Lies

Not since I saw John Waters for the first time have I seen something as strange as Fishing With John. No, it's not twisted, but it is just odd. Musician John Lurie takes celebrities (including a clearly reluctant Matt Dillon) fishing. Sounds boring, but the trips themselves are bizarre. Tom Waits and John fish on a rusty tug boat. The narration is even stranger. At times, it consists of flat out lies. Other times it is just wierd. When meeting a guide The narrator tells us of his fishing skills and then let slip that the guide can turn into a bird. " Later when a heron flies across the screen the narrator says that the guide is flying! When we see him again, the narrator notes he has returned to human form. It's wierd stuff. But very funny.

The Matt Dillon episode (there are six) is weak, but I am looking forward to the Dennis Hopper in Thailand episode. That should be fun.