Anything Else (Woody Allen, 2003)
Man, I just had a really messed up nightmare. Everyone I knew in it was sick, deformed and on drugs. Friends, family members. Everything resembled the sets of the most frightening film scnenes I can think of. And there was a rat.
Now it's 4:00am, and I'm awake with crazy alergies and the air is think and still, despite the fan.
I found and allergy pill and took it. I'm disappointed that it's non-drowsy.
Anyway, watching Anything Else again - the DVD was a gift from Mike and Megan, years ago - made me realize that I could really use a mentor. An old eccentric to teach me life's angles, urge me to be more assertive, and to have a loaded weapon at arms-reach in every single room of the house (actually I hate guns). This movie was not well-recieved, but I like the character of Dobel. Especially his witty little aphorisms like:
Never trust a guy who fumbles for the check, you know he who wants to get the check, gets it.
You think quantum physics has the answer? I mean, you know, what purpose does it serve for me that time and space are exactly the same thing? I mean I ask a guy what time it is, he tells me 6 miles? What the hell is that?
and
Since the beginning of time people have been, you know, frightened and, and unhappy, and they're scared of death, and they're scared of getting old, and there's always been priests around, and shamans, and now shrinks, to tell 'em, "Look, I know you're frightened, but I can help you. Of course, it is going to cost you a few bucks...” But they *can't* help you, Falk, because life is what it is.
Now it's 4:00am, and I'm awake with crazy alergies and the air is think and still, despite the fan.
I found and allergy pill and took it. I'm disappointed that it's non-drowsy.
Anyway, watching Anything Else again - the DVD was a gift from Mike and Megan, years ago - made me realize that I could really use a mentor. An old eccentric to teach me life's angles, urge me to be more assertive, and to have a loaded weapon at arms-reach in every single room of the house (actually I hate guns). This movie was not well-recieved, but I like the character of Dobel. Especially his witty little aphorisms like:
Never trust a guy who fumbles for the check, you know he who wants to get the check, gets it.
You think quantum physics has the answer? I mean, you know, what purpose does it serve for me that time and space are exactly the same thing? I mean I ask a guy what time it is, he tells me 6 miles? What the hell is that?
and
Since the beginning of time people have been, you know, frightened and, and unhappy, and they're scared of death, and they're scared of getting old, and there's always been priests around, and shamans, and now shrinks, to tell 'em, "Look, I know you're frightened, but I can help you. Of course, it is going to cost you a few bucks...” But they *can't* help you, Falk, because life is what it is.