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july 21, 2009
spit

It was a hot night in July of 1993 when I met you. You had already had too much to drink - I probably had too. The decision to go home with you wasn't difficult - even though you were quite a bit older than me and even though I didn't find you attractive at all - I knew it was a bad decision so I went ahead and did it. I hated myself for it the second I said "Yes." I hated you too at that exact moment, but I hated myself a lot more. Your apartment was dismal - the apartment of a single middle-aged man who probably spent most of his time under the influence. The sex was dismal too. It was barely sex - neither of us got off. I left quickly - walked home. The taste of your mouth in mine was so unbearable that I spat several times on the street as I walked home. Never in my life up to that point had I ever spat in the street... and certainly never since... but the taste was so foul, so sour that I had no choice. It was the taste of your existence and desperation. The taste of alcohol and cigars. The taste of my own disgust - disgusted by you, disgusted by myself. Sixteen years later I still remember that taste and am still disgusted - and if I think about it too much I'll spit right here on the floor.



july 20, 2009
dvd review: deep red

Italian writer/director Dario Argento is considered one of the great masters of horror. I'm sure there is some truth to that - personally though, I don't get it. With "Deep Red" - as with most of Argento's films that I've seen - the payoff is good, but the 120 minutes that precede it are truly insufferable. I admit he is a master of atmosphere and clearly has a love of color and architecture, and that love makes the films drag sooooooo slowly. At 126 minutes "Deep Red" is too great a time investment for the meager payoff. Yes there are some good kills but they're few and far between. If you're looking for blood and guts you won't find it here... or at least enough of it. The trailer (accessible in the dvd extras) has the films very best moments and does so in about five minutes. Also - the audio track for the english dub is flawed... apparently the english audio tracks have gone missing so the film lapses in and out of english with subtitles popping up when it goes back to italian. Very annoying. Watch the film - you may enjoy it but only if you keep you're finger poised over the 'fast forward" button on your remote control.
Orchidbau Movie Meter: 5.0/10

july 18, 2009
dvd review: coffee and cigarettes

I don't drink coffee and I stopped smoking about five years ago... but you don't need to indulge in either to really get this movie. The cast includes Iggy Pop and Tom Waits - now that is casting that I can appreciate. Unpretentious, funny, smart - what more can I say? Funny thing - I was so prepared to hate this movie and yet I don't know why. (Though I think it was maybe because it's filmed in black and white - and I always think that that is pretentious... but, like I said, it wasn't.) Funnier still is that this movie was recommended very highly to me by my shrink.
Orchidbau Movie Meter: 9.0/10



july 12, 2009
dvd review: let the right one in

In a word: brilliant. A horror movie that is truly touching while delivering oh-so-satisfying gore. Gore-ific.
Orchidbau Movie Meter: 9.9/10



july 9, 2009
super (creative) man

I seem to be in a super creative mode these days... and I am, of course, enjoying it.



july 8, 2009
psychiatric storage

Dr. A___ - who loves film almost as much as I do - says that the reason that he doesn't buy dvds is because he feels that it would require too much storage space. He and his wife live alone in a large house, so what the fuck? I told him about how all my discs - thousands of them - are put in paper sleeves and fit into about a dozen shoe boxes. So you know what he says to that? He says that a dozen shoeboxes also present storage issues. And I'm the patient? Go figure.



july 5, 2009
dvd review: bagdad cafe

If someone describes a movie as "charming" to me I roll my eyes and make a mental note to never see it. But if I had to describe "Bagdad Cafe" in a word I would say "charming." It's also very smart, very off-beat, very funny and makes you feel very good.... I know that saying that about anything makes me want to barf but it's true. I can't believe it took me so long to see it - it came out in 1987 and has gone on to achieve cult status. Also - I love CCH Pounder... the fact that she's the star of it is probably what made me finally see it. She's so interesting to watch. Good stuff.
Orchidbau Movie Meter: 8.6/10



july 1, 2009
gennifer wax in the joint

Gennifer Wax found that adjusting to life in prison was easier than she expected it to be. She learned about the nature of adaptability and, on a certain level, she feared that once she was released her life would once again make no sense to her at all. What she knew for sure was that her stalking days were over. What would take the place of it she didn't know - stalking him was her life's primary focus - but she knew now that she would adapt to it no matter what it was. She also knew that she'd never drive drunk again.



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