I’m having very minor surgery this week, but it was probably still a bad idea to catch a screening of The Human Centipede. Anyone who doesn’t know the gruesome details can let IMDB fill them in on the medical mayhem. It’s still a well-made film, despite a script that requires the protagonists to act in abominably stupid ways. I was also impressed by German actor Dieter Laser, who plays the film’s mad doctor. He explained in a Q&A afterwards that he enjoyed playing an absurd version of Dr. Josef Mengele, mostly as a kind of revenge on his country’s Nazi past. Laser went on to praise “the American heroes” of World War II who saved him from living “a terrible life” where he might have ended up as a true zombie.

Then he abruptly shouted, “Thanks, America! You have my respect!” That might not be much, but it was probably the most patriotic moment that’s ever been heard at the Independent Film Channel Center.

Catching up other news, since I’ll be distracted the rest of this week: The new A Nightmare on Elm Street is lousy, but not exactly lousy in the way I expected . The big change is that Freddy Krueger is now just a child molester instead of a child killer. That’s Hollywood’s way of making Krueger sympathetic, since so many industry types don’t even think child molesters should go to jail—let alone suffer fiery vigilante justice.

Also, as previously Twittered , I’m betting on a Dixie Chick as this week's upcoming Out Celebrity Lesbian. Queen Latifah has a romantic comedy to push, so the folks in Marketing wouldn’t approve. And since some people have had fun goofing on CNN’s Roland Martin this week, here’s an older Twitter where I noted what Martin was contemplating this past September 11th. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to get ready to wake up in the year 2173...

 

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