Today was sort of really productive and yet really unproductive, I got a couple of my large sheets almost finished and started to add to my sketch book but at the same time I watched a lot of tv and did a lot of laptop time. I need to get out of this funk soon and get some work done.
I did however watch a great film today, Frank, which stars Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson, who was in Harry Potter but plays a much douchey-ier role in this. Its a really odd film, in a good way, it deals with artistic vision, the music industry and mental illness and it does so beautifully. The trailer kinda leads you astray and it goes in a completely different direction than you'd think. I love the weird jingly jangly shouty music that Frank's band 'Soronprfbs' which I don't think anyone knows how to pronounce, not even Maggie Gyllenhaal's character Clara, who is a super boss and has the best style in the whole film, I'm totally going to try and copy the makeup she does
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The main character Frank is really interesting, you kinda get the whole sadness about him and I love how the movie characters accepted his mental illness rather than tried to change him. Michael Fassbender is a favourite of mine and I hope he does more of the little quirky films like Frank in the future. One good thing about wasting a morning watching the film is that Frank's paper mache head, that yes he does wear even in the shower, has given me a bit of inspiration, I have his face drawn onto the back of my hand at the moment, I want to do some journal pages on it.
All in all it was a great film and I'm obsessed with Frank's 'Most likable song ever' and it has genuine sad and funny moments. It's kinda weird to think how well they created a comedic film that centers around the issue of mental health.
xxx
Rosie
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