Strange

October 29th, 2006General0 comments

The Unlikeliest of Double Features: Yesterday afternoon I went from watching The American President to watching Eraserhead, which is like going from having a nice lunch at an outdoor restaurant to having your face torn off by flying monkeys.

Eraserhead.

Both are interesting in their own ways, and you get something good out of seeing either. Watching Annette Benning date the President is pleasant. And last night I was haunted by nightmares of bleating deformed babies and giant baby heads flying through my bedroom, so David Lynch’s movie succeeded in its intended effect as well.

I was at LACMA today and they’re gearing up for a major Magritte exhibition starting on November 19th — it looks pretty kooky, so I’m waiting for this one with great expectation. Many derbies, green apples, and umbrellas will be involved.

Recommended: Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso.

Porco Rosso is a pretty damn cool movie — it’s pretty underrated and under the radar for a Miyazaki film, and I highly recommend it.

Synopsis: The Adriatic Sea, 1929. Marco, a humanoid pig that was once human, is a freelance pilot battling sea plane pirates.

You read that right — he is a pig that flies a plane. And he is cool as hell.

The story concerns his journey from being a loner to gaining a family, and how he regains his humanity (possibly?) in the process. The excellent English dub features Michael Keaton (!) and Cary Elwes, and is probably among the best dubs of a Miyazaki movie that I have yet heard.

Even better is the French dub with Jean Reno (!!!). Go get it!

All in all it was a pretty productive weekend. Lots of movie watching, reading and writing accomplished. Keeping my head down, git’ing ‘er done.