Stranger And Stranger
1999.11.13 - I see a trend.
Movies are getting stranger and stranger.
Last weekend, I saw "Being John Malkovich", and this weekend, I just saw "Dogma".
Both are very good, by the way -- especially "Being John Malkovich".
Don't get me wrong.
I like strange.
My first rejection letter was for a manuscript that had "strange" written all over it.
Hmm... I remember my query letter saying something about a witch fighting sausages; I wonder why it was rejected.
Oh, well.
I was young.
I had other story ideas to pitch.
But now I'm seeing "strange" seeping into the mainstream.
"There's Something About Mary" was a little quirky.
"Fight Club", with its pyshcological twist, is strange.
And I just saw movie trailers for even stranger stuff coming soon to a theater near you.
Well, Hollywood does have a new generation of writers -- Generation X, like me.
Maybe it's just a bi-product of being born during a certain time.
Hmm... something about power lines and carcinogens, maybe?
Maybe.
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