The Automatik

I re-watched Ghost World over Christmas, so I’ve been thinking of it a lot, trying to determine exactly what it is I took from the movie to make me like it so much. After reading some reviews online, I’ve finally been prompted to write what I should have written when I first saw the film.
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What a strange and wonderful year. Again, I didn’t get to see nearly as many films as I would have liked, but looking back at the releases, it doesn’t seem as if I missed much Although nothing as life-changing as Fight Club, Velvet Goldmine or Ghost World came out this year, I would have liked to have seen Punch Drunk Love, Bowling for Columbine, Far From Heaven, Solaris and The Pianist. Unlike last year, there weren’t nearly as many new albums by current favorites (don’t hate me because I own Beck’s Sea Change and the new Rhett Miller CD, but haven’t listened to them yet). Enjoy.
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