Tag Archives: Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome: My Own Personal “Book of Laughter and Forgetting”

Posted on October 28, 2008 by sheila

Prologue here, in which Michael remembers more than I do, an unheard-of situation in my personal experience. Me to Michael in response to first email: What??? I had already seen Johnny Handsome? What am I, on crack? I remember EVERYTHING … Continue reading →

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In Which Michael, An Ex-Boyfriend, Remembers More Than I Do

Posted on October 27, 2008 by sheila

Mitchell has always referred to me as “the Homer in our group of friends”, due to my propensity to write everything down and to retain EVERYTHING. I have a tendency to shock my friends with my memory about THEIR lives. … Continue reading →

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Johnny Handsome (1989): The Meaning Of the Face

Posted on October 8, 2008 by sheila

I watched Johnny Handsome last night, a movie I had not seen – spurred on by my brother’s comments about the film in the comments-section to this post about Mickey Rourke. What is extraordinary about this film (besides its dark … Continue reading →

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