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Born Into Brothels (2004) dir. Zana Briski
heartbreaking chronicle of the life of the children of Calcutta's red light district. Despite the children's photography being central to the documentary, there isn't much of a sense that it is "through their eyes" — it's very much through our (Zana's) eyes, the difficulty of actually helping others — to me, that's just as worthwhile however.
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The Pass (2016) dir. Ben A. Williams
i very immaturely laughed when I saw the poster and read the desc because it looked like porn but was absolutely surprised. A play adapted for the screen so the writing was excellent, Jason is a manipulative, dangerous character on the lvl of the husband from A Doll's House or Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire. Watching his "games" pan out helplessly. I have my bias and view men's professional football as a goldmine of complex & tragic emotions so ... nothing here seemed stupid. No one is erudite in that context (jocks leaving school before GCSEs) so the intelligence of men like Jason comes out in an insidious energy dedicated to believing the lies he tells himself about "the way life has to be", the righteousness of his shitty actions. Obviously this is soul-destroying, reckless, and he ends up isolated as he should. Meanwhile "the call girl who wants money" & "the academy kid who never made it" are both murky stations in life that I could never fully, fully imagine until now. What a life.
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(You Make Me) Even Rock Harder
What does Kiss, or better (You Make Me) Rock Hard have to do with Muhammad Ali?
Oh, quite a lot, but only indirectly. On the film soundtrack and in the film credits for his biopic there is this heart-rending piece of music entitled The Greatest Love of All, which was interpreted by George Benson. In 1977.
However, since I hardly assume that Paul Stanley would have thought of the extremely catchy bridge of this song in 1988 (1) as a source of inspiration for Kiss' planned single release on their forthcoming Best Of album, I am therefore happy to shift our attention to the 1986 version by Whitney Houston. You know, the one that was a number one hit in America, Canada and Australia and mercilessly clogged up the airplay of radio stations and music television worldwide. Whitney Houston's second biggest hit overall, trumped only by her ultra-hit I Will Always Love You from the Bodyguard soundtrack, which sold how many copies? 30 million? No, no, 44 million copies!
Holy Christ! That sounds more like a bit of comprehensible inspiration, doesn't it?
But Rock Hard should actually ring another bell, namely one with the name Diane Warren engraved on it. The lady who is credited as its co-author (2), who happens to be the composer of dozens of hits and dozens of top ten hits by dozens of world stars, all of which I can't and I am not willing to list here because I have something else to do in two hours. Including, and this should go without saying, almost half a dozen of songs for Whitney Houston. Even though that happened a couple of years after Rock Hard, I nevertheless say with a satisfied smile: If that's not a good transition, then I don't know what is.
(You Make Me) Rock Hard and Whitney Houston. Somehow I had always suspected without realizing it. But finally I know for sure.
I will always love You (Make me Rock Hard).
Side Note:
(1) This means, I don't really care if Paul outed himself as a lifelong fan of classic soul. Decades later.
(2) And of course also of Turn On the Night and, ahem, Nothing Can Keep Me From You.
The links are both highlighted and start at the bridges to the chorus. Just listen for yourself:
(You Make Me) Rock Hard (1988)
The Greatest Love of All (1986)
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