We’ve upgraded AG’s Netflix account from one to three movies at a time and are shuffling through quite a few movies on the cue. Every day I got out to the mailbox to see if a new movie has arrived.
Jesus Camp: A beautifully made and thought-provoking Rorschach of a documentary. Depending on who you are and what your beliefs you’ll see a different movie. The viewpoints portrayed are mostly exasperating but the kids are charming and the film is riveting.
Conversations with Frank Gehry: Sydney Pollack’s portrait of his architect friend is full of intimate interviews with Gehry and real insight into his working process. I like the tete a tete between two aging "commercial artists." Watching the Gehry firm at work is also fascinating.
We are expecting Grey Gardens today: A cinema verite documentary by the Maysles about two relatives of Jackie Kennedy who lived poverty in the decomposed splendor of an East Hampton estate.
Hannah and her Sisters and A Scanner Darkly could be arriving, too. Do you have any suggestions?
Matinee with John Goodman. Great fun, especially if you were going to the Saturday matinees in the early 60s. The movie with the movie, “Mant” (he’s half man, half ant), nails every 1950s sci-fi movie cliche. Also John Sayles has a bit part.