Barbara Bush wants you to see “Precious”
December 12th, 2009 by Scott Marks
“I also highly recommend ‘Old Dogs’ and ‘Antichrist.’”
Hasn’t she already done enough to harm the world? Where does that yente Barbara Bush get off telling us what movies to see?
And she’s not even recommending anything good. Why not talk up Bong Joon-Ho’s “Mother,” the story of a mom who will go to any length to prove that her mentally challenged son is not a murderer. There’s a story Babs can identify with. As much as she loves “Inglourous Basterds,” it is one film that is tough for the former First Lady to speak about in public. She gets all choked up thinking of the final scene where Hitler gets killed. It reminds her too much of her late father-in-law Prescott Bush.
No, Grandma Bush is out promoting literacy and what better film to hitch her star to than the one whose credits are scribbled in ebonics? George and Barbara recently held a screening of “Precious” in Houston and not since Sammy Davis, Jr. rented the Pussycat Theater to screen “Deep Throat” for his showbiz friends has there been a hotter movie ticket.
Bush told Newsweek, “If I were to give out a homework assignment, it would be this: go see the movie. You might be shocked when it’s over that it was Barbara Bush who asked you to do so. But go see it—then ask yourself how you can help.”
Stick to your satanic spawning and leave criticism to those who might actually consider art and truth. “Precious” is a bubbling vat of pig entrails being passed around and savored like a plate of beef bourgogne.
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Claude Chabrol’s A Girl Cut in Two (2007) - New gallery added with 8 photos
Alex Holdridge’s In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008) - New gallery with 8 photos
Fritz Lang - 1 photo added
Jean-Pierre Melville’s Les Doulos - New gallery with 7 photos
Max Ophuls Lola Montes - New gallery with 18 images
The Marx Brothers - 1 photo added of Harpo, Yvonne DeCarlo and Donald O’Conner
Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculine Feminine (1965) - New gallery with 6 photos added
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) - 31 images added
Robert Bresson’s Mouchette (1967) - New gallery with 6 photos added
Mel Brooks’ The Producers (1968) - 11 photos added
Fritz Lang’s Rancho Notorious (1952) - New gallery with 11 photos added
Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly’s Singin’ In the Rain (1952) - 1 photo added
Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008) - New gallery with 11 photos added
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