I bought Tulsa in the mid 80s; in the bookstore next to it was his other book at the time, Teenage Lust. Wish I had bought both; the books went for like $20 back then and the latter in particular goes for in excess of $500. Snapped up his Los Angeles book recently; I'm sure it will soar in value too.

His The Wayward Cloud revolves around themes of water as well. It's also got nutty musical sequences and tons of nudity. I recommend it, despite a somewhat disturbing ending. I've had What Time is it There on DVD on the shelf for a couple months and still need to watch it.

Now, a warning.

She's amazingly sexy, amazingly intelligent… gah she's a total favorite of mine. But while I like Track 29, saw it in the theater, and love Roeg's 70s pictures, I sorta wish she had married Brian De Palma instead. Can you imagine Blow Out with Theresa Russell rather than Nancy Allen? Oh well.

Wrong on that one.

The place to start with Mae West is "She Done Him Wrong" and "I'm No Angel", both of which pair her with a very young Cary Grant. Both movies are hysterical.

I was going to comment on the "never be okay" statement as well, as that knowledge is what ultimately led me to abandoning hope of things working out with my friend. But whether or not his condition was a result of his early experiences or other problems I can't really say.

Ok, I'll comment on my own stupid post. He was 13, not 8, but said he was "having sex" with older men at that point, and not molested. Still seems like a very young person was taken advantage of though. Maybe I should just watch the damn movie and the whole story will bother me less.

My friend
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IMAFAN
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Bleh
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