so i just cut the pinkie of my left hand quite badly and have it wrapped in gauze and athletic tape and a bag of ice and a washcloth, and i'm holding it above my heart, so you'll have to deal with a lacj of capitalization today because i only have one hand for typing and i don't want to spend the whole day on a movie review.
last night i watched jakob the liar. i own it--have owned it for a couple weeks now--but i just barely got around to taking it out of its shrinkwrap and watching it.
i've only seen it once before, and that was at a party (of all places!), so i got a lot more out of it this time around.
frankly, it's a very depressing movie, but i really like the way the story is told. i read a book on writing once that said that if you choose to write in first person, you are not allowed to kill the protagonist. i hold up jakob the liar as a powerful example that even that "rule" of fiction is negotiable. and the fact that he lies to give us false hope at the end of the movie--painfully beautiful.
i love this movie, but it isn't one to watch when you need a pick-me-up.
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