I haven’t been doing so well lately, either mentally or emotionally. At least I’m not all weepy this time. So anyway, I tried to cheer myself up last night by watching one of my favorite movies about the search for identity and for love. Except it only made me lonelier this time. Because everybody gets their love in the end (oops, no pun intended).
So I’m going to try again tonight. Maybe I’ll try The Incredibles or Amelie. I actually put Amelie in 1st last night but I decided I was in no mood to read subtitles. The Incredibles is highly oriented around family and I don’t really have one anymore, so…. There are other options I guess, such as David Byrne’s True Stories, among others.
One thing that did cheer me up a bit though is the WorldCat Find in a Library record for Better Than Chocolate (the movie referenced above for those too lazy to click the link).
Check out those subjects:
- Family–Drama
- Lesbians–Drama
Hehehe. Maybe there is hope for America yet.
OK, I just lost a little hope looking at the subjects listed for Better Than Chocolate at UIUC: Erotic films. Feature films. Comedy films.
Erotic films? Whatever.
Parkland isn’t much better. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Lesbianism–Drama. Erotic films. Feature films. Comedy films.
Homosexuality in motion pictures? Kind of freakin’ clinical, isn’t it? I’m going after a scope note for that one. BRB.
Crap. There isn’t one. Still, I’m going to go out on a limb here. I don’t think that’s right. It isn’t a movie about homosexuality in motion pictures. It is a movie with homosexual characters, lesbians and transgendered, specifically. So Lesbians– or Lesbianism–Drama is much better.
Can’t really tell the difference between Lesbians and Lesbianism from the online LC Authorities, but either has to be better than Homosexuality in motion pictures.
But hey, I much prefer the juxtaposition of Family–Drama and Lesbians–Drama. Bless you WorldCat! Maybe there is still hope.
Here’s hoping for a better night at the movies tonight. All of the movies mentioned here are highly recommended, by the way.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Angel // Oct 16, 2005 at 1:26 pm
I hope you get to feeling better down the road. I will have to add those films to my “to be watched” list. You are right, some of those subjects sound too clinical.
Best.
2 Laura // Oct 18, 2005 at 8:31 pm
Mark, you are my new cataloging hero! Well, actually, I have to admit that I’ve never seen Better Than Chocolate and that my cataloging knowledge and credentials are slender to nonexistent, but I, too, love the Family–Drama/Lesbians–Drama juxtaposition.
I’m going to take it as a sign that there’s hope for us all.
3 Mark // Oct 20, 2005 at 10:54 am
Thanks Laura! Although I’m sure my cataloging cred is pretty non-existent too. But I’m working on that, slowly.
But you really should see Better Than Chocolate. It really is one of the sweetest movies ever about the search for identity and moreso the search for love. I absolutely love it!
And, yes, that juxtaposition of subjects is just too sweet! Here’s to “hope.”