I shall make me a willow cabin at your gate and call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemned love and sing them loud even in the dead of night; Halloo your name to the reverberate hills and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out 'Victoria!'

I came upon Lost and Delirious because Ebert recommended it as a superior choice to the promising looking (but seemingly bad) Imagine Me and You. Imagine was an indie movie released a few weeks ago, that oddly enough, stars the same woman who leads up Lost and Delirious - Piper Perabo.

Lost and Delirious was a bit strange. It started off promising, but then about halfway though it sort of took a determined turn into cult classic kind of territory. Overly dramatic, over-acted dialog with the kind of feel like the director wanted to make a cult movie. This got really pronounced near the end when a lot of the dialog was like the quote above: quoting classic literature and such.

I'm surprised I don't remember this movie. It released in 2001 and has some pretty serious themes. The basics is a lesbian relationship between two roommates at a high end girl's boarding school (high school ages.) They even include some nudity and sex scenes between the girls too. This is the kind of thing that would get serious protests these days, and even five years ago I would have expected similar noise. Perhaps that's just a sign of how much more organized and public that side of the political spectrum is these days.

The movie does get special bonus points for playing You Had Time, my favorite Ani Difranco song, in it's entirety with a lot of prominence. Granted, I don't think the song really worked in the context of the movie. I think the film-maker was also a fan of the song and kind of forced in it, but I was happy to hear it. (For reference, I quoted You Had Time lyrics in one of my recent breakup posts.)

Also fun, you get to see different sides of some teen actors. The lead, Piper Perabo is best known for playing the main character in Coyote Ugly. Then Mischa Barton has a big part, better known as Marissa Cooper on The OC. And Emily VanCamp has a supporting roll - you catch up with her as Amy Abbott on Everwood.

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