Flicks and Chicks

Well, today is Memorial Day, whoopety doo. And instead of celebrating it with friends, sun soaking, grilled meat and beer a plenty, I am locked away in my cold-as-hell, dank, lonely basement uploading videos to You Tube. Ah, what's that you say? "Cough, ehm, loser!" Sadly, you appear to have a cold, I know what you really mean to say is, "Sounds like time well spent!"

We've done about 2+ years of our VT cable access show, The Deadbeat Club, which means we are currently at Episode 26th. I am digging through the old DBC vaults and starting to upload old segments from the early days of the show. One of these old bits was a movie review of Rosanna Arquette's film, "Searching for Debra Winger." It is a documentary which chronicles Rosanna's chit chats with her Hollywood actress gal pals such as:

Laura Dern, Holly Hunter, Sharon Stone, Patricia Arquette, Emmanuelle Beart, Jane Fonda, Teri Garr, Whoopi Goldberg, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Salma Hayek, Diane Lane, Kelly Lynch, Alley Sheedy, Martha Plimpton, Tracy Ullman, Robin Wright Penn and of course, Debra Winger.

Yes, there is some navel gazing and self-obsessed complaining in this film, but overall, I found it to be well worth the ride. It is always fun getting a peek at some of the more hidden, complex layers underneath these perfect actresses' facades. Also, they do open up some interesting conversations about the male-dominated world of Hollywood, women's eternal struggle btw family and work, the terrors of aging in a youth obsessed culture and, as the adorably tipsy Martha Plimpton puts it, the ease for male character actors whose faces look like "a foot" but are none-the-less able to secure roles.

Like these lovely ladies, I am always struggling to balance my passion for work and art projects with life and love and laundry - which reminds me, laundry would be another fun way to spend this holiday! Glad I am not the only one. There are definitely some interesting bits in here for the soul searching ladies who are always looking for something...

Here is the DBC review we did of "Searching for Debra Winger" many years ago:



Also, check out Tanner's blog about the fabulous 80s film "Red Dawn" which also has a DBC review.