into literally the brain of john malkovich, who is in the movie playing himself. malkovich, malkovich. malkovich it s one of those movies that s impossible to describe. it just sounds like you re piling one absurdity upon another, but it somehow all coheres into a crazy and beautiful film. i want you to do me a favor. yeah, sure. i want you to hit me as hard as you can. what? i want you to hit me as hard as you can. sometimes a piece of material finds a filmmaker who is uniquely possessed of the chops to do it right. fight club was hard to imagine anybody who had a better dna than him for that film. the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. second rule of fight club is you
this movie established jane campian. she won at cannes and became the second woman to be nominated for an oscar for directing. the 90s was the best time for women directors. they infused a kind of sensibility that made it really enjoyable. you were hanging out with other filmmakers saying, wow, how many movies can i make? how many women can i work with? you still haven t figured out what riding waves is all about, have you? it s a state of mind. they don t want to be acknowledged as a female director. i thought my whole career to be acknowledged as a filmmaker, not a black filmmaker. i m sure a lot of those women are saying don t call me a female director. i m a director. i m a bad therapist. do you hear me? i m a bad therapist.
also, she has a little bit too much ambition. they know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don t have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. what s brilliant about election is you are getting voiceover from like three or four different perspectives. who knew how high she would climb in life, how many people would suffer because of her? i had to stop her. alexander payne made a very american movie, and the performances in election of matthew broderick and reese witherspoon are terrific. looks like you could use a cupcake. it s a remarkable film. who are you? boys don t cry is based on a true story about brandon tina, a young man who was a trans man living in a small community. he fell in love with a woman. they had a relationship, and other people discovered that this was a trans man and not a sis man and sexually assaulted
phil connors, i thought that was you. you re in a time machine or somebody cast a spell. phil connors! but this just happened. and nobody minded. phil connors. ned? the movie is perfect. it s also so obviously for bill. bill, like the groundhog bill? yeah, like the groundhog bill. look for your shadow there, pal! morons, your bus is leaving. it s hard to be a likeable dick and then win the audience over by the end. bill is really good at that. oh, thank you, young man. it s nothing, ma am, just be comfortable, all right? to me, bill murray is one of the great comedy actors that has ever been. how long will you be staying with us? indefinitely. i m being sued for divorce. he s picky, which is perfect, because then he finds his way into somebody really
it was just a sort of quintessential independent cinema coming to the mainstream and then of course it went on to do so well. ladies, ladies, i know you ll be in attendance. did you hear anything about a party today? uh-uh. at least not good ones. house party is just a fun, silly teen comedy. ladies. in the house. dragon breath. who you talking too? they play two teenagers looking to have a fun time. dad s away, let s throw a party. scandalous. having a movie like that premier at sundance really showed the possibilities that indie black filming making can have. what? don t answer me what. turn that tv off.