Do not touch the glass. Do not approach the glass. You pass him nothing but soft paper - no pencils or pens. No staples or paperclips in his paper. Use the sliding food carrier, no exceptions. If he attempts to pass you anything, do not accept it. Do you understand me?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) dir. Jonathan Demme
Jeanie loves vests. She drives a pickup truck. She’s played by Jodie Foster. This is a classic trifecta of gay. She also has a boyfriend – which is less gay – but she’s totally indifferent to him. So indifferent that he disappears halfway through the movie without it really even being a plot point. After his casual disappearance, she doesn’t show any more interest in the plethora of other guys who are interested in her than she did to him. If she looked at any of them the way she looks at her best friend, Annie (Cherie Currie), her love life might be a little different. In fact, all she seems to care about in general is Annie. And then there’s a male/female couple who pick Annie up in their car and proceed to hit on her simultaneously, but that part isn’t very fun, so the less said about it the better.
In just two films, Neil Blomkamp has solidified himself as one of the most original and visionary directors of his generation. Elysium may ultimately not be able to top District 9 in my heart, but it easily falls into my top 10 films of 2013, and most likely into my top five sci-fi films of the past decade. On top of two amazing films, he is responsible for introducing the world to Shartlo Copley, an actor who I have completely fallen in love with, and will be the sole reason I end up seeing Spike Lee’s abomination of a remake of ‘Oldboy’. Blomkamps attention to detail is unmatched, and it appears that he is able to produce everything on screen that his mind is able to conjure when crafting these films. I can’t recommend this film highly enough, as with all the sequels and remakes we are forced to endure, a film and story this unique is sadly becoming more and more a rarity these days.
