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Drop Dead Gorgeous (2010 Video)

This is a Reality/Docudrama

[10/10 · 19 January 2012]

Although there is comedy and slapstick aplenty much of it is spot on.

I am close to someone who had a successful modeling career at the top, doing runway and print work in Paris and Tokyo.

I learned from her and her circle of model-friends, the ten commandments of modeling many of which are addressed in this film: You gotta be real young 16 is good 18-19 is middle aged When you turn thirty it's over You know you are nearing thirty when they want to cast you as a "young mom" The standard contract says dress down to a g string Count on doing a lot of walking around naked Count on having sex with a lot of very scummy guys to get from A to B Learn to purge, do drugs and smoke on demand so you won't be hungry Learn to starve and eat literally nothing for extended periods Light headed delirium is a way of life.

Models coming to the set nearly dead and/or overdosed is day to day.

You will be treated like an object in the most revolting ways, by EVERYONE.

If you were to die on the set, many of the things that happened in this movie could actually happen and I would bet that at some time they actually did happen(til the end of the shoot anyway). I wounder who the lucky girl was.

Think of all the dead stars that have better careers and management today than when they were alive.

This film speaks the deadly truth and manages to be hilarious at the same time.

See it.

The Prestige (2006)

Packed with more plot than you can imagine.

[10/10 · 13 October 2011]

If you think this film is mediocre or just a "period piece" then you have to think again because the true depth of this plot cannot be realized without watching repeatedly.

I have watched it through several times and still can't tell if the Michael Caine character was the true mastermind.

This screenplay could play in any time or place, even with unknown actors, and still generate eternal wonder.

Too many directors rely on gratuitous violence, expensive action sequences, big name actors and grandiose sets/CGI to wow the viewers Christopher Nolan is an unmitigated genius and doesn't need any of those tricks.