The Life of David Gale - Alan Parker - 2003
Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet star in this criminal drama about Professor David Gale (Spacey) who is accused of raping and murdering a former student. Winslet plays the journalist who is trying to snag an unbiased interview from Gale before he is executed. During the process, Winslet finds herself on a quest to uncover what really happened, racing against the clock ticking closer to Gale's execution. This film pushes its audience to morally evaluate capital punishment and the death sentence. Ironically biased with a pretty implausible ending, I think I would have enjoyed this film much more if I hadn't watched the last scene.
Recommended by: M Sage
Look out for: When glass cups and toiletries are not enough, some patrons find it acceptable to take the hotel room TV.
Rating: [If it weren't for the ending I would]Like It []Love It []Gotta Have It
Eraserhead - David Lynch - 1977
I somewhat regret watching this film and I suppose I'm happy it came last on my David Lynch list. I did a little online research and Lynch apparently still will not reveal the meaning behind the film and reports no one else's interpretation has come close. Dream-like, perhaps more appropriately nighmarish, we uncomfortably peer into Henry's bizarre life. His girlfriend is emotionally unstable and burdensome, their mutant-like baby will not stop crying (most online sources say it's a cow fetus), and visits to the parents are like visiting hell. Grotesque, horrific, confusing, and unsettling, I can see this causing sleepless nights for kids watching this in the 70s.
Look out for: Go vegan.
Rating: [Did not]Like It []Love It []Gotta Have It
Cry-Baby - John Waters - 1990
Already a 1950s satire, I feel like this film furthermore spoofed the likes of Grease and other 1950 inspired musicals. Toleration of slap stick, wackiness and exaggeration are necessary to enjoy this film. Johnny Depp plays Cry Baby, the ring leader for his group of greasy highschool delinquents dubbed the Drapes. He falls in love with Allison (Amy Locane), a Square. I'm unsure if Johnny Depp did his own singing but a few of the songs were admittingly catchy. One Drape, Hatchet-Face?, looked like a cross between the Exorcist and what Cyndi Lauper looks like today. Most importantly, Cry-Baby gets a tear drop tattoo in Juvie.
Look out for: Willem Dafoe and a very very fat Ricky Lake...
Rating: []Like It [X]Love It []Gotta Have It
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