THIS IS THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO CREATES AN IMAGINARY WORLD TO ESCAPE THE HORRORS OF HER REAL LIFE. HER REAL LIFE INCLUDES A DYING MOTHER, A PSYCHOTIC ARMY GENERAL STEPFATHER, AND A DEAD BIOLOGICAL FATHER; ALL SET AGAINST THE CHARMING AFTERMATH OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. "AFTERMATH" OF WAR MEANS GUERRILLA WARFARE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THAT WARS ACTUALLY END WHEN SOME IDIOT-IN-CHARGE DECLARES "PEACE." I GREW UP IN A PENTHOUSE WITH NO WAR BUT I RELATED TO THIS GIRL QUITE WELL. I HAD IMAGINARY FRIENDS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. THEIR NAMES WERE DOUG, HEATHER, AND ROBERTO. EVERY NIGHT AT ABOUT 6PM THEY WERE WHISKED INTO MY APARTMENT BY A MAGICAL WIND CALLED "BLOW." LIKE ZEUS, THIS "WIND" WAS CREATED BY THE GOD "DEALER." WE WOULD STAY AWAKE FOR DAYS AND TAKE 24 HOUR JOURNEYS WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING THE BUILDING. LIKE OUR PROTAGONIST, OFELIA, I STAYED IN MY FANTASY WORLD UNTIL ALL MY REAL WORLD POSSESSIONS WERE GONE, SUCH AS MY T.V., TAG WATCH, CAR, I-POD AND LIFE. IT WAS OH SO MUCH FUN, UNTIL MY ONLY FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT WAS WRITING POEMS WITH THE TEARS THAT STAINED MY MIRROR. JUST AS MY LIFE WAS, THIS MOVIE IS VIVID, DISTURBING, ENTERTAINING, EXTRAORDINARY, AND REQUIRES SUB-TITLES TO UNDERSTAND. THIS IS WHAT A MOVIE SHOULD BE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, RENT IT TWICE. -THE MOVIE JERK.
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Mr. Movie Jerk-I can't figure out if this site is an outlet for you to vent, or an original symposium of thoughts through which you express your true reactions to cinematic work. None-the-less, I've convinced myself to call you if I ever take that script writing class I've always been wanting to take. The genius that could come from a bottle of Jack, a pen and some paper is obvious with little direction. Mr. Movie Jerk, you are a gentleman and a scholar in many respects- unfortunately you number is unlisted.
P.S. YOU DON'T NEED A BOTTLE OF JACK OR A CLASS TO INTEREST PEOPLE WITH YOUR WRITING. JUST INTELLIGENCE AND A SIGNIFIGANT AMOUNT OF INTERNAL PAIN YOU CAN ONLY EXPRESS THROUGH HUMOUR.... THEN AGAIN MABYE YOU SHOULD DRINK.
CHEERS,
YOU CAN ALSO START BY MAKING UP A NAME OTHER THAN "ANONYMOUS."
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