EXCUSE MY FRENCH
Welcome to the inner workings of a twisted and unconventional mind. This is where all my ideas, silly or profound are expressed, keeping in mind that above all things, aesthetics matter more than reality. As I always say, fuck realism and embrace everything surreal and abstract.
If ever you should ask why I chose EXCUSE MY FRENCH as my title, excuse my French is an idiom used when one tries to pass swearing off as French. The language being one of the most colorful and beautiful in the world, it comes to no surprise that I try to pass off the garbage I write as French.
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Secret Window is a 2004 psychological film by David Koepp, based on the short story Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King. It is about Mort Rainey, a successful author who is confronted by a man who claims Mort plagiarized his work. The stranger becomes more violent as Mort insists his works are original, and he is forced to fight back, realizing that his enemy is closer to home.
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Elephant is a 2003 film by Gus Van Sant about a high school massacre, based in part on the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999. It spans the time shortly before the shooting, seen from the perspective of various students.
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Grande Ecole is a 2004 French film by Robert Salis about a couple, Paul and Agnes, who make a bet whether who can seduce Louis-Arnault, Paul’s roommate, first. It is Agnes’s attempt to resuscitate their failing relationship which she thinks is caused by Paul’s attraction to Louis-Arnault. Paul denies any attraction but learns more about himself in the process.
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La Mala Educacion is a 2004 Spanish film by Pedro Almodovar about two childhood lovers reunited after many years. Enrique is now a filmmaker and Ignacio a transvestite performer/writer. Ignacio convinces him to film a story he wrote, based on their shared childhood in boarding school with a sexually abusive priest. But things aren’t as they seem when Ignacio doesn’t recall any of their experiences, forcing Enrique to attempt to piece together what happened after they separated.
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Celebration: The Video Collection is a greatest videos compilation of Madonna’s colorful career. It spans over 23 years beginning with 1983’s Burning Up, until 2009’s Celebration, which was made to accompany the greatest hits album. In Celebration: The Video Collection, the viewer is treated to a visual feast of all of Madonna’s looks in her music videos, proving that she is indeed the Queen of Reinvention and the Queen of Pop.
