Okay, I'm embarrassed that I didn't know about this sooner. I am probably one of the biggest fans of Clane Hayward's memoir The Hypocrisy of Disco and I just found out today that there is a movie adaptation that was released on the indie circuit last year. Totally passed me by.  At any rate, the film is now available on streaming. It's called Lane 1974 and I'm about to check it out.

According to IMDB, they've changed a lot of the character names for the adaptation. (Clane is now "Lane"? And Clane's mom went from H'lane in the book to "Hallelujah" in the film?) I suspect they did that to make it easier for viewers who haven't read the book, as a lot of the characters have names that are similar sounding and that would make it confusing on film. Clane's name itself is a mashup of her mom and dad's (H'lane and Claude) and her youngest sister is named Ki (Japanese for Chi, aka energy flow). But hopefully those are the only major changes. 

It will be wild to see Kate Moennig playing a radical 1970's earth mother. I realize she's an actress and she's been in a ton of movies playing different types, but I'll always picture her rocking this androgynous look as Shane on The L Word. 

My love for this book has raised my expectations unbelievably high, so I'm prepared to be somewhat disappointed in the movie adaptation. (Or not? Who knows?) Regardless, I appreciate that the people behind the movie obviously also loved the book and were passionate enough to get this made. 

Want to read an interview I did with Clane Hayward for 3am? Here ya go.

  

Yet another YouTube clip fest today, but this one actually has a purpose. I had the pleasure of interviewing Juliette Danielle of The Room for Praxis, and she is more awesome than I could have imagined. If you haven't seen the cult phenomenon that is The Room, here is a quick primer. Then watch the following clips, cause they're hilarious. Then get thee to a midnight showing (see The Room's official website for a screening schedule). If it's not playing at a theater near you, the DVD is available on Amazon, and it comes with a Q&A with writer/director/producer/star Tommy Wiseau (giving one of his infamous WTF? interviews).

Here are some of my favorite scenes from "the Citizen Kane of bad movies."


"You think about everything!"


"Well maybe you should have a girl, Mark."


"A man like that! With a gun! My God!"


I love this scene because it makes no sense whatsoever. I'm not talking about the football thing, what puzzles me is Mark's "Underwear? What's that?" Huh?


Pizza and scotchka! "Don't worry about it. It's good for you."


And if you're still not convinced, here is an audience reaction montage. But don't take their word for it...experience The Room for yourself.