Thursday, September 26, 2019



My phone's camera seems to be developing cataracts. 

Black Swan - Haven't seen it in a long time and it was $4 at McKay's, so woo hoo. I remember a mean mama and some forced cunnilingus. 

Robocop Trilogy - The first two are classics and fun for the whole family. This also includes the third, which I saw at one time and vaguely remember that there are ninjas. Doubt I'll watch it again unless I'm sick on an off day and looking at other shit. 

Blindspotting - Probably my favorite movie from whatever year it came out. Kind of reminds me of Swingers, set in urban L.A. instead of an alternate reality zoot suit L.A. It's a hang out movie for sure, and gets a little political, which is fine since the characters are great. The dude from the hip hop group Clipping is the protagonist. 

A Field In England - Once "Baloo my boy" kicked in I knew this would be something special. I had seen Kill List and Sightseers, which meant that I would wait for anything new from Ben Wheatley with bated breath. AFiE is a departure in tone and scope from those films. It's a low budget, confined, hallucinatory period piece. When I first saw it I thought it might knock Kill List from its top spot in Wheatley's filmography. Then I saw it a 2nd time and though a bit less of it. The third viewing bumped it right back up, though. I guess this means that my mindstate matters when watching AFiE. I find it infinitely fascinating. The language is beautiful, the B&W is gorgeous, and the whole second half is a mushroom trip hellscape borne from experience, which you will either love or loathe. This is one I wish I had seen in a theater with a great sound system, in complete darkness. See it if you haven't!

The Manson Family - Goddamn fucking shit I love this movie. I used to own the 2-disk DVD edition, but lost it somewhere along the way. So glad they re-released it on the Blu, and it even has all the old special features and a few new ones. This is a film made over a decade of blood and sweat and maniacal devotion from the director and crew. Van Bebber even became a sort of bespoke cult leader himself, keeping the cast coming back to the project through marriages, divorces, births, and deaths. The result is probably the closest any of us have to being in spitting distance of the actual Family. Blood orgies, drug orgies, stabby-stabbies, swatikas...it's all here in chaotically low budget gory glory. The most impressive aspect, to me, is that while the movie places us directly in the lives of these damaged youngins, it doesn't glorify them. It's actually pretty neutral, while also being a paean to a bygone era. Watch it and revel in Van Bebber's nightmare. 

Enemy - Another cheap buy at McKay's. I saw this once and remember liking it but not understanding much of what happened. That means it deserves another viewing or three. Also: Giant Spiders!

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