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Addicted to Film

1/15/2015

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"Mother and child" by Lee Ruk - via Wikimedia Commons (Such a great photo - so many things going on, like short story encapsulated in an image).
Hi, my name is Amy, and I’m an addict. 

I have a new obsession, and I’m enjoying it way, way too much.  I started contributing to the website Cutprintfilm (www.cutprintfilm.com) as a writer of editorials and reviews.  Since my favorite things to do are: 1) lie on the couch; 2) eat; 3) watch movies; and preferably 4) all of the above at the same time, this is like hiring a hopeless stoner to man the cannabis shop.

It’s awesome.

I get to riff on all the weird film things I like, including things I can’t indulge in my film classes for one reason or another (time constraints, possibly disturbing content, just too freaking weird for the students).  Apparently, sometimes people even read the stuff I write, which just goes to show you that there’s no accounting for taste. 

So far I’ve written about Neil Jordan’s Company of Wolves (http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/the-company-of-wolves/) ; ballet as an eater of the soul in the Red Shoes and Black Swan (http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/red-shoes-black-swan-ballet-and-the-loss-of-the-soul/ ); what vampire flicks can teach us about our humanity (http://www.cutprintfilm.com/features/vampire-movies-teach-us-humanity/ ); and a woman’s (scathing) response to The Trip. I also got to review A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/girl-walks-home-alone-night/ ), which was probably the most fun yet, since it’s the best Western about an Iranian female skateboarding vigilante feminist vampire that I’ve ever seen.

I just reviewed Match (http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/match/ ), with Patrick Stewart.  That’s quite a treat, because it’s not playing that many places, and I might not have gotten to see it until it was on Netflix.

Next up I’m going to write about actress/director Ida Lupino’s influence on my life and taste in music, followed by a survey of the dance and music films of Carlos Saura.  Why, oh why, aren’t they better known in the U.S.?

Even if I wasn’t indulging my inner perv with the writing, the website is like candy for the brain if you like movies at all.  There’s new content every day, and I find all the writers interesting and worth reading.  It’s a privilege to be associated with it.  Even if my writing does nothing for you, the other contributors all have unique perspectives, and they can all write their asses off.

I know, I’m gushing.  It’s not like me.  Actually I’m not gushing so much as bouncing around giggling and chortling like a cat with a mouse that looks especially tasty.

Nom nom nom. 

Forget heroin and Pinterest.  They’re for amateurs.  

Pardon me while I go get another dose.  http://www.cutprintfilm.com/

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