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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

On Repeat 1 (Penny and the Quarters - You and Me)

Critical mass has been reached. Dana Stevens described Blue Valentine as "shattering". Matty on Filmspotting related how his girlfriend broke up with him 20 minutes after they saw it, saying that he was the Ryan Gosling character right down to his "big forehead". I listened to the Culture Gabfest rave about it today, and for their outro they played this, the couple's song. Wow, the Eccentric Soul series wins again. I assume Gorilla vs. Bear's 5/17/07 posting is largely responsible for it ending up in the film; here for more. It's great movie in a normally worthless genre, however, I can't say you should actually watch it.
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