My two favorite movies (so far) this year deal with the mating habits of okies, rednecks, the inbred, hillbillies, white trash, and the Dumb. Perhaps that is why they speak to me.
On the heels of Texas Vibrator Massacre comes Vivid’s Miles from Needles, in which Savanna Samson utilizes her training as compromised Tennessee Williams heroines (no kidding) in dealing with the Southern Gothic tragedies of spousal abuse, meth addiction, and lesbianism.
“You can’t be doing that lovey stuff when I’m on the phone with my mama!” she scolds her girlfriend.
Her partner in crime is April Blossom, who matches Savanna perfectly.
“I would have been sad if Savanna had been paired with an 18-year-old crackhead as her love interest,” I said to director B. Skow. “How did you choose April Blossom?”
“I made sure she wasn’t an 18-year-old crackhead and went from there,” he said.
This is an excellent movie. For those who are interested in that sort of thing, Evan Stone dips his balls in a cereal bowl. Brian Surewood also has a small role (the movie was filmed in July, 2007, before his arrest) as a hooting loony, a character he developed in Joe Gallant’s Avenue X.
Read the review here.
Previously: Night of 101 Girls “Pleasant,” “Good”
See also: Vivid
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