Andrea's Emporium of Movies and TV (and comics, and video games and books)

The Rumination of David Holzman's Diary (1967) David Holzman's Diary is such an immense piece of work in terms of showcasing the awkward tension and the humour it derives from a character who is deeply clueless about his own behaviour, yet you get such a fascinating insight into his mind and his pontification and just how he seems to dig himself into deeper and deeper holes. It's that central juxtaposition that this whole movie plays with which is just so compelling and honestly I think it's both as funny as it is outright anguishing. The whole movie just feels like that and I think what's more is that, even when I wasn't laughing at this film, I was just fixated on it just with what it reveals about Holzman. Holzman presents this central dichotomy of being a type of guy who wants to get close to women but, at the same time, can only approach it in terms of projection and imposition. This also isolates him from people and there's so many moments in this wher...

 Homer's Enemy, or Why Grimey Deserved to Die for His Sins Grimey in his element Something that's always interested me about Homer's Enemy is how it's sort of seen as this encapsulation of reactionary attitudes towards the American Dream - of the indignation some people feel of how people who work hard are not rewarded, yet some people just seem to get by on pure luck but, I think, the inherent truth of Homer's Enemy is just how it examines the logic of that. But I also know that Swartzwelder, as a writer, identifies way more with Homer than Grimey and sees Grimey as just an encapsulation of all the worst flaws of someone who is indignant towards this type of structure. Sure he's kind of right but he's right in a way where he just indulges himself in self-torture and revenge fantasies rather than getting at any sort of resolve. By seeing Homer as an encapsulation of all his frustrations, he misses out on so much stuff, in wake of just seeing this singular po...