In a message dated 12/29/1999 11:14:36 PM Central Standard Time, bluefringe@worldnet.att.net writes: << a couple movies these past few months that i've really gotten into.... American Beauty, Man on the Moon, and Buffalo '66. >> I absolutely adored American Beauty. Man on the Moon was fairly mediocre, although Jim Carrey gave a phenomenal performance of dear Mr. Andy Kaufman. I'm wondering (fingers crossed), have any of you fellow bananafishers have seen Being John Malkovich? It has been one of only two movies this year (with American Beauty) that have evoked tears out of my usually dry tear ducts. Not because they are necessarily sad, but because they are so damn good. They're the same tears are excreted after reading CITR, Teddy, APDFBF, and (especially) Seymour: An Introduction. Also, if there are any bananafishers that live in either Los Angeles or New York and have seen Magnolia (still in limited release), could you possibly post your verdict on the list? A simple "wonderful" or "crappy" will satisfy me. I have to wait one more week to see it. Grr... ...andrew