Separated at Birth, Lisa?

One cannot help but notice the striking similarities in the artwork for Tommy Wiseau's The Room and Dont Look Back, the seminal documentary about folk-rock legend Bob Dylan.  Is this merely a happy accident or is Wiseau, whose film came along nearly four decades after Dont Look Back, portraying himself to be an artistic force of the same magnitude?

As facts come to light, the likelihood that this is merely a coincidence seems less and less likely.  What is sure to be great news for Dylan fans also proves itself to be a compelling piece of the puzzle in the story between these resonant images.  A Special Edition of Dont Look Back, to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray, is re-packaged to include never-before-seen footage of seven unreleased Bob Dylan songs.  Distinguishing ears may hear more than a few echoes of these nearly lost Dylan gems in the dialogue spoken in The Room.  The seven never-before-heard Dylan songs are as follows:

Oh, Hi Mark

I Love You, Lisa

You're Tearing Me Apart, Lisa

Please Talk to Me Please.

She's a Sociopath (She Can't Love Anyone)

She's Such a Manipulative WITCH

I Definitely Have Breast Cancer

I Suppose It Eats Mardi Grass . . .

In Dario Argento's The Stendahl Syndrome (1995), Detective Anna Manni (Asia Argento) is brutally raped at the hands of a serial killer.  At the advice of her therapist, Detective Manni takes some time off from work to visit her family outside of the city.  While away, the art-appreciating Anna is struck by an idea.  Perhaps some therapeutic painting would help her deal with her trauma.  With the blessing of her therapist, Anna is off to the local art supply store.

Once home, Anna, who cannot be bothered to use a paintbrush, goes to work with fervor.

She paints with the urgency of one hoping to exorcise a demon.

Her creation is a screaming face crying tears of blood.

Anna steps back to contemplate that which has been brought forth from the darkest recesses of her psyche.  We see that for a painting smock, wardrobe has chosen for Anna a shirt that does not at all detract from the scene or spoil the tone of the movie in any way.

A "Moo Orleans" shirt, complete with a very cool cartoon cow.  I mean, come on, a cow wearing shades?  Who'da thunk it?

Recently Discovered Stieg Larsson Manuscripts

Fans of Steig Larsson's Millenium Trilogy, a highly successful series of novels featuring the immensely popular The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, can rejoice.  The author died tragically in 2004 before any of his work saw print and went on to become international best sellers.  The problem with death is that it severely limits a writer's output.  Fans of Larsson would have to to content themselves on the three novels he had written before his death.  That is until now. I am happy to report that the Larsson's estate has uncovered several manuscripts the author had left behind.  The Millennium Trilogy, it turns out, is actually an enneaology.  Readers can now follow Larsson's beloved, tech-savvy characters for another six novels.  The titles, translated from the Swedish, are as follows:


The Girl with the Dolphin Tattoo

The Girl Who Made Sudden Movements Around Unfamiliar Dogs

The Girl with the Beard of Bees

The Girl Who Went Swimming Less than an Hour After She Ate

The Girl with the Ed Hardy T-Shirt

The Girl Who Mixed Several Household Cleaners in Order to Invent a "Super Cleaner"