3 hours I can never have back

[labrujah]

Saw Cremaster 3 today.
Celebrity Gossip: Patti Smith and her very young new lover were behind me in line!
Most Interesting Part of Movie: When I spotted the dentist drill my friend found on the street and sold to Mr. Barney
The rest of the film I alternated between wishing I was asleep or somewhere, anywhere else and hating the art world for encouraging Mr. Barney. What's up with just showing people scenes with no story for 3 hours? We're humans and need narrative. It was kind of pretty but extremely self-indulgent. I think this is going to be one of those love it/hate it movies.

Comments

[mittenstein.livejournal.com]

it's definitely a love/hate movie. myself, i'm not bothered by the occasional non-narrative digression. i wouldn't make surreal non-narratives the main staple of my film diet, however. that'd be painful, i bet.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

You loved it, right?

I like the magical realism over the out-and-out surreal. I was reminded of Poison by Todd Haynes -- which was visually amazing and switched stories a lot, and the stories didn't really go anywhere, but at least he admitted they were stories.

[mittenstein.livejournal.com]

i loved it, i s'pose.

i haven't seen poison. can one get it on video/dvd? kim's in new york maybe? or that teeny little store on bedford in williamsburg perhaps?

in the safe-velvet goldmine spectrum of quality, where does it fall?

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Well, if you hated Safe and loved Velvet Goldmine as I did, Poison is right up there near VG, just more experimental and not as juicy-gossipy.

I owe Reel Life (the store on Bedford) like 84 dollars. Good thing I moved away. And one time I was drunk and gave an overdue video to a stranger on the subway to return for me.

[mittenstein.livejournal.com]

and did s/he return it?