Bummer! Talk about depressing. Go figure. "Stay away from most popular entertainment. Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses.
Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap." - Epictetus ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : I took a chance just because of Eliza Dushku and Garret Dillahunt, and found that it was obviously graphic-novel-inspired-weirdness-for-the-sake-of-weirdness, and even darker than you suggest. Not exaclty enjoyable, but tolerable. But since you're into "Not For Buck" films, I should recommend one that that was, if anything, MUCH darker than "The Scribbler," but really, really, really well done. It was nominated for an Oscar for its cinematography, and was *so* well done that it earned its director Denis Villeneuve a gig as the director of the "Blade Runner" sequel. It's called "Prisoners," and has a pretty much dream cast for a small film that makes its writer and director famous -- Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, and Paul Dano. Rated Even Darker And More Not For Buck than the one you recommended, but in its way it's brilliant. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3294275865/ http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3294275865/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : BUT, I did watch a neat little Hollywood indie film called "The Scribbler" available on Netflix. It's a sci-fi fantasy starring Katie Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Trachenberg, Eliza Dushku, Michael Imperioli and Billy Campbell. Directed by John Suits, it's a story about a young woman who uses an experimental treatment called the Siamese Burn to remove her multiple personalities. Dark and rated "Not for Buck". http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70298344 http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70298344
