Thursday, November 19, 2009

Just before, I ate an awesome homemade hamburger. It was awesome.

'Polyester' (1981) directed by John Waters

I wasn't really into this film. I quite like the John Waters aesthetic and the whole celebration of the kitsch and grotesque thing, but I just found this film pretty irritating overall. The characters and the storyline didn't really appeal to me, made it hard to get into.

'Mister Lonely' (2007) directed by Harmony Korine

This is an interesting one. It's basically about a Michael Jackson impersonator who joins a commune of other celebrity impersonators. It's visually very interesting and the characters are quite different than those you normally see. There's a layer thing going on here, often an actor is acting as a character who is also acting as another person. Overall, although the pace of the film is fairly slow, a lot of subtle action happens, as characters develop and interact with each other. The tone of the film is very dark actually and although I felt a bit distracted while watching it, this is a film that I have continued to think about days after, it kind of lingers in my mind.

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