Saturday, March 25, 2006

American Splendor


Every time you finish watching a movie and walk out of the theater, don't you sometimes just tell yourself, "back to reality". That is true...the movie is nothing more than a few hours watching someone else's life...but what if we reversed that?

I've always loved Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis. They both worked their way playing excellent bit parts in movies. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to magnify those "bit parts" into two hours. Well here it is: American Splendor.

Being a pessimist, myself, I can relate to a lot of Harvey's gloom and doom way of thinking. And if the movie looked like an amplified depiction of dysfunction, well, it may be...but is it?

(I'll leave you and your shadow to discuss this now...)

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