Short Bus

Wow. I just watched Short Bus. A movie I'd heard very little about. I knew that John Cameron Mitchell directed it. I had no idea what I was in for. I love JCM very much. I think he's a genius. This thought has not changed. I recommend this movie.

Don't watch it if you are remotely prudish however. We're talking beyond full frontal nudity here. We're talking actual sex. It's the most sexually graphic movie I've ever seen (outside of porn)

I find that incredibly refreshing. As one reviewer said on IMDB It "puts sex in perspective -- as part of all of our lives."

The movie had the depth I expected from JCM. Great story, great emotional depth, great sense of humor, great everything. Shame most people won't see it because of the sex stuff. Anyway. Great movie, see it if you want.

Freaks

Schiltzie, the "Pinhead"
Cast of "Freaks"
Just got finished watching Freaks. A movie from 1932 about people who today would be referred to as "special". People who were born different. They marketed it as a horror movie, but the people who put it together seemed to have been very much in favor of equal treatment of the so-called freaks. It's actually kind of a sweet little story. The main guy in the movie is a little person named Hans. He looks like a 5 year old, but is an adult. The ones who really intrigued me were the "pinheads": Three women who were born with microcephaly, a congenital disease which affects the growth of the head, leaving the person with a tiny cranium. Kinda strange, and it certainly affects inteligence. It seems like I would have seen it before now, I'm sure the disease still exists Anyway, found it on google video. Watch it HERE.