PAPER HEART
I liked this film. It's cute, it's fun. A "doc" about an awkward hipster looking for love and her director friend forcing a movie out of it. The film goes well until the end, until the film within the film kind of drags it down. But I laughed and was actually touched by the stories about love and the relationship from leading lady/screenwriter Charlyn Li and Michael Cera.
Over The Hills and Far Away
Pretty amazing. A straightforward doc about a couple with an autistic child. 4 years old, refusing potty training and prone to constant 4-hour-long screaming tantrums. I was terrified by the thought of raising an autistic child.
The child shows a weird and mesmerizing....how do i describe it....its like he can talk to animals. he can do anything to them, they love him. It's amazing. Especially horses. On a horse, his tantrums quit and he seems at ease. So his father does some research and takes the family to Mongolia, to take the child to Shamans and ride reindeer. Seriously. There's some more plotting but that's basically what they do. What follows is very beautiful; and amazing, but honestly after the screening my cynicism kicked in. When the kid was "healed" in a sense by the Shamans I though- if you wanted to you could cut this kid to look like he's now the Queen of France. It is an edited documentary. BUT, it is an amazing and harrowing tale that will make a hard-as-hell to shoot narrative that is currently being penned by the father in the doc.
oh hell TIGHT!
I just got a BLACK DYNAMITE T SHIRT IN LINE. I'll take a pic.
Cold Souls
This started good. There is a New Yorker article about a company that can remove and store your soul for you, so Paul Giamatti (played by Paul Giamatti) wants to get rid of his because the current production of Uncle Vanya is just killing him.
then the movie just becomes some weak Charlie Kaufman. Half Eternal Sunshine, half Malkovich. Coulda been a good short. that's all I really have to say.
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