mister lonely

"you're the reason why i'm here. you make this place beautiful."

a big thanks to junnie who introduced to me this cool movie. it's directed by harmony korine, who i've never heard before but apparently made some pretty good shit before.
now after almost nine long years we've got mister lonely his third film (delayed due to funding and issues with drugs...) that tells the tale of a michael jackson impersonator played by cutie diego luna (remember y tu mamá también?) who befriends a marilyn monroe impersonator (samantha morton) and she takes him to a secluded haven where everyone is dressed up as a famous someone and they all put on shows together...i know it sounds completely wacky (and probably is just like the jackson clan who are finding themselves in a deep funk at the moment...) but something about the film seems really endearing & kinda sweet plus there's flying nuns!

The story, according to the Korines, is of "a young American man lost in Paris. He scratches out a living as a Michael Jackson look-alike, dancing on the streets, public parks, tourist spots and trade shows. Different from everyone else, he feels as if he's floating between two worlds. During a show in an old people's home Michael Jackson meets Marilyn Monroe. Haunted by her angelic beauty he follows her to a commune in the Highlands, joining her husband Charlie Chaplin and her daughter Shirley Temple. A place where everyone is famous and no-one gets old. Here, The Pope, The Queen of England, Madonna, James Dean and other impersonators build a stage in the hope that the world will visit and watch them perform. Nuns fall out of airplanes and children ride ponies. Everything is beautiful. Until the world shifts, and reality intrudes on their utopian dream..."