The Other Austen

Guaranteed to Bring Out the Bitch In You

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cactusgram:

Wish I coulda gone to Lena Dunham’s screening hosted by Amy Heckerling and Alicia Silverstone. fml

This toothy romp with tongue-in-cheek B-movie special effects follows literal BFFs and vampire gal pals Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Breaking Bad’s Krysten Ritter) after having partied their way through several generations of New York nightlife. When Stacy falls for the youngest son (Dan Stevens in a deliciously droll performance) of the Van Helsing demon-hunting dynasty, and Goody runs into an old flame, ex-hippie turned ACLU lawyer Danny (Richard Lewis, of course), the girls must decide if true love is worth the price of eternal youth.
 
Heckerling’s sharply written comedy is a satirical yet nostalgic ode to an NYC of yore, monochrome silents (The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariUn Chien AndalouMetropolis, and of course,Nosferatu figure prominently), cinema studies, and even the dusty obsolescence of vampires themselves. Silverstone brings an unexpected poignancy to her role as a 19th-century girl struggling to fit in to 21st-century life with all its foibles.

Thought some Janeites might be interested in the new Amy Heckerling/Alicia Silverstone movie coming out. Dan Stevens is in it too! :) #relevant?

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ok srsly tho is she referring to their sexuality or their drug-and-alcohol-free lifestyle? i was never sure and both seem to work in the context of the convo. hmm

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