Gay Purr-ee (1962) is painterly and often spellbinding.
It’s been forgotten, but it brings together tons of excellent ideas. Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes) co-wrote it, and Judy Garland stars. The plot is basic and a bit illogical, but the music and definitely the visuals make up for it.
Gay Purr-ee was created by United Productions of America. Though best-known for Mr. Magoo, they have many short masterpieces that most people have never heard of.
First, a review. Once you decide to watch the movie, leave this blog and come back when you’ve seen it.
Tim’s Vermeer is better the less you know about it. In an inverted 20-questions format, here you go. It’s a documentary. It’s about art. It’s also about forgery and obsession. There’s a money shot early on which proves the concept and makes you wonder if the bigger project is possible.
To all my white friends: if this isn’t enough to make you say something, what is? A black person was murdered over 9 grueling minutes. It was caught on clear, color video. The killer has been charged, while his three accomplices are still at large. We know their names. Why aren’t they in jail? If you or I did the exact same thing, where would we be?
If you see this post and refuse to say something, have yet to post on social media about how wrong this is, you are not an American.
It’s been a year since Carly Rae Jepsen released Dedicated. I’ll be amazed if another album makes me feel the same way again. Carly broke onto the scene with Call Me Maybe. That song has an undeserved bad rap - it’s one of the best songs ever made, a pure distillation of the impossibility of love, the suspension of disbelief from its main characters. Call Me Maybe appears on 2012’s Kiss.
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