Especially after those posts about Sandra Dee. After all,
Bubba is bemoaning the fact that a nice young thing doesn't
even care if he's in the room while she's adjusting her
dress or what ever it was. Bubba says, "I might as well be
a housecat." I kinda feel that way myself most days.

I cannot mount a big defense for the film. It was recommended to
me by the staff at the store-- one of the "film buffs" if you
know what I mean-- someone who's prob'ly seen Casablanca a
bunch of times unlike me who bailed at about that same 45
minute mark.

There haven't been any at all picks to click and I remembered
what you all said about "I Heart Huckabees." I will avoid that
like the plague.

With my new dvd player I am catching up on commercial-free
star trek episodes and old plays. The ones I picked up
at the library are Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well and
the "Antigone" by Jean Annouille. Also got the gy-reen show
called "Basic" with Travolta and Jackson. I'm not ready for
much heavy duty drama so I'll put that in first.

His stuff is real uneven and slow. Ghost Dog was his best
thing easily.

And casting Screamin' Jay Hawkins in Mystery Train was a real
coup.

But I don't, you know, think about Jarmusch _a lot_. I consider
him one of the cute or "hip" directors that the cognoscenti treat
like Andy Wharhol. Wharhol of the "Art is anything you can get
away with" school of creativity.

I've heard of Stranger Than Paradise, but never ran across it.

I've seen A Night On Earth which was ballyhooed at the time,
but thought it was pretty weak.

How about Cassavettes? There is a documentary biography
I managed to see called "I'm Almost Not Crazy".

Like my link says, it's hard to find.

But there is a reference there to a new Cassavettes biography
called "Cassavettes on Cassavettes" which might be of some help.

Also check the torrents. There is active movement to get
documentaries and other content digitally archived. It's likely
only ever beern transferred to vhs and hidden in remainder
shelves of vid stores and possibly library archives.

I just checked my interlibrary loan which goes through
all of Wisconsin. No luck. But torrents may turn up something
if a request is made. It's be an interesting hunt. A good intro
site to torrents and new media is called:

http://www.afterdawn.com

• I'm Almost Not Crazy