Michael Rapaport's monologue: A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking Jack and Coke all morning. She can make you feel high full of the single greatest commodity known to man - promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl. In her smile, in her soul, the way she makes every rotten little thing about life seem like it's going to be okay. The supermodels, Willy? That's all they are. Bottled promise. Scenes from a brand new day. Hope dancing in stiletto heels.
The soundtrack: Afghan Whigs, Chris Isaak, Ween, Neil Diamond, Pete Droge, King Floyd, Howling Maggie, Satchel, etc.
The cast: Rapaport, Uma Thurman, Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Mira Sorvino, Natalie Portman, Annabeth Gish.
Allusions: Van Morrison, Christopher Robin, Nabokov, Jerry Lee Lewis.
And, you should see it because I love it, and when I decide to love something, you can bet it's pretty great.
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