Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Me, You, and Everyone We Know

Ok I just finished watching "Me, You, and Everyone We Know" andI just want to stay that this was not my first time watching this movie. Ive actually watched it many times, and always just enjoyed it for what it is. I never really viewed with a mind frame of trying to figure out Miranda July's role as the producer for the film, so its kind of tough trying to come up with words to describe what her role is, because my opinion on it is already pretty engraved into my brain. This movie, as whole,is done from a extremely personal perceptive and has very well definied moments. I think this is so that the audience understands the emotion being portrayed and can not be misconstrued. There are no loose strings left to pick up on. Everything viewed is everything that Miranda is trying to get across. There are a couple of things that could represent some underlying statements of her opinions on society, and life but taking it in straight on it seems like alot of dialog could possibly come straight from her life. And thats how the movie feels, like it all just kind of plopped out of her head, and onto the camera. A great word to describe it would be organic. There is nothing too impressive about the movie besides how much of Miranda's personality you can see in it. This can be easily understood because she of her acting role in the movie. She plays a character who is a video artist just as she is in real life. So, if her acting role is at all accurate with how she works in real life, then obviously she likes to put alot of who she is, and her own personal perspective on life as possible, her own opinions on daily life, and her own day to day emotions. A good example of this is when she is visiting her friend and his girlfriend over at the nursing homes, and she is given the advice of allowing someone else to help her "create" and she tells them that she is a solo artist, and likes to work alone, even though at the end she ends up using her friend for one of her pieces at her exhibit. With this movie she created a very personal piece, yet it can easily be understood by anyone watching it, and I think thats how she portrays her character because that is who she is.