When our Netflix queue ran dry we put out the word and loaded it up with recommendations from friends. We lost track of who recommended what but I’m pretty sure our friends A & R pointed us toward “Momma’s Man“.
We watched the movie a couple nights ago and were transfixed by it. A low budget movie with the director’s parents ((avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and painter Flo Jacobs, shown third and second from the right in this photo) playing versions of themselves in the fourth floor Manhattan walkup he grew up in. The director, in the form of Mickie, comes home and wallows in his adolescence. We saved the extras for the next night and the movie only got better. Instead of the director talking over the movie he dispensed with a rerun of the visuals and recorded a conversation with his parents about the movie, a minimal masterpiece, that deepens the movie’s impact.
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we aim to please u aim too please. 🙂
The director has another film, Terri, that’s worthwhile especially if you like wearing pajamas.
hey wait, I think I recognize that car.
Hey Paul! Going digital has made movies even better. For those of us who want to go deeper into the process, we have a whole new level of experience. I love getting all the details. The only limit is our imagination. It’s much like the way you tell us your stories.