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How doth one snort ze cane? No, I’m not talking about whether you use a dollar bill, a straw or a particular nostril. I’m talking about Hollywood…how do they snort their cane? I remember a scene from Boogie Nights…the camera was positioned underneath a glass table as you watched Marky Mark & company snort up lines like they were going out of style. There was no way to fake it…those lines disappeared from the table.

What movie magic is used to simulate this effect? Is there a filter placed in the rolled bill or even in one’s nose that keeps the powder from entering your nose? Do they have a special powder that actually is snorted into the nose, but is not harmful? Or in certain stars’ cases, who do you get to switch things around so it’s your own cane? So lucky…getting to mix business with pleasure outside of your trailer….^o^

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Why start off with that subject? It stuck in my mind after seeing some kids do a few lines in the movie Traffic. Well written, well acted, blah, blah, yadda, yadda. ^^ While it had everything that could make it a top notch film, I don’t seem to be able to express that much enthusiasm about it. Aside from the ever lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones (now Douglas), the most enjoyable parts contained the wonderfully amusing chemistry between FBI agents Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman.

This movie will probably cause another ‘Pulp Fiction effect’. Where the person who gets nominated for Best Supporting Actor made more of an impact on the film than the person who gets nominated for Best Actor (Sam Jackson wuz robbed!). This time the effect will be cast upon the excellent performance by Benicio Del Toro. He was on screen for as much time if not more than Michael Douglas, but because he’s not Mike, he ends up being just a supporting actor. Sorry Mike…your performance was good, but not Academy Award worthy. You got Catherine last year…you don’t deserve anything else nice for a while. ;)

This movie also makes a lot of use of hand held digital cameras. Am I the only one who gets a little woozy when they stay in digital mode for too long? I thought maybe it was something else when I first experienced it while watching Bamboozled. But after Traffic…those fast moving scenes didn’t do much for popcorn digestion. ^^