Life Is Short: The New Slackers

Life Is Short is an as-needed series documenting the films we just couldn't make it through. We like to refer to these movies as "Damsels in Distress." Previous entries are here , here, here, here, here, here here and here.

Two immigrants, a young man and a woman (Axl and Vera), cross paths in a London flat with a transitory nature. Very little happens. The guy goes to a club and gets snockered a lot, as bad music plays. This is one of the worst soundtracks, much of it sounding as if the Shaggs and Ween formed a super-group to sing discordant discarded Stephen Malkmus demos. Some of the offenders: Plaster of Paris, (We Are) Performance, and Kimya Dawson.

The 20-year-olds are not interesting, especially when they are drunk or high. This is the sophomore effort from Alexis Dos Santos, a 40-year-old from Argentina, and she hasn't made a follow-up. This one's a mess. Maybe she is still regrouping, or perhaps she gave up.

Title: UNMADE BEDS (feature, 2009)
Running Time: 97 MIN
Elapsed Time at Plug Pull: 38 MIN (including some fast-forwarding)
Portion Watched: 39%
My Age at Time of Viewing: 52 YRS, 9 MO.
Average Male American Lifespan: 81.2 YRS.
Watched/Did Instead: Cleansed the palate with a PBS "Austin City Limits" with Sarah Jarosz (see below)
Odds of Re-viewing This Title: 100-1.

BONUS TRACKS
First, some of the worst offenders on the "Unmade Beds" soundtrack:

Mary and the Boy, "Fuck Me":



Kimya Dawson, "Underground":



Connan Mockasin, "Hello View":




Plaster of Paris, "Beat a New Heartbeat":



 OK, that was enough. Here's the palate cleanser, the talented Sarah Jarosz with "Come On Up to the House":



Jarosz, "Over the Edge":