Mariposa-6

I loved this brawling, sloppy drunk, codependent love story, and even more than Henry's nightly bartender brawls, I loved the fight between Wanda and that snotty little hoochie mama literary producer. I didn't like that little minx from the minute I saw her. I mean, discover an alcoholic literary genius, fine, give him a $500 advance, fine. But develop a crush on him, let him drive your convertible while he's drunk, be so confident in your little rich quasi-European booty that you think you alone can end the sexual moratorium that alcohol imposes on its most dedicated subjects, madam, you have a problem. When Wanda snatched the hair out of her head, I wanted to roar with joy. While it's true that Miss Thang(I forget her name...Tolly, Toli, some dumb name like that?) is young and naive and Wanda is old and naive, at least Wanda knows that she doesn't fully understand Henry and isn't trying to control or reform anyone. 'Cause at the end of the day, a barfly, a DRUNK, is just that, no matter how gifted or brilliant he is or how much you want to pretty it up, a bad stinking drunk is a bad stinking drunk. Wanda knows, for she too is a drunk.

What would you do if you found a sick, decrepit angel in your backyard? "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" comments on faith and doubt as it explores the arrival of a winged old man who washes ashore into the lives of Pelayo and Elisenda. They put him first into a chicken coop(because of his wings), then on display and charge admission for the townspeople to see him. A doubting priest provides comic relief and pokes fun at the not easily convinced Catholic Church. The soundtrack is excellent. All fans of Garcia Marquez must not go another minute without seeing this movie.