In the 1983 film Screwballs, the film ends with our 'heroes' turning on a large magnet which causes the lead antagonist's dress to fly off, exposing her to the crowd . If memory serves the film ends on a freeze frame of her chest with raucous applause from all the highschool crowd.
For all of Altman's genius displayed in his other masterpieces, M*A*S*H is sadly poorly dated and at times deeply uncomfortable to watch. Several interpretations see the role of…
The strengths of this film are as follows:
The camera was always in focus.
I could always hear the actors
I believe hair and makeup was all done appropriately.
A perfect film. Genius in every way. Full of compassion, pathos and whimsy. Morris does't mock, judge, or critique he observes in a David Byrne-esque outsider view with curiosity. Utterly brilliant in its portrayal of the hopes, fears and dreams of American life. It's a thin reed to lean on to create a film about Pet Cemeteries yet I remember being in a strange trance like state watching this. I think I achieved transcendence watching this and I sadly genuinely mean that.
Its an intresting well constructed documentary for a drag race fan, but it doesn't grapple or find the particular parts of Trixie's life story or relationship with Katya that would make this compelling. Ultimately the director seems to be obscured by their clear love of the subject material and as such doesn't take a critical eye or even a assertive one when telling this story instead believing his raw fly on the wall material is enough. For me it wasn't…
