“I believe in America.” That is the opening line from this film, one of the most celebrated in American history. Bonasera, an undertaker, loves America because “America has made my fortune.” And yet, it was that same America that, when his daughter is raped, lets the rapists go free by suspending their sentence. It’s “AmericaContinue reading “High Movie Review #011: The Godfather”
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High Movie Review #009: Casablanca
You know how some books get called the “Great American Novel” by literary experts, fans, and critics? And how it’s like it’s a great novel written by an American, but it’s also a novel that encapsulates a certain “American” spirit. It explores the American soul, so to speak. And it’s books like To Kill aContinue reading “High Movie Review #009: Casablanca”
High Movie Review #008: Peter Pan
This is one of the most nostalgic movies of my life. It’s one of the most nostalgic movies of a lot of people’s lives. By the nature of its subject, the never-ending childhood, it is a nostalgic movie. It produces nostalgia. As a kid, it’s a super fun movie! With pirates and adventure! But asContinue reading “High Movie Review #008: Peter Pan”
High Movie Review #007: Alice in Wonderland
Okay, now THIS is a movie to watch while high. It’s part of the whole psychedelic, stoner, drug culture thing. The colors, the whimsical nature of it, the weird fanciful story, it all adds to the weed/psychedelic drug culture. But that hippie/hipster/druggie thing didn’t really seem to be the mainstream until the second half ofContinue reading “High Movie Review #007: Alice in Wonderland”
High Movie Review #006: Cinderella
Cinderelly, Cinderelly, something something Cinderelly. That song really gets stuck in my head, and now, perhaps it might be stuck in yours. The power of words at work. So Cinderella’s parents are dead. Because of that, she lives with her stepmother, an absolute BITCH named Lady Tremaine and her two daughters who are annoying asContinue reading “High Movie Review #006: Cinderella”
Lefty Forrester 