin is that it's a Gregg Araki film. It's designed to be shocking and crude and confrontational and unhappy. That said, it's the most professional, coherent, and pretty Gregg Araki film I've ever seen, so.
One of the things I like about it is that its premise is to debunk the stories people invent to make their lives have a narrative. Both of the protagonists are mired in their own self-fictions (one more obviously fiction than the other), and the film empathizes with the impulse to fiction, even as it strips those fictions away one by one.
tiggy - Nov 14, 2007 6:27:04 am PST #2243 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I randomly caught part of MS on showtime a while back and didn't get to see very much, but was intrigued and downloaded it. i haven't yet found a time to watch it and i'm pretty sure i know how depressing it's going to be and i will have to be in the right frame of mind to watch it.
what i did watch last night was The Jane Austen Book Club. i thought it was a very well done chick flick. Hugh Dancy was so adorable i wanted to smish him.
Aims - Nov 14, 2007 8:26:14 am PST #2244 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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I'm really excited to see Tom Felton's acting in Half-Blood Prince. In 372 days.
And from all things I've seen, they are including the Lavendar plot line so I might be able to talk someone into making my vid after all.
Woot!
Sue - Nov 14, 2007 8:31:35 am PST #2245 of 10000
hip deep in pie
Aims - Nov 14, 2007 8:33:32 am PST #2246 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh she's totally cute!!
megan walker - Nov 14, 2007 8:48:26 am PST #2247 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm confused. Isn't Lavender black?
Aims - Nov 14, 2007 8:51:31 am PST #2248 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't remember it being stated as such. I vaguely remember a reference to blonde hair.
lisah - Nov 14, 2007 8:52:58 am PST #2249 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm confused. Isn't Lavender black?
I thought she's been in earlier movies played by a black girl. am confused also.
Sue - Nov 14, 2007 8:59:54 am PST #2250 of 10000
hip deep in pie
I thought she's been in earlier movies played by a black girl. am confused also.
Yeah, I thought she was black too. Then they had an open casting call for girls of all races this summer. I think I read that the person "playing" Lavender before was only an extra.