Hung over? Remorseful? Never going to drink again? I’ve got your prescription: watch these videos between dry heaves, and you’ll realize a life of alcoholism is truly a life of whimsy!
Shakes the Clown (1992)–Bobcat Goldthwait plays Shakes, a drunken,
down-in-the-dumps clown who’s framed for murder. What’s more chilling is that
he also wrote the script; is it a thinly-disguised auto-biography? A final love
note to fans? Double entendres abound.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)–Nic Cage and Liz Shue meld slapstick with
hooch in this flick that’ll surely either make you quit drinking forever or
fling yourself to the wanton throes of liquor. It’s a laff riot…a real laff
riot.
Barfly (1987)–The quintessential drinking movie about President
of the Souses of America, Charles Bukowski, starring that predatory can of white
heat, Mickey Rourke. Proves you don’t have to bathe to be glamorous…ever.
Tree’s Lounge (1996)–Steve Buscemi self-actualizes as an alkie
ice cream truck driver who gets to bed a young, beautiful Chloe Sevigny. Well-acted,
well-scripted, and a virtual horse trough of booze! JULIANNE SHEPHERD