thoughts on Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control

I seem to only blog in the early morning when I can’t sleep and after taking two benadryl, so pardon any grammatical/spelling errors and/or fragmented thoughts.

I came away from Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control with mixed feelings (I had a fever while watching so this may have something to do with it), but I wasn’t overly impressed. I definitely feel like I need to watch it at least three more times to fully understand it. I think that is why I didn’t like it as much as Gates of Heaven or Vernon, Florida. (notice I didn’t say it was not as good…that we may be able to explore tommorow/today in class).

Errol Morris seemed to be doing too much in FCOC, I was very much of fan of the simplicity in Vernon, Fl….and here in FCOC the film seems to me to be bit cluttered with the four interviews, the circus and movie theme running through, and the music all intertwining together. This may be the very same reason people feel like this Errol Morris’ best film because it manages to do all those things. However, in doing so I feel it is a little less accesible then his earlier films.

I, also, feel like I’m having one of those “it’s not as good as the older stuff” moments, where one is very slow to accepting something new.

Hopefully my mind will be changed tommorow…

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