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It's from 2006 but this is the first time I've seen it.
12 Days of Christmas
Thanks to one of my favorite trashy sites, Jezebel.
12 Days of Christmas
Thanks to one of my favorite trashy sites, Jezebel.
I tried to watch Prophecy last night but netflix had sent me the wrong one: #2 instead of #1 and it wasn't interesting me enough to watch #2 (and I was po'd) so I stopped. Then I tried to watch Central Station and couldn't find the normal film, only a version with ongoing commentary--no set up on the disc to remove it or anything--this I can't even complain about to netflix as there's no form for such a problem--unless someone can point me there). Sooo. I watched a borrowed The Castle of Cagliostro, my first Lupin animation, which I quite liked.
And then...Black Snake Moan which was pretty damned good. I expected it to be campy, which it wasn't. Superficially, it sounds like a very silly plot, but it works--middle-aged black blues guitarist(Samuel L. Jackson) is screwed up because his wife dumped him and young white woman (Christina Ricci)is a nymphomaniac, struggling to control her sluttish impulses for the man she loves (and leaves in the first scene to go into the service). They meet, and help each other. The movie poster shows her chained in his house, which makes it a lot more melodramatic than it is. The acting is good and the movie quite moving. And the music's great.
And then...Black Snake Moan which was pretty damned good. I expected it to be campy, which it wasn't. Superficially, it sounds like a very silly plot, but it works--middle-aged black blues guitarist(Samuel L. Jackson) is screwed up because his wife dumped him and young white woman (Christina Ricci)is a nymphomaniac, struggling to control her sluttish impulses for the man she loves (and leaves in the first scene to go into the service). They meet, and help each other. The movie poster shows her chained in his house, which makes it a lot more melodramatic than it is. The acting is good and the movie quite moving. And the music's great.
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