went over to morgan's tonight. watched two really terrific films: minnie and moskowitz and the extended cut of scenes from a marriage. reminded me of every thing i loved and hated about my last long-term relationship--the exhaustive properties of love and affection--the value of honesty, etc. both films, with their jarring ups and downs, made me feel like i was watching something honest, raw, blah blah blah.
i like how neither followed any sort of formula. i really like how both cassavetes and bergman didn't glorify or romanticize the difficult subject matter they were dealing with--i felt like there was an equal balance of good and bad, ups and downs in the films. minnie and seymour, in particular, really fascinated me. there were moments where i was nearly in tears, completely swept off my feet with the film's charm--seymour's bleeding-heart optimism and minnie's inability to open up to anyone, be honest with herself. both characters possessed very human qualities--that is, seymour, for all his charisma, his graceful eloquence and ability to express himself in a very human way and, ultimately, win over minnie, still fucked up. it would have been very easy for cassavetes to just allow minnie to fall completely head-over-heels in love with seymour from the beginning, after the whole knight-in-shining-armour routine at the restaurant. however, i felt like minnie's reluctance, her ambivalence, created the necessary degree of tension needed in the film to make the predictable ending that much more touching.
story short, i liked it.
however...
i'm pretty spent. so, in lieu of anything really expansive or profound...
here are some quotes from both films:
"i think about you so much i forget to use the bathroom!"
"you can say anything about anyone. it will always seem to fit."
yeah. i don't feel like putting them into context or expanding on either one of these ideas. just thought i'd throw them out there before my brain throws them away...forever.
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