Saw The Sea. Pretty disappointed. It's pretty much exactly the same movie as Festen (The Celebration) except it's set in Iceland, doesn't have the annoying Dogme camerawork, instead replacing it with a healthy dose of comedy. The comedy works, but the rest of the movie doesn't; as it progresses it becomes increasingly
incoherent and structurally muddy. It's got all the conventions of the European movie about family: incest, alcoholism, troubled teens, a lot of pointless shouting... Meh. My friend Dacres is coming back for the weekend. Let me tell you a little bit about Dacres: he's sort of a loud, hyperactive combo between Cosmo Kramer and The Dude. He moved to Sherbrooke (five hours from here) during the summer, but he keeps showing up periodically to see "the gang". He's super-spoiled by his parents so they let him do whatever he wants. In any case, the last time he came around he went to my other friend's house to "wash" and left three days later. I think this time around, however, he might take over my house. Too much Dacres can really drive somebody up the wall. He's a good guy, though, and I'm glad he's back all the time like this. I forgot my (read: the school's) copy of 1984 on the city bus yesterday. Isn't that exciting? Elliott Smith - Pitseleh I'll tell you why i don't want to know where you areI got a joke i been dying to tell youA silent kid is looking down the barrelTo make the noise that i kept so quietI kept it from you, pitselehI'm not what's missing from your life nowI could never be the puzzle piecesThey say that god makes problemsJust to see what you can standBefore you do as the devil pleasesAnd give up the thing you loveBut no one deserves itThe first time i saw you i knew it would never lastI'm not half what i wish i wasI'm so angryI don't think it'll ever passAnd i was bad news for you just becauseI never meant to hurt you (Yes, I know the line in my title doesn't match the song. No, I don't care.)
November 11, 2003
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