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PG just used up 101 minutes of his life watching Slacker. The first movie in the machine was “The Women”, but the copy kept skipping around the screen. It might have settled down, and it might have gotten worse, but PG figures that is another 25 cents he should have spent on something else.
Slacker is a movie about life in Austin TX. It is populated by people who talk in monologs, with no concern for the person who is listening. There are a lot of people like that loose in the world, with notions about John Kennedy, space invaders, the gynecology of Madonna, war, peace, taxis, police, and the sum total of reality. The thing about a movie like this is, you can hit stop at any time.
The movie goes from one monolog into another. A woman is caught shoplifting, and a girl walks by. She says to her old man companion that the shoplifter was in her ethics class. The old man tells a story of something he saw in Paris one time, while he walks across the parking lot of the store. They go past a billboard… Ron Paul, Libertarian for Congress.
Another movie from this extended weekend was Raising Arizona. It is over the top, makes no sense at all, and is a lot of fun. When PG put it on, he was in bad shape. The knee hurt, and the future looked bad. Raising Arizona was the sort of escapist nonsense that can pick up your spirits from a low point.
Pictures today are from Gwinnett County. PG is getting tired of this, and is probably going to take a break. If he decides to start collecting mug shots, they will be waiting for him.