Also discussed: Euripides, Frances Ha, EmRata working remotely at Soho House, Angelus Novus, (not) clubbing in Kreuzberg, Hannah Horvath, the end of an era
I watched this movie for the first time before I read this. Because I love you boyz and it's a pandemic. I never actually thought about watching this movie because I actually lived this (although not nearly to the extent of this crew)--at that very same time and in those places (and I know you are most grateful that I won't go into detail about THAT)--and it was an incredibly fucking stupid time. And so for me the movie captures just the pure stupidity of it, the need to belong, the drugs, the pre-AIDS stds, and the spoiled silliness of it all. I love that you get into these big themes (I mean, Ipheginia!) but what this captures really well I think is the zeitgeist of the moment and kids that came of age in the "me" decade of the 70s (which of course led to the Reagan era and well, 40 years of narcissism culminating in he who shall not be named). But I digress. Always love a reference to Kant. P.S. I can't believe you never went to see the concentration camp.
As I get older, I now think it is better to be left in a dark basement with a girl than to be one of the cool guys going upstairs for snacks. You have a lifetime of snacks ahead of you—not so much dark basements with girls.
I watched this movie for the first time before I read this. Because I love you boyz and it's a pandemic. I never actually thought about watching this movie because I actually lived this (although not nearly to the extent of this crew)--at that very same time and in those places (and I know you are most grateful that I won't go into detail about THAT)--and it was an incredibly fucking stupid time. And so for me the movie captures just the pure stupidity of it, the need to belong, the drugs, the pre-AIDS stds, and the spoiled silliness of it all. I love that you get into these big themes (I mean, Ipheginia!) but what this captures really well I think is the zeitgeist of the moment and kids that came of age in the "me" decade of the 70s (which of course led to the Reagan era and well, 40 years of narcissism culminating in he who shall not be named). But I digress. Always love a reference to Kant. P.S. I can't believe you never went to see the concentration camp.
As I get older, I now think it is better to be left in a dark basement with a girl than to be one of the cool guys going upstairs for snacks. You have a lifetime of snacks ahead of you—not so much dark basements with girls.