Reality on the run (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cahiers_du_2006) wrote,@ 2009-07-11 11:26:00 |
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Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine, 2007)
Diego Luna looked familiar but I didn't know why. Then I searched and realized he was in Milk and Y tu mamá también.
I was surprised by how gentle and pretty this was for a Harmony Korine movie. Werner Herzog as a prist was a nice touch. In a really fun and breezy way the movie looks at a death and celebrity obsession. It comes up with no conclusions, really, and makes no sweeping judgements. All that is certain is that inspiration is powerful but fleeting while death and loss and disappointment are inevitable. Jackson's retirement home Michael Jackson routine is disturbing: "Don't die. Live forever! Live forever!!" It's interesting that this denial of death makes death even more obvious. It's also here that Jackson meets the Marilyn Monroe character, who appears to be the only person who means anything to him.
Impersonation in Mister Lonely seems to have many functions: refusal to grow up, cliinging to an idea of someone else as a way to escape reality, a means to harness inspiration, a caricature of our celeb obsession society. I liked how meandering it was at times. How un-story-driven it was. How it dared to try things out without fear of failure. Like an impersonator.
Diego Luna looked familiar but I didn't know why. Then I searched and realized he was in Milk and Y tu mamá también.
I was surprised by how gentle and pretty this was for a Harmony Korine movie. Werner Herzog as a prist was a nice touch. In a really fun and breezy way the movie looks at a death and celebrity obsession. It comes up with no conclusions, really, and makes no sweeping judgements. All that is certain is that inspiration is powerful but fleeting while death and loss and disappointment are inevitable. Jackson's retirement home Michael Jackson routine is disturbing: "Don't die. Live forever! Live forever!!" It's interesting that this denial of death makes death even more obvious. It's also here that Jackson meets the Marilyn Monroe character, who appears to be the only person who means anything to him.
Impersonation in Mister Lonely seems to have many functions: refusal to grow up, cliinging to an idea of someone else as a way to escape reality, a means to harness inspiration, a caricature of our celeb obsession society. I liked how meandering it was at times. How un-story-driven it was. How it dared to try things out without fear of failure. Like an impersonator.
