Midnight Cowboy

Voight the hustler, Hoffman the crippled and New York the cruel.
Beautiful, frank and touching. Trailer.

Film of the Week: My Cousin Vinny

My Cousin Vinny (dir. Jonathan Lynn, 1992)

With Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield.
So, I've watched this film a few weeks ago and I just loved it. Not for the story, it's a bit simp - rather for its style and cast. Marisa Tomei is simply gorgeous, and we all know Joe Pesci is the one to get involved in some scoundrelism with since Home Alone. And we all wish to have a golden tooth since he had, ha ha. This movie has style in outfits and in places, too. I love this kind of America, a small town and two outsiders. I loved the milieu, smells like Cookie's Fortune or Drowning Mona. Wow, I love, love and love it! I'd like to get married to the aurae of archetypal american small towns.

FILMS OF THE WEEK: White Oleander

White Oleander (dir. Peter Kosminsky, 2002)

With Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman.
Have you seen this? No? You should. Kinda sad story but not a crying one, it's about a golden blonde, plentiful artist couple: a self-sacrificing mom with strong principles about the way of living and her suffering daughter who's hungry for love and attention.



When Ingrid, the mother gets into jail, Astrid is placed to several foster mothers, first to Starr Thomas played by Robin Wright. She's my favourite character, typical american lower class woman, a former stripper and born-again Christian who is a recovering addict. Just perfect. I am amazed at hers and her daughters' second hand outfits, cheap but original and stylish looks. Once I want to be like them, aha.







Renée Zellweger plays Claire, a former actress, "a sweet and affectionate woman who initially provides stability for Astrid." Claire gives Astrid what a mother should, happiness and all, but of course, the situation won't stay this glad. Later Astrid turns to black, more foster mothers and suffers and complications till the right solution comes. Can't tell more, too tired kids, words don't come easy. I need to struggle for every thoughts now, so I better go to bed and watch something, Midnight Cowboy I guess. Have a nice night and don't forget to watch this beautiful film! Hugs.




Originally this post "belongs" to Films of the Week #1.

FILMS OF THE WEEK: Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, Rushmore

Because of previously explained reasons I had no time to blog as I had no time to watch films. This two pieces were my selections for Monday and Tuesday, other days I just fell into my bed and watched a South Park episode while drinking my daily cocoa. By the way I'm a South Park addict, so I've seen all the episodes to the last one, You're Getting Old and I hope it won't be the end of SP as bad rumors say.

Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (dir. John Carpenter, 1992)

With Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean.
Obviously Vacation's Chevy Chase was my childhood's comedy guy (THE ONE), and obviously Vacation was one of my favourite films and I've watched at least a thousand times, last some months ago. In the case of the Invisible Man I could not decide, is it for fun or serious? I know some about the background, because I've read the scriptwriter, William Goldman's book, Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade who tells that Carpenter leand to a more comical way, but Chase wanted to accentuated the solitude of invisibility. Anyway, Daryl Hannah is beautiful and owns the greatest legs, and Chevy Chase IS Chavy Chase, so.

Rushmore (dir. Wes Anderson, 1998)

With Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel.
First thought? Annoying. I can't help it, but the main character Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is so f*cking annoying to me. I've watched it in three parts at three nights, because I slept while watching, twice. Maybe that's the main problem, I was too tired and that's why I didn't enjoy this film. There were great moments, cool music and beautiful shots, really. Maybe I'm too harsh, I should watch again. What do you think?

FILMS OF THE WEEK: Planet Of The Apes, A River Runs Through It, Marathon Man, The Firm

Planet Of The Apes (dir. Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
With Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter.
This was a rediscovery and a must-watch-again film for me because Planet Of The Apes was my childhood's horror movie. This isolated, extinct place was scary as hell to the eyes of a seven year old girl, especially the enemy-warning monkey-bogeys when Mr. Heston enters to the ambience of apes. I must be brave because I had this on a videotape and watched million times. Anyway I'm grown up (won't say older... that'd sound so depressing) and I guess with its wonderful shots this movie never gonna go out of use, even if it seems a bit boring, a bit ridiculous and a bit mannered now, we always will love the conception that apes may get the power back and mankind sinks into slavery.



A River Runs Through It (dir. Robert Redford, 1992)
With Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn.
I know girls, all of you has seen this and cried a lot! Of course, BRAD PITT DIES! Who could sustain that without crying?!? Not much words, it's simply beautiful in its most honest meaning - the story, the cast, the location, too. Montana is a real dreamplace to live and die at.

Marathon Man (dir. John Schlesinger, 1976)

With Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane.
Making a thriller with the idea that your hero is a marathon runner and you're actually tring to be a marathon runner so that in the end you must run like a marathon contender to save your life is great. I love runners since I run, I can feel all their pain. The pain that you enjoy. Oh, the movie? It's great, more killing, Nazis, dentists, traitors, running, more killing and more running and more excitement. Watch it kids!


The Firm (dir. Sydney Pollack, 1993)
With Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook.
Cool, nerves, suited. I like greedy-laywers-in-trouble ones. I'm not a Tom Cruise fan but he looks great here. By the way I know this was played in the television a hundred times before but I've never seen it "head to toe", so... it's was worth to watch at last.

Two more films: White Oleander and My Cousin Vinny in separate posts.