I’ve read a few Dan Clowes comics (even met him in person) such as Ghost World, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, and selected issues of Eightball. The first made a neat film, the second is the only comic where I had an out-of-body experience while reading, and the last “Ice Haven” series played with form in a masterful way that comes with years of comic-making experience.
With Halloween coming up, here’s a horror film I just watched: The Devil’s Rain, starring several famous folks, Tom Skerrit, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, and the incomparable William Shatner.
This is a film I thought I would like, but didn’t. It’s an indie-style flick, about two recently-wed urbanite art dealers Madeline and George (Embeth Davidtz and Alessandro Nivola) who travel to the sticks to hang out with George’s family, including his never-graduated from highschool brother Johnny (who thinks George is an asshole) (Ben McKenzie) and his pregnant wife Ashley (Amy Adams).
Tanja really wanted to see this flick. I read the Dan Millman book Way of the Peaceful Warrior back in the ‘90s and vaguely remembered it as some kind of self-motivating-new-agey coming-of-age type thing.