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4/20: 10 Alternatives to the Usual Stoner Favorites

4/20: 10 Alternatives to the Usual Stoner Favorites

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By Christopher Campbell posted 10 months ago
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I don’t smoke weed, but if I did, I’d spend today getting high and watching a marathon of movies that are (supposedly) better when you’re stoned. Why? Because it’s 4/20, the high holy day for marijuana fans. You’ve probably seen a billion of these lists, which recommend the same bunch of psychedelic classics beloved by stoners everywhere. So, instead of including such obvious choices as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and other familiar titles, I’ve picked some alternatives to the usual 4/20 favorites, because after awhile, the same old visuals just don’t do it for me — I mean, those sick, degenerate reefer addicts — anymore.
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The Guitar Director Amy Redford: The Media Diet

Brandon Harris
By Brandon Harris posted 1 year ago
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In The Guitar, ex-Mike Figgis muse Saffron Burrows plays a terminally ill, freshly laid-off woman who holes up in a downtown loft near the Hudson and doggedly pursues one last series of good times, as represented by the shiny red guitar which informs the title, and sex with Isaach de Bankole and Paz de la Huerta. Not bad as far as final flings go. After making its debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, with stops at Mill Valley and the Hamptons along the way, Amy Redford’s directorial debut opened on Friday in New York. We caught up with the fledgling film director (and Sundance chief’s daughter) to talk about her addiction to Family Guy, what made The Diving Bell and The Butterfly so special and what she’d like to do with Tom Waits.

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