FLOUNDERING (1994) pt. 7

from IMDB:

In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Through his voyeuristic binoculars, he struggles to make sense of all the alienation and disaffection he sees in his neighborhood. In his journal he meticulously chronicles the mundane down to steadfast march of ants across his kitchen counter. John is desperately trying to keep one meaningless day from blending into next. He compulsively watches homemade videos of LA riots looking for a clue. But everywhere around him the city's social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and now it is John Boys's own threadbare life that's about to unravel.

Stars James LeGros with cameos from John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Billy Bob Thornton, Steve Buscemi, Kim Wayans, Dave Navarro, Viggo Mortensen, Exene Cervenka & more

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• floundering
• james
• legros
• la
• riots
• john
• cusack
• ethan
• hawke

[DartmouthAlum96]

My favorite character in "Floundering" is the chief of police (who's based on former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates). Some of his lines are classics:

"I'll miss terminating people, I'll miss pacifying areas, I'll miss seeing the looks of anguish on the faces of women and children."

God this is a brilliant piece of cinema!

[eboing]

The end always makes me weepy. Definitely, thanks for uploading.

[ronnieforschen]

its a beautiful movie, rare it is to see such a colorful cast of people in an enduring story that is still relevant to this time.

[silentbobb1]

One of my favorite movies... stumbled upon it on HBO late night in HS, and it definitely still moves me to this day.

[thunderscratch66]

awesome upload. under-rated, hard to find movie. thanks!