You Will Join a Cult

I used to be obsessed with movies. When I was a kid, before imdb, rottentomatoes, and online movie trailers, I would pour over thick movie guides and entertainment weeklies trying to find things that would tickle my interest. Then, eh, movies kinda started not taking the same risks they used to take and then music went and filled in that gap. I pretty much watch 2-3 movies in the theater a year now, and I usually can only come up with one movie each year that I would strongly recommend. This post is intended to break up some of the monotony of the mp3s postings and let me talk about something else. Blah, no one reads this blog anyway.

Anyway, welcome to Distracted by Movies (tm)!

Here's a few flicks I've seen in the past year that are totally worth checking out if you are sick n tired of the Hollywood turd-machine.

1) House: It was at the point in this movie where the young Asian woman gets assaulted for 5 minutes by flying mattresses that I knew I had made an excellent choice.



This movie features: a floating head biting a girls butt; a killer fluffy kitty that looks like its from those Fancy Feast commercials; a piano that eats people; a man inexplicably turning into a banana-man; an incongruous 70s psychedelic pop soundtrack; and a million other visual non sequiters. Petition your local cinema to acquire this nu-cult gemstone.

2)In Bruges: This movie is seriously like the best movie I've seen in the past few years. I think it's destined to become a late night cult favorite too.




Features: A midget dressed in a schoolboy outfit getting it's face fully blown off by a shotgun blast; Collin Farrel as a good actor; tons of funny suicide jokes; cocaine use and guns being used to casually gesticulate or scratch heads; and children being murdered in churches followed by funny visual gags. Oy vey, rent this from your local mom-n-pop DVD mailing service, now!


3) The Room: Look, if you haven't seen this, get on it. And make sure to bring tons of friends. The easiest film in the world to make fun of.



Features: Tommy Wiseau's bubble-wrap, crater-ridden ass; Music and lyrics by Tommy Wiseau; Mr. Wisseau attempting to speak but more sounding like he's chewing something large; 6 million dollars in production values; A legion of fans that will put the Rocky Horror Picture show out of business.

God Bless the Aeroplane

One of the best mixes I've heard in a while. Just stellar:

Aeroplane "Chart Mix" January 2010 by Aeroplane

Let's Look Inside a Crazy Person's Mind

There are certain high points I hit on the internet where I'm staring at my web browser and whatever is on it and I'm like "uh huh, this pretty much smashed everything else to smithereens". Lately, I've been feeling like the smashing to smithereens--while once too far and between--is now almost happening frighteningly too fast.

Here is a brief collection of things I've seen the past few months that I feel like might be front runners for "The Perfect Entertainment" that David Foster Wallace alludes to in Infinite Jest. I feel like these things kinda capture the zeitgeist pretty well, with just about a thousand layers of different things going on to the point it comes at you like a weird, hypnotic scream:

1) Earth vs. Funk. The aural and visual equivalent to getting Nickleodeon slimed while on a pep-pill buzz. This video is like some futuristic, insane homage/parody of the evolution of the internet, completely with bizarre, bargain-basement flash animation, obscure pop culture (Colin Mochrie's disembodied head?), and an unparalleled manic intensity. Be prepared to feel like you live inside a cartoon dreamworld after this one.

2) The Anger of Bonobo Violent. Upon rewatching this, it doesn't have quite the same impact as it did on me several months ago, and I'm kinda like "ho hum, dubstep, wampity wampity, who cares" now, but the editing and music on this video is scary intense, but kinda a fun rush too.

3) Die Antwoord. There's just a lot going on here too. They're from South Africa, and kinda make me want to move there to explore whatever the hell this art scene is. Also, this one about being in love with a Ninja is pretty great. It's kinda like Chris Cunningham meets Michel Gondry, or something like that.

4) Johnny Depp in China. This clip features: Crazy Japanese culture Bizarre yet adorable children; Hitler moustaches; Out of control music and choreography AND; an increasingly awkward American celebrity by the name of Johnny Depp. The clip starts out innocent enough, with a cute japanese kid wearing a Jack Sparrow outfit waving at Depp, and then the insanity hits the fan pretty quickly. Watch it.