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In Memory of My Father (2005)
I'm still thinking about this film...
Nothing in this film was what I expected...and I loved it. I was absolutely thrilled by the absurdity of it all. It's like what Tarantino tried to do right out of the gate and with any luck, Christopher Jaymes' future films will be just as unforgiving and delightfully "wrong" as this one.
An ingenious parody of a dysfunctional family at their dead movie mogul father's circus of a wake, documented by his youngest son and attended by numerous less-than-grateful relatives and suckling sycophants. Family members and friends seem to bypass grieving altogether and plunge headlong into self-centered yet fashionable breakdowns, leaving each messy little life raw and exposed. Don't expect anything in this movie to be neatly tied up with a bow, neither life nor death are like that.
The film is full of wonderful performances from untainted actors, refreshingly organic dialogue and surprising reveals that keep you guessing for its full run. This movie is certain to go down in history as one of the least "Hollywood" movies ever made about what living, breathing and dying in Hollywood is all about.
My recommendation, skip the trailer and go straight to the next screening. I can't wait to see this film again!