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Prairie Home Companion 8/10
I went
to AFI Fest with Koko and this cutie the other day and got to
see two movies. The first was A Prairie Home Companion directed by
Robert Altman. I had zero idea what this movie was about though I had
heard of it before. I thought maybe it was about a farm and dying
horses or something. Seriously. I did not know when it was made or
who was in it. I actually thought it was a much older film based on
the title. I was wrong about a lot of this movie meaning everything.
This
movie is about a live radio show that is about to be canceled and the
theater closed meanwhile a weird woman in white is walking around
talking to people and it is like some can't see her. This movie had a
huge cast with Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Lily Tomlin, Meryl
Streep, Maya Rudolph, Woody Harrelson, and for whatever reason
Lindsay Lohan. I liked this movie a lot and she is the reason I can
not give this a higher score. Thankfully she doesn't really get that
involved until the end because I can not stand watching her act and
can barely tolerate her voice.
The
music in this is stuff I would not ever actively search for but I
enjoyed it in this setting. I liked that even when the stage and
performers were not being shown the music did not stop. It felt like
it was an actual show and it turns out that it is an actual show run
by Garrison Keillor who plays himself. This came out in 2006 so it
should not be that hard for folks to find and check out. I laughed
more than I thought and could not see where the movie was headed
which I liked.
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