qos | Well *That* Didn't Help

I've been restless and edgy all evening with stray impulses I didn't have the energy to carry through on, and my mind running like a hamster wheel accomplishing nothing. So, with nothing else to do, I decided I would finally finish watching Dogville and then go quietly off to sleep.

Not a good plan.

Dogville is one of those slow-paced movies that lull you into false complacency (even if you know things are going to turn out badly) and raise the stakes by small but inexorable steps until the climax hits and shatters everything.

I haven't seen a film this disturbing in quite some time, and now I'm really not in the mood to go to bed. Particularly not alone. This is the kind of movie that makes you want to have someone you love to cuddle up with and remind you that the world is not an unremittingly cruel and petty place.

I can't even invite Wolfing to cuddle because she stayed at her dad's house tonight.

If you haven't seen the movie, and you appreciate a good drama, I highly recommend Dogville. Nicole Kidman gives a fabulous performance. The whole cast does, but she carries the piece. The style is unlike anything else I've seen on film, and while it seems false and distracting at first, it becomes part of the stark, surreal overall atmosphere of the action and language, and doesn't detract from the intensity of the events. But it's definitely an adult film. Not something I would watch with anyone younger than twenty.