(01-21-08)

Well, nothing says persistence of memory or serious emotional distress like:

YESTERDAY WAS A LIE

That’s Right, a simple decision can create an entire world or destroy one

2008 – 89 minutes not rated (Two swear words, I think) Helicon Arts Cooperative – Directed, written, edited and produced by James Kerwin (The Garden, Midsummer) IMDB

STARRING:

Kipleigh Brown as detective Hoyle the woman on the edge (Enterprise) IMDB

Chase Masterson as the subconscious muse (DS9, Digitalman, Robotech Shadow Chronicles, Sometimes They Come Back For More) IMDB

John Newton as Dudas the mysterious gentleman (Melrose Place, Models Inc., Untouchables TV, Superboy) IMDB

Peter Mayhew as the dead man (Star Wars, Sinbad, Muppets) IMDB

Mike Scriba as the deputy trenchcoat gumshoe (SU2, The Practice, Bit Actor in Everything) IMDB

Nathan Mobley as the wacky student teacher (The Bread Squeezer) IMDB

Megan Henning as the mean spirited student (7^th Heaven) IMDB

Michael Q. Schmidt as the art patron (Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Tom Goes to Mayor, Skid Marks) IMDB

H.M. Wynant as the high flutin’ art patron (Seaquest, Airwolf, Days of Our Lives) IMDB

Warren Davis as Psychiatrist (General Hospital) IMDB

Jennifer Slimko as the nurse (Sky Kids) IMDB

Robert Siegel as background narrator (Nothing anyone else knows of or cares about at this time) IMDB

Brian Carpenter as the TV shrink (Evan Almighty, The Mullets) IMDB

as Dr. Bradley Stevens the debunking analyst (Together again for the first time) IMDB

Bill Dempsy as the cabbie (On the Run) IMDB

Shadii as medic #1 (G.I. Jesus, The Hammer) IMDB

John Ronald Dennis as the mind clerk (Engaging Peter) IMDB

Frank Payne as the coroner (Butch Camp) IMDB

Catherine O’Conner as the other uppity art go’er(Numbers, The Unit) IMDB

Joe Leroy Reynolds as the bartender (STDS9) IMDB

SYNOPSIS:

In this classic 30ish B&W gumshoe noir Detective Holye is a women on the edge plagued by episodes of deja vous and non linear time leading her to believe that someone is messing with her either following her or leading her about which puts her on the trail of a mysterious lab notebook said to be created by physics most brilliant minds and containing information one could use to manipulate time and thought. Trouble is, it appears the guy she just pushed out of her life has the notebook so, maybe all of her problems are his fault. That is of course assuming it’s not just all in her own head.

Snipit:

Uppity Art Patrons mingling – (Patron 1)”If we don’t like this reality, we create a new reality. A More perfect one.” (Patron 2)”But, perfect for whom?” (Patron 3)”It’s a revisionist reality isn’t it? “ (Patron1)”Yes.” (Patron 3)”And, the more the artist escapes into it the more he separates himself from real world relationships.” (Patron 1)”And, thus the therapists make a living.”

Rating:

(4-1/2) Prozac’s, Lexapro and some mepradine (because sometimes you just need something to kill the pain) for: An Urban Shaman, a skeleton key, Avogadro’s number, a Packard, trench coats and fedora’s, God’s Chess game, phantom energy, Planck’s constant, signing in from multiple locations, talking to the cat, getting the unknown name at an unknown domain, making pain your home, a surrealist exhibit, blowing the human mind’s surge protector and YES! Getting hit with the collected works of T.S. Elliot.

Food:

A few Philly Cheese and prime rib sandwiches (no onions, peppers or rabbit food please), a couple of giant Mr. Goodbars, a bag of Take 5’s, a bag of gumdrops and dots, a bag of Chessmen cookies and a nice vanilla milkshake or your favorite Manhattan & shot of rye. .

Other Memorable Lines:

Student teacher and student to Hoyle – (Student teacher)”That professor doesn’t teach here anymore, he’s old.” (Student)”Ya like older than you.”

Coroner to Trenchcoat Man – (Coroner)”Stiffs like this make my job easy. Intech slug 85 grain.” (Trenchcoat Man)”Just spell it out for me.” (Coroner)”It means he got lead poisoning from a 32 Smith & Wesson. No doubt about it.”

Dudas to Hoyle – (Dudas)”I’d buy you a drink but I see you’ve already got a running start.” (Hoyle)”I fund my own vices.”

TV Shrink to audience – (Shrink)”It turns out all we are here to do is love. That’s it. That’s the secret. And, let me tell you it’s not just a catch phrase or a pretty saying from a poem. It’s really fundamentally true. It’s a huge burden. A huge to thing to swallow because that means that if you don’t do it, you’ve failed.”

Singer to Hoyle – (Hoyle)”Give me a puzzle with an answer. Things that fit like they were made for each other.” (Singer)”Thing’s don’t always fit perfectly Hoyle. Sometimes it’s the ruff edges that make life interesting. Somebody told me once that the mind is like a surge protector. It’s prevents you from experiencing things that are too traumatic.”

Final Stupor of Thought:

Okay, I have seen this flick three times now and each time I see it, it gets better. It’s like watching Citizen Kane or better yet, watching the Simpson’s teaching Citizen Kane. Each time you see it, the more stuff you pull out of it. Now, I must admit going in I was thinking artsy fartsy Sundance film and was even fidgeting around getting restless at the screening but as the film reveals itself, it draws you in. Especially if you have ever experienced a hurt that you have never been able to figure out. This show dissects and vividly shows what trying to figure this out is like. And, hey if nothing else, it’s got Chase Masterson in it. And, I know I keep saying it but, she is the woman that married a Ferengi on DS9. What else do you want? So, start demanding it at your local video store now. Also, out on video tomorrow Barney Miller season 2, Torchwood season 1 and YES Swamp Thing the entire TV series.

Punk really cry himself to sleep now.