September 15, 2004
Movie: Pecker
Directed by
John Waters
(1998)
Superstars: Edward Furlong (Pet Cemetary, terminator, American history X), Christina Ricci (200 Cigarettes, Sleepy Hollow, Prozac Nation), Mary Kay Place (Sweet Home Alabama, Junk, Girl Interrupted, Being John Malkovich), Martha Plimpton (I LOVE YOU!!!), Lili Taylor (4 Rooms, High Fidelity, The Haunting)...and a million others.
If you like photography (And I know you photo-sluts out there totally do!) you'll appreciate the quirk to this movie. Plus, Edward Furlong! and CHRISTINA RICCI! And.... MARTHA PLIMPTON! I need new underpants.
Moving along now.
So Pecker (Edward) is an average Baltimore boy, just chillin' out taking photos on a used 35 mm in his spare time and working at a hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop. His girlfriend (Christina) is just your average obsessed-with-her-job laundromat gal. His family is your average... *unique* family complete with a sugarholic (Lil chrissy), a fag hag (Martha), a disgruntled bartender (dad), and a thrifty bum-loving mother (mom). Oh yeah. and Pit beef Gramaw.
Sawiiit!
Anyway... follow Pecker along the road to superstardom. He has a little 'art show' at work where lo and behold he's scouted by a really big talent scout (Lili) who buys one photo for 50 bucks. Which turns into a big show in New York, which turns Pecker into the MR. PHOTOGRAPHY THANG. SHABAM!
But fame and fortune have it's downfalls. His relationship with his girlfriend goes downhill, his sister gets fired from her job, Lil Chrissy doesn't want a soda anymore, all the New York snobs invade Baltimore AAAAKKKK!
I want the soundtrack.
whoah I got sidetracked...
Pecker, wanting everything to go back to normal declines an artshow for the whitney (wtf that is) and decides to put on an art show of his own right there in Baltimore. After all, his photos are of 'everyday life'... what can he have up his sleeve? (snicker). all the rich snobby art freaks get bussed down to dad's bar and we'll just let you finish the movie yourself.
I like movies with quirk, wit and humour and this movie is full of it. chock block full of it. If this movie was a tasty burrito I wouldn't be able to get my mouth around it cos it's just jam-packed with so much going on. Makes me kinda wanna pit beef sandwich. Or a soda.
It's definetely a good pick me up on a rainy day.