There is a line in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia that states “we might be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us. This is a telling prophecy for events that struck up a deep nerve in the political shifting found in most Eastern Europe states means that the older generations who were first victimized by the red state politics are now finding themselves lost in the shuffle. The current defrosting of old communist state shows that the collective memory may intricately be different – but there is a truth that unifies the people on the different sides of the fences.
You wouldn’t think films such as American History X and Lake of Fire would come from a man so soft-spoken, with a slew of nervous mannerisms. Also hard to believe, was that this was the man who so eagerly fought to have his named changed to Humpty Dumpty on the American History X credits, after Ed Norton went in and re-cut the film for more screen time.
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT is a documentary that begins with the scholarly inquiry, “Is Abstract Art a big con?” The film quickly becomes a nail biting mystery, a PG caper in which the lead detective is the filmmaker himself.