Author: rkillina
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A “Fucked-Up Face”: Endless Circles of Desire in My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho is a cyclical film, circling back in the end to where it begins: with its main character, street hustler Mike Waters, falling asleep in a narcoleptic episode on the same road as he starts on. At the start of the film, Mike recognizes his road as somewhere he’s stood before. He…
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