The Event is the story of a guy who is dying of AIDS and he decides to committ suicide with the help of his friends by throwing one big final event. He would have gotten away with it except that there seemed to be a trend taking place and the DA's office gets involved. It's an interesting story which brings to the surface the fact that we are not as free as we think. America, the home of the free. If you can decide how your going to die or that you should have the right to die, how free is that? It's our bodies, we should have the right to decide what we do with them. Soon there will be laws that you can't get a tattoo or piercing without government approval. Freedom of expression, freedom of speech, and freedom in general are slowly being taken away.
Moving on, it has been a long time since I had seen Bad Boy Bubby. This bizaar film had a profound affect on me. I saw this film at the Seattle Film Festival. There were scenes that I did not remember, but it still had the same impact. Although the film is a bit more personal now since I knew Nicholas Hope the star of the film and Interviewed both him and the director Rolf de Heer. The film is finally getting seen by people outside of the film festival circuit. The film is very controversial, including everything from incest, rape, murder and cruelty to animals. The film deals with the misunderstanding of love. Everyone wants it, but don't always know how to get it or recognize it when they have it. Which brings me to my final film, Amelie. A young girl only seeks love and affection from her father. Since he is a doctor she can only get him to touch her during an examination. Through the excitement of this gesture her heart races and she is diagnosed incorrectly. Once she becomes an adult the journey begins to make others happy. It strange how things change us. We all need something and we search for it, sometimes never getting it. The perfect high, the perfect person, just plain perfection. Thanks for stopping by and keep an open mind.
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