ROCKETS REDGLARE. 2004

Grotesque & artful in the manner of a tale by Edgar Allen Poe, obviously most people are going to hate this film, as they would hate anything that gets round to talking about smelly pus-dripping sores or watching their mother give BJs to johns.

I found it awesomely honest, gorgeously repulsive. I got this documentary because Rockets Redglare always stood out for me in the handful of independent films I'd seen him in (notably in James Jarmusch films) & I always wished I could see more of him as a character actor.

I'd had no clue he was this weird, but I think the film captures with honest affection how someone could be this dysfunctional & yet so greatly loved by so many people.

There is also a guerilla-warfare filmmaker heroism about de la Reguera having put together such a startling document of a life with no budget.

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