If a Film Shows in a Forest...

BrightStar (2009)

Starring: Ben Whitefish, Abby Cornsmut Directed by: Jane Campening Rating: RATING Genre: GENRE Other

Review In a fit of madness bold and brainy Maori directrix Jane Campening ("The Campening") has decided to bring the short, crappy life of nutty versemeister Lord Bryon to the big screen with spectacular results. Ben Whitefish ("Lispers") plays Bryon as the "The Sting" of his day, an outlandish rockstar with an ego the size of a sunspot and a crotch as aggressive as a wolverine. Love interest Cornsmut ("Pickwick", "How Dull Was My Valley?"), is wonderful, her homing pigeon lips bringing forth such thoughtful gems as "your eyes are like God's dimming corneas" and "wherefore art thy nails? Bitten, they seem, half moons of ragged beauty, the revenge of a mind groin-torn by disease, worried by teeth small as niblets." It goes on and on that way in torrents of gorgeous zany. Thank you Miss Campening for this fabulous lugey straight into the face the slick, vacant Hollywood suits. Though no one will see it, like a forest full of genius trees, just knowing that they are falling in brilliant new ways makes this weary life a bit more bearable.