We've just finished watching
Home Movie, from the director of
American Movie
If you've seen and enjoyed American Movie, you'll likely enjoy this. It's a documentary profiling the residents of 5 very unique domiciles. A gator keeper that lives on a Louisiana house boat (sadly, we couldn't help but wonder what has become of said house boat), a technician who has created for himself the house of the future, a couple living underground in an abandoned cold war missile launch facility, an elderly retired American actress who used to have a #2 sitcom in Japan living in a treehouse in the remotest parts of Hawaii, and a couple with 11 cats who have given their home over to their furry family (3 guesses which one is from California).
It's saying something when you've got a bunch of people and the MOST sane, by a long shot, is the gator keeping hick on the Louisiana house boat.
I'd particularly recommend this film to € and NA. NA, the cat couple should serve as a cautionary tale
, for €, the guy with the house of the future may very well become your hero after viewing. His entire house is automated using classic relay systems. He's got circular doors that iris open, dressers that split apart to reveal doorways, a rotating living room, a robot, Monsanto-style kitchen cabinets that lower and raise. And it can all be controlled reomtely from anywhere in the world simply by dialing into the phone and entering the pass codes. Sure, the old man's a little nutty and has a 33 year old girlfriend whose equally so. But damnit what a house!
And, as an added bonus, the DVD contains an extensive 12 minute promo for Monsanto's House of the Future. Sadly, the print they had has seen better days.
All in all, short but thuroughly entertaining.