At some point, I am going to need to post a 'Magnificent Seven' films report for 2011-2012.  'Cabin in the Woods' will probably be on the list . . . (Yes, I did like it and no, did not expect to.)

Social Mediation.

I finally got around to updating my Facebook and Twitter pages, watched Gainsbourg and generally had a lovely, relaxing weekend. Unfortunately, I don't really have time to have had a 'lovely, relaxing weekend'. Ah well. Into every individual existence in a technologically advanced society, a little temporary digital insanity must fall . . . And it (the insanity) is falling away even as I type. Before I depart for the realm of 'due diligence' however, a bit about 'Gainsbourg'. 

Overall I liked it. Surrealist framing was unusual for a biopic genre film but it worked well for Gainsbourg’s story. Lovely sound, cinematography, costuming, editing, staging and settings. I’ve no idea how close the film actually comes to the truth of the man himself or his life but it was certainly very . . . instructive? Well, what I mean is that the film does beg--no, demand--the question: was life/love/society in the 60s really that 'sophisticated' (or rather, that dysfunctional)?