Thursday, May 29, 2008

Wiggity Wiggity Wax...Or the discovery of telivision among the bees

So I often refer to movies that are not documentaries as documentaries. It is worth it to do this all of the time for the few times that people miss the joke and correct you that the film in reference is not a documentary.
Me: "I watched the most amazing documentary last night."
Nathaniel: "I love documentaries! What was it called?"
Me: "The Last Starfighter."
Nate: "Oh, I've seen that but its not a documentary."
Me: "No, I'm pretty sure that dude from the trailer park saved the galaxy in the 80's. I mean it seamed pretty real."
Nathan: "Maybe it is based on true events but its not a documentary. I would know. I am a film major."
Me: "Well have you ever seen the documentary Wax or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees?"
Nate: "No."
Me: "HA! Not so smart now are ya Mr. film school."
Anyway, wile this conversation continues until the end of time in the back of my mind I will tell you about this fantastic film I saw. I have to admit that knowing nothing about Wax, and because of its documentarian style, I found myself wondering if true facts were inserted into the movie as a strange twist. I was particularly curious about how else the elaborate genealogy of the characters could have been created.

I will not go into too many gory details of this fabulously rad movie but I assure that even though you are board after about twenty to forty minutes it gets better. If you are anywhere as weird as me you will love the overly complicated plot development and will be glad that you payed attention to the tedious part in the beginning.

Holy fuck I love this movie! I may even call it my favorite movie. I know this sounds dramatic and I will keep you updated if I find another I can say this about but for the time being Wax is it. I mean just watch this-

1 comment:

Lizz said...

ohmigod. seriously. i could barely sit through it! i think you need to have a certain level of mental illness to be able to follow this movie... it's just so tangential and there are strange gaps in the logic... it's definitely true, as far as real documentaries go, but it's not riveting. sorry.