There was a time when the life of the cinetrix seemed to run in an eerie parallel with that of Amelia, the character played by Catherine Keener in Nicole Holoncefer's Walking and Talking. The film showed the sometimes painful intensity of women's friendships in a way rarely seen on screen [perhaps only Mike Leigh's Career Girls even comes close]. Now, plenty of women would like to see themselves portrayed on screen by Ms. Keener, myself included, but this story cut a little too close to home.
You see, the cinetrix once was involved with her own version of the "ugly guy" [played in the film by the excellent Kevin Corrigan] at the video store. Much of my cinema geekery schtick was honed during this time. But, man, he stomped my heart but good. Now I've just learned that he got married this summer, and bully for him. But I'm left searching for another polysyllabic German word to nail down this "odd nauseated, sucker-punch sensation that a former lover has wed." The combination of this news and the Old Hag's call for works that make you weep has put the cinetrix into a very weird space.
I'm hoping that the swashbuckling adventures of Aubrey and Maturin in a sneak screening this evening will prove the tonic for all this mooning around.
