Romeo Is Bleeding & Southern Comfort

Romeo Is Bleeding was actually made before Pulp Fiction. After watching it, I was shocked. It has all the hallmarks of an indie ripoff of Pulp Fiction. Wait, you're saying, Pulp Fiction was itself a ripoff of many other films. Yes, but the hyperviolent, time-shifting, slightly comedic, mob film really started becoming insanely popular after Pulp Fiction. This movie is only worth watching if you enjoy Lena Olin, who is outstanding. She's about the only good thing, with the possible exception of Gary Oldman, but he is not nearly as good as he was in other films of the same vintage.

Southern Comfort is the story of a female-to-male transsexual who is dying of ovarian cancer. What an unhappy story. He even says, "The last part of me that is female is killing me." It's difficult to watch, with the knowledge that he's having problems getting treatment because the doctors don't feel comfortable treating a transsexual. That doctors, of all people, can't handle something like that is disgusting. They deal with lots of crazy stuff, far more disturbing than a woman who has become a man because she wasn't comfortable in her body. It's a unique film.