Todd Haynes' SUPERSTAR: the life and death of Karen Carpenter

[davemarc]

> From: Sam Shapiro <srs at plcmc.lib.nc.us>
> 
[snip] this film is readily available in the video-bootleg 
> market, and I highly recommend it (I prize my murky dub)! Haynes second 
> film was the David Cronenberg/Jean Genet-influenced POISON, which was a
big 
> Sundance hit, and a knockout---more powerful than the airless, 
> Kubrickesque SAFE.........
> 
Now, now.  IMHO, all three of Haynes's films are worth seeing.  As is his
short that revolves around a boy obsessed with an I Love Lucy-type TV show.
 (Wish I could remember the name of that one....)  It's really a shame that
Mr. Carpenter won't allow the release of Superstar, which is even better
than it probably sounds.  Poison's a great one, too.  And Safe is very
fine, and very relevant regarding physical and mental health issues.  In
fact--Pynchon ref coming up--it is extremely, extraordinarily, CoL49ish.  

davemarc