Friday, June 9


(M) How To Draw A Bunny (Documentary)
Grade: B+/A-
This documentary about artist Ray Johnson is quite fascinating. He lived in New York and was part of the art scene from the 60's and up until Andy Warhol got shot, then he moved but continued to be involved in the arts until he committed suicide for some unknown reason in 1995. His life was very interesting and people never really got to know him well. I love watching documentaries about artists because they're such interesting people (Bukowski, Warhol, Basquiat, etc.).


(M) Winter Passing
Grade: B+
This movie is about a girl trying to be an actress in New York and lives a self-destructive life. Her parents were authors and when a publisher approaches this girl with a large money offer to get some of her dad's unpublished material, she heads back home to get it. While at home she encounters her father and his new roommates (one of which is Will Ferrell who is in a Christian rock band). Through the process the girl gets closer to her dad and cleans up her life. It's a short and simple story but it's enjoyable and Will Ferrell is entertaining in the role he plays.


(M) Grey Gardens
Grade: B+
I just re-watched this movie last night at a theater and enjoyed it much more this time around than the last time I watched it. I think I was too tired when I first watched it. Though it is too long in my opinion, it is very humorous. It's about two relatives of the Kennedy family living in the East Hamptons. They live in an old run-down home and all their neighbors live in these large nice mansions. The two women living in this home are a mother (in her 70's) and the daughter (in her 50's) and they are so detached from the public that they have created their own little world. They live in a house of cats and racoons and reflect on the past and fight all the time. It is sorta a sad life that they live but watching them live it is at many times hilarious.

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