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Cecil B. Demented, Henry Fool, Happiness, Sliding Doors, Personal Velocity, Chelsea Walls, Living in Oblivion, Trees Lounge, Box of Moonlight, Best in Show, Secretary, Cradle Will Rock, the Impostors, the Hudsucker Proxy, Suburbia (the original, not the not-quite-a-remake with the all-star cast), the Jerk, I Married a Strange Person, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Lost in La Mancha, Sleepaway Camp, Slam, Waking Life, 28 Days Later, Terror Firmer, Cannibal: the Musical, Romper Stomper, Arsenic and Old Lace, the Shop Around the Corner, Marraige on the Rocks, the Pianist, Ringu, Once Were Warriors, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Kicked in the Head, Dream for an Insomniac, Life is Beautiful, Battle Royale, Bowling For Columbine, Niagra Niagra, Perfect Blue, Punch Drunk Love, Army of Darkness, Bang Bang You're Dead, Elephant, Dancer in the Dark...
<b>some of my favorite actors:</b>
John Hannah, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Kevin Corrigan, Stephen Dorff, Parker Posey, Oliver Platt, Cloe Sevigny, Natashe Leonne, Alan Rickman, Michael Wincott, Roberto Benigni, John Torturro, Sam Rockwell, Cate Blanchett, Julia Stiles, James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy...
<b>some of my favorite directors:</b>
Steven Shainberg, Marc Levin, Glen Morgan, Peter Howitt, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Rebecca Miller, Ethan Hawke, Sam Raimi, Hideo Nakata, Danny Boyle, John Waters, Stanley Kubrick, Lars Von Trier...
Reviews
Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
Nothing Less Than Extraordinary...
Captivating from beginning to end, this romantic comedy will woo language-lovers everywhere. A swift kick to the intellect, with a sugary-sweet story on the side. Quick dialogue, a solid cast, an almost surrealistic atmosphere and one of the most fitting soundtracks of the decade. There's little to complain about, maybe a few lines here and there that I believe could've been excluded from the script, but nothing detrimental to the over-all feel of the film.
What I love most about the movie (aside from the obvious eye-candy of it being filmed both in black & white and color) was its undeniable originality. Of all the romance I've seen, this remains one of my absolute favorites. And it was the tiny little details that made it so. This woman did her homework, and she's delivered it with style.
Favorite Lines:
"My grandmother used to call it a fi-fi. I mean, isn't that nice? A fi-fi?"
"Never settle for anything less than extraordinary. Because, if you do, life will suck..."
"Come on, would you want to do it with someone whose last name is the worst day of the week?"
Chelsea Walls (2001)
Hawke gives new meaning to the myth...
Chelsea Walls is no less than a moving masterpiece. From stage to screen, the integrity of this modern fairytale was not only preserved, but heightened by Hawke's abstract depiction of the hotel and its tenants. Captivating visuals and a kind of sensual stillness give the film a lulling quality, with a near-flawless cast and hypnotic monologue. The score, developed by none other than the incredible Jeff Tweedy, rounds things off to a smooth edge. I, myself, was highly impressed by the subtle references to the artists of the past. Some were apparent from the beginning (Bukowski, Ginsberg, Cassidy, Dylan), while others crept up from the corners of the story, embedding themselves in the minds of audience members everywhere. It's a film you've got to see beyond the picture. A film not fit for the short attention span. A film intended to pull you down into the depths of madness, toss you around at the violent hand of love, sing you to sleep and wake you back up in the morning. Yes, Hawke has done it again, and this time he's done it with jazz and cigarettes.
Key Moments: The Poem, The Speech, The Session, The Madman, The Drunk Best Performance: A surprisingly stunning delivery from Rosario Dawson