I've been lost in my personal sea of summer music/shows/movies/books and forgot to keep updating this.
I also never told the world about my undying love of the movie Kill Your Darlings. To all of the people who ask, or will ask, about my favorite movie, this is the one. Subject to change, of course.
Now, I'm going to assume that about 90% of you haven't heard of this for quite a few reasons. It's about the lives of A group of Beat Generation poets, whom the majority of people don't know or care much about. Daniel Radcliffe played the main character, Allen Ginsberg, and he doesn't really light up on non-Harry Potter radars. There's quite a lot of gay-ness and sexuality in it, which society at large is dismally uncomfortable with. Aaaaand it wasn't marketed much or released in theatres widely. It's basically a hipster's wet dream. Oh god, am I a hipster? I should see a doctor about that.
So why is it worth your time? Honestly, I think the reasons that most people haven't seen it are enough. They're the things I love about the movie. Literature mixed with history mixed with actors I love and beautiful writing. I don't know if it's 100% historically accurate, but it feels like an extremely honest portrayal. It's intense, dramatic, and full of epic quotes. Here, read some.
- "No, we're not going to kill him. Even better. We're going to make sure nobody remembers him."
- "Another lover hits the universe. The circle is broken."
- "And like all lovers and sad people, I am a poet."
- Lucien Carr kissed a woman out of nowhere, so Ginsberg asked "Do you know her?" to which Carr responds, "No, and I don't plan to. She tasted like imported sophistication and and domestic cigarettes.
Just the right amount and variety of pretentiousness. Anyways, you should go watch the movie before I quote the entire thing at you.
Where can you find it? It's floating around somewhere online, I'm sure. Or, there's also the revolutionary notion that you could buy it and support great art. Of course, the actors and most of the people that brought the film to life probably aren't in need of more money. Unless the money benefits other things I'm not thinking of. Christ, I don't know where my movie money goes. It's all very confusing. But you wouldn't steal a tv! Unless you would, then I guess stealing movies is fine and it's all justified.
If you need me, I'll be contemplating the economics of movie buying and the ethical implications of strange anti-pirating commercials.
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