Comedy recommendations for Producer Mike

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Wasn't that Tarnation?  The weird thing is I didn't even see it.

[jane]

Wasn't that Tarnation?  The weird thing is I didn't even see it.

Aah. Yes, yes, thanks, Jasongrote! 
This has been bugging me for 3 or 4 days now.  I knew a famous director was associated with it but I couldn't remember who.  The friend I watched it with swore it was Gregg Araki so I did some searching but couldn't find it.  Now I see that Van Sant executive produced it.  FOTs to the rescue! 

[Martin]

Oh, a classic double-feature - bring some popcorn:

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

[Fido]

I'd add to the list that side-splitting, hi-larious movie Bent, a story about two gay men who fall in love in a Nazi concentration camp (yes, they're prisoners, not guards). 

[Laurie]

Nobuyoshi Araki > Gregg Araki

Actually, I don't know a thing about Gregg Araki. Are his movies any good?

[jane]

I think they're pretty great, Laurie.  I'd start with Doom Generation which has a young, sexy Rose McGowan and two pretty boys.  Her lips really do look like a red bow.

I like some of Nobuyoshi's pics, like Tokyo Novelle, 1995

[Dorvid Barnas]

Anything with Dominique Swain or Bijou Phillips is a safe bet.

[Martin]

Prevert.

[Omar]

I think they're pretty great, Laurie.  I'd start with Doom Generation which has a young, sexy Rose McGowan and two pretty boys.  Her lips really do look like a red bow.

I like some of Nobuyoshi's pics, like Tokyo Novelle, 1995

Araki's hilarious Mysterious Skin includes an amazing performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  His "stoner comedy" [Smiley Face], starring Anna Faris, is out on DVD this coming Tuesday. Reliable sources have informed me that Faris delivers one of the best performances of 2007.  I thought Araki's early films were mostly not so good.

[Chris L]

I think they're pretty great, Laurie.  I'd start with Doom Generation which has a young, sexy Rose McGowan and two pretty boys.  Her lips really do look like a red bow.

No hyperbole: Doom Generation is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.  No human should ever view it. 

I've heard Smiley Face is quite odd - although probably not Adult Swim-level odd - so it's in my queue. 

[Omar]

Oh, a classic double-feature - bring some popcorn:

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

These are both classics.  As you may know, new DNA testing/physical evidence has offered further proof of what we already knew: the WM3 are innocent. 

I'd argue that PL2 is a legit (dark) comedy due to the hilarious "performance" of John Mark Byers, who now believes the WM3 are innocent.  I actually laughed about 20 times during the film.

[Omar]

I think they're pretty great, Laurie.  I'd start with Doom Generation which has a young, sexy Rose McGowan and two pretty boys.  Her lips really do look like a red bow.

No hyperbole: Doom Generation is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.  No human should ever view it. 

It's a terrible film.  Of his early stuff, I was only able to tolerate Nowhere, but I can't recall why.  According to the poster on its wiki page, it was "Beverly Hills 90210 on acid!"  Ew buoy.

[Martin]

I think they're pretty great, Laurie.  I'd start with Doom Generation which has a young, sexy Rose McGowan and two pretty boys.  Her lips really do look like a red bow.

No hyperbole: Doom Generation is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.  No human should ever view it. 

It's a terrible film.  Of his early stuff, I was only able to tolerate Nowhere, but I can't recall why.  According to the poster on its wiki page, it was "Beverly Hills 90210 on acid!"  Ew buoy.

Yes, Doom Generation is awful x 100. Very much liked Mysterious Skin though. Had no idea he directed Smiley Face - saw the trailer and dismissed it offhand.

[Martin]

Oh, a classic double-feature - bring some popcorn:

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

These are both classics.  As you may know, new DNA testing/physical evidence has offered further proof of what we already knew: the WM3 are innocent. 

I'd argue that PL2 is a legit (dark) comedy due to the hilarious "performance" of John Mark Byers, who now believes the WM3 are innocent.  I actually laughed about 20 times during the film.

Yeah, Byers is unintentionally hilarious in PL2, when he's not unspeakably creepy (which he is like 99% of the time). Powerful stuff, those movies. They got released as a R2 DVD double-pack last year, by Warp(!), with tons of spec features - haven't had a chance to pick it up yet.

That is encouraging news about the DNA testing. What a goddamn mess from the start.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Anything with Dominique Swain or Bijou Phillips is a safe bet.

Prevert.

Hey, I only saw Tart, Bully, Girl, The Smokers, and Alpha Dog - I didn't make 'em.