David sent me an email last night saying that Crispin Glover's weirdo magnet, What Is It is playing in Salt Lake City. He wanted me to use my love of Glover's madness to justify checking out the movie. This is what I shall attempt to do.
First off, why Glover? I don't know. Why not? He's probably Hollywood's most genuine madman. We're not talking about Johnny Depp faux mysteriouso, nah. Glover does cool shit like collect old dentist chairs is is dating a Playboy model. The guy is obsessed with old books, spending a fair bit of time either collecting them or pulling a Burroughs and doing some cut-up work with them and re releasing them as new work. He also is a Volcano fanatic, spending his spare time recreating famous ones in his abode. See also, the name of his company.
Witness my shitty selling skills! In all honesty, I'd only recommend checking out What Is It if Glover's there in person. The reviews for the flick have been pretty much negative. Too weird, too avant guard, I guess. Anyhow, if Glover's there, you get the full meal deal. He usually screens his movie accompanied by a slide show of his picture books mixed with some of his music with a side order of Q&A.
So voila! Reasons to check out Crispin Glover
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I thank Rob for this commentary, but I was actually referring to the sequel to What is it? which will be showing at Sundance entitled It is fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.
You can read about it here.
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