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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Madonna has done some weird stuff in her day. Desperately Seeking Susan could probably fall under that category. However, compared to her current accumulated reputation, I would call her part in this movie – charming. Desperately Seeking Susan is a personals ad that Susan’s boyfriend, Jimmy (Robert Joy), a traveling musician, places when he wants to find her – she’s a bit of a traveler herself. Unbeknownst to the adventurous couple their journalistic trysts have been followed by Roberta Glass a bored housewife living in Fort Lee, New Jersey married to a self-absorbed hot tub salesman (Mark Blum). When she reads that Susan and her lover will be meeting in Battery Park she can’t resist catching a glimpse of the couple that has had her sighing for years. However, when she arrives at the meeting place she is assaulted and sustains a head injury that gives her amnesia. Jimmy’s riend, Dez (Aidan Quinn), who has been commissioned by Jimmy to look after Susan, comes to her rescue because he thinks she is Susan. And now – Roberta also thinks she is Susan. That’s when the real fun begins. You’ll just have to watch it to find out the rest…. (Click on Picture for Full Review)
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
Don’t be dissuaded by the title. It’s not as emo as it seems. Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) casts an oddly humorous
and thought provoking perspective on suicide. It is based on Etgar Keret’s short story “Kneller’s Happy Campers.” A graphic novel version was also created, titled Pizzeria Kamikaze. It tells of an alternate reality where people end up after they commit suicide. It’s not hell. It’s definitely not heaven. As the main character Zia played by Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous) narrates, “It’s like life, only a bit worse.” He has a crappy job, a crappy roommate, a crappy apartment, and no one can smile. (It’s funny, I promise.)
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and thought provoking perspective on suicide. It is based on Etgar Keret’s short story “Kneller’s Happy Campers.” A graphic novel version was also created, titled Pizzeria Kamikaze. It tells of an alternate reality where people end up after they commit suicide. It’s not hell. It’s definitely not heaven. As the main character Zia played by Patrick Fugit (Almost Famous) narrates, “It’s like life, only a bit worse.” He has a crappy job, a crappy roommate, a crappy apartment, and no one can smile. (It’s funny, I promise.)
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Oscar (1991)
The story of Oscar begins with Angelo “Snaps” Provolone arriving at his father’s deathbed – with a small regiment of henchmen. It is 1931, Prohibition has created a whole new underworld of criminal activity, and Angelo is one of its most powerful leaders. His gangster lifestyle is no secret to his father though whose dying wish is for his son to “go straight.” Angelo does what everyone is compelled to do with deathbed wishes – he swears to change his life. (Uneasy glances are shared between the henchmen.)
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