A CAREFUL CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF 20TH CENTURY FILM AND ITS PSYCHOMETAPHYSICAL RAMIFICATIONS UPON POPULAR CULTURE. AND SHIT LIKE THAT.

Friday, July 2, 2010

TRAVEL SIZE REVIEW: VIVA (2007)

MY STARS, THAT NEW LEMON PIPERS SONG IS DREAMY!

People are right. This is a visually stunning cross between Boogie Nights, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and every porn tape your dad has stashed in the basement. But read that running time again. 120 minutes. That's TWO FRIGGIN' HOURS. For what would be a hilarious SNL skit. I mean, imagine if Bill Murray's Italian Hercules sketch was made into a feature length film by Peter Jackson. Not so funny by the time minute 49 rolls around, is it? So yeah, I give Anna Biller props for a dead-on recreation of Cinemax After Dark 1973, but Anna, you need to remember that no bad movies ran over 80 minutes back then. Not to mention Anna's landing strip bush is a glaring anachronism. Grow it out, girl. It's 1973!

IF THIS WERE REALLY 1973, THAT BUSH WOULD BE HALF WAY UP HER STOMACH.

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