As soon as the summer movie season hits, I lose all intellectual and arty pretensions and line up for the latest portentous blockbuster. This summer I'm going to try and balance my penchant for 'splosion-filled movies with films that are actually worth watching. For instance, I recently saw "The Punisher," and it's Henry Kissinger level of violence was not exactly, well, stimulating (fun, though). To satiate my desire for meaningful moving pictures, I dropped into my nearby Blockbuster and rented "Bonhoeffer"(yes, Blockbuster carried this film - I'm as shocked as you are). I highly recommend this film, especially if you don't know much about the man. It's light on theology and heavy on biography, but it doesn't lose any profundity along the way.
Anyways, I'm going to see "Van Helsing" tonight, and I've already begun my search for a film that will neutralize the negative effects it will have on my attention span and ability for abstract thought. I'm leaning towards Jim Jarmusch's new "Coffee and Cigarettes." The premise is simple enough: ultra-hip quasi-celebrities meet eachother in the hazy smoke of a diner to conversate over procelain mugs filled with plain old regular joe. The highlight of the film, I'm sure, will be the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop, which could be a film on its own (it would have to be called "Summit of the Cool" or something like that, though). Also promising is Bill Murray waiting on the table of the RZA and the GZA.
While I'm on the subject of Jim Jarmusch and his films, have y'all seen "Down By Law"? If not, see it, especially if you liked "O Brother Where Art Thou?" and a feeling of contented melancholy.
Anyways, I'm going to see "Van Helsing" tonight, and I've already begun my search for a film that will neutralize the negative effects it will have on my attention span and ability for abstract thought. I'm leaning towards Jim Jarmusch's new "Coffee and Cigarettes." The premise is simple enough: ultra-hip quasi-celebrities meet eachother in the hazy smoke of a diner to conversate over procelain mugs filled with plain old regular joe. The highlight of the film, I'm sure, will be the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop, which could be a film on its own (it would have to be called "Summit of the Cool" or something like that, though). Also promising is Bill Murray waiting on the table of the RZA and the GZA.
While I'm on the subject of Jim Jarmusch and his films, have y'all seen "Down By Law"? If not, see it, especially if you liked "O Brother Where Art Thou?" and a feeling of contented melancholy.