Here We Go

As a Valentine's Day experiment I tried to think of a movie that feels like love. Not an aspirational, swoony, eroticized love; for that, watch Notorious. I was thinking more of the giddy, silly, hit-you-in-the-guts-and-slap-you-in-the-face kind of love. For that, I'd watch Punch Drunk Love, a swirly cone of violence and affection that includes pudding, a mysterious harmonium, a slimy phone sex extortionist, seven harpy sisters, and a mini Hawaii vacation. Through it all Lena and Barry find each other. They are so disjointed, so impossible, so perfectly lovely. "I want to chew your face, and I want to scoop out your eyes and I want to eat them and chew them and suck on them," says Lena. "Okay. This is funny. This is nice," Barry responds. And it is. It inspired me to make this collage. If only Adam Sandler would make more like this one instead of mugging in Hawaii with Jen Aniston.