Thursday, September 27, 2012
UNDERGROUND GRIND
Todays film was the NYTimes Critics' Pick
a documentary about the first stirrings of underground films in NYC.
Jarmusch and others. Steve Buscemi. Many others.
It is fun to watch. An easy way to get a glimpse of otherwise impossible to watch films. A few talking heads who were there keep it on the subject. Not too many egos.
The social background is important and discussed.
I didn't learn a thing.
I thought about getting Jarmusch' first film Permanent Vacation but balked when I went on Netflix which actually has it. It may be the only film shown today that made it that far. There is some argument about whether Jarmusch' next film was outside the so-called non-existent bounds of "underground" but that will be left for history to decide.
It was fun and enough. A 3 out of Netflix5.
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