The Magic Kingdom
When I was going in for my recent rotator cuff surgery, I asked if it was possible to record the image from the arthroscopic camera. I was told it could be done, and when I left the clinic staff handed me a DVD. It took me four weeks to get up the nerve to take a look and I have to admit that I was disappointed that the disk didn’t include the full ninety-minute procedure. But the handful of still images and two brief video clips are surreal and strangely beautiful … reminding me of David Lynch’s fascination with the organic textures he found when dissecting various small animals.
I honestly can’t identify what’s visible in these images; they’re so abstract, yet visceral that it’s difficult to imagine that they show something that’s actually inside me …
The videos are even stranger … I think they show a “before” and “after” …
Comments
Ugh. No Oscar Nominations for this! That joint may be the worst character actor I’ve ever seen.
It’s the ugly ones we remember the most!
I laughed, I cried. It was true cinema. I especially liked the round thing near the end of the first film. And what they say about sequels must be true…it wasn’t as good as the first one.
They could definitely use more character development!