Late Night Cinema, Part 1

If all my hours were a map of the known world, the hours between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on weekday nights would be labeled "Here be dragons." In Northern California, the land of perpetual Hollywood-esque sunlight that makes all outdoor photographs look so impossibly perfect, the absence of sun seems a little sinister, a little uneasy, as if this place wasn't designed for insomniacs. By this time, all upright citizens have gone to bed, leaving only the wicked, the weary, and the jaded to pace the floors and wrap themselves in blankets and try to throw off whatever worries are keeping them awake in the first place.

I've been up more times than I can count, in the aftermath of a fight or a WoW run or just simply bored and restless with nothing but the television to keep me company -- and this is the only time that Premium Cable is worth it. Because certain movies only make sense at certain times.

Here is the current list, to date:

Like Water for Chocolate

21 Grams

Lords of Dogtown

The English Patient

Layer Cake

City of God

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

I Shot Andy Warhol

Great Expectations

The Sea Inside

Factotem

Leaving Las Vegas

Edward Scissorhands

8mm

Scarface

Rules of Attraction

Chazz: "The night is a very dark time for me."
Jimmy: "The night is a very dark time for everyone, moron!"
Chazz: "Not for Alaskans and dudes with Nightvision goggles!"

You know that "Currently listening to..." feature in one of those blog services....I've since forgotten which one, but it's too bad that Blogspot doesn't offer that. No matter, I've got a better idea.

Currently listening to: The Dear Hunter - The Inquiry of Ms. Terri
Over and over on infinite repeat...