Igby Goes Down

One of the reasons I've been excited to start unpacking lies in the sad fact that my TV doesn't work yet and my dvd player and dvds are somewhere in the stacks and stacks of boxes in the spare bedroom. That and I still haven't seen any of my coffee machines. I have three. Anyway, that excitement has been doubled after working on today's research because I really, really, want to watch this movie again. This is probably in my top five. Only probably, though. I'm horrible at ranking things.

Anyway, I like this scene because you, as the viewer, are just as surprised as Igby. It's like...I wonder what he's rea...oh! The set-up is great, with him wiping his hands after he touches the condom wrapper...like there is an established mental distance. And the way the scene keeps cutting back to Mimi and Bunny is fantastic. Not to mention the strategic use of red! Plus it's well acted and adds to the twisted family situation in a fun way. Man, I really want to watch this movie again. Damn.