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mikehunchback
Reviews
Si j'étais toi (2007)
Wow ...what a strange, special movie ...
I randomly picked this one up because I figured a movie with a supernatural angle starring Duchovny and Taylor would be interesting - But this thing is a total knockout. A beautiful, bizarre, funny and sad story that pulls no punches and had me completely hooked. Do this as a double feature with another Duchovny curio THE RAPTURE.
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1992)
Decades ahead of its time satire of the worst in male behavior
Visual artist Ronnie Cramer's sophomore video feature is his crowning achievement. Fans of Danny McBride and weirder Will Ferrell movies need take note, this is a cringeworthy but side-splitting tale of a romantically pathetic security guard who's decision to try 1-900 numbers results in a downward spiral of paid debauchery. That something so bawdy and low budget could be this sly and masterfully balanced is a cause for loud celebration. One of the shining examples of an artist using the then exploding home video medium to create truly unique and exciting movies.
Damselvis, Daughter of Helvis (1994)
The precursor to TEENAGE TUPELO is enchanting in its own right.
I'd call it a minor masterpiece except for the word minor is inescapably condescending. How about this? It's John Michael McCarthy's *first* masterpiece.
A rumination on the vast concepts of religion and belief that at the same time reinvents their aspect of spiritualism in such an impossibly elegant way that the viewer is forced onto a journey wherein he creates a pathway for his own trials and tribulations, alongside that of JMM's. At times deviating and at times intersecting, all together these infinite winding strings weave together into a braid, showing for the first time what was previously known as the mystery of God.
And all of this done without pretension, with friends as cast members, found locations, local bands for the soundtrack.