Random Film Thoughts: If anyone's gonna piss on him, it's gonna be me!

[haqyunus]

Although at the script level it is contrived and unrealistic (what pretty nice and neat ending!) but You Sister's Sister shows that good actors when given space of their own can work magic. I join the folks who are rooting for Rosemarie DeWitt. She is not only very good, she makes a potentially unlikable character so sympathetic. Plus the scene with the sisters in the bed for the first time with Emily Blunt confessing is so well-directed. How first, DeWitt is facing at the other side, eyes closed, not interested in what her sister is saying and then opening her eyes when realizing the mistake, and then as things start getting messier, turns her head and faces her...

[cdmc]

Did you wind up skipping the middle installment of Wenders loose "road movie" trilogy, Wrong Move as I did? I have it somewhere on my computer but was in too much of a rush to see Kings. Alice was also great.

I have seen it but I also had initially skipped it. I went back to it after seeing all the Wenders "essentials" and I found it to be the weakest of the trilogy. It was not bad at all and was a great examination of alienation in post-war Germany (and I thought the cast was very good in it), but I felt like I missed something. Granted, I have not read Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, which the film is loosely based on so it could be a shortcoming on my part.

As you loved the two Wenders road movies so far, I can suggest Robert Kramer's PHENOMENAL documentary Route One/USA to you. For me, it was the American cinematic brethren of the trilogy.

[Aurelius]

If you ever get the chance, see The Broken Circle Breakdown. You'll balk your eyes out, like I did. Very strong characterization, excellent direction, great performances, and a nice dose of bluegrass (a musical style I'm usually not enamoured with). There's a political message in there that's too preachy, but if you can look past it, you'll find a human drama (some will definitely call it 'misery porn') that will hit you like a freight train running.