I’ve never felt more represented in cinema than when donna was walking around fake smiling and waving at people on the street while singing “I’m stuck in a vortex” over and over again in her head. I’m eternally grateful for the pure ray of light and joy that is adrienne shelly.

really captures the idea that so much interpersonal strife & frustration stems from miscommunication and people being on different wavelengths/sharing different realities to each other - "im stuck in a vortex". also adrienne shelly's outfits in this are great especially the wide leg brown trousers/khaki top/boots combo mwah bellissima ciao bella etc

No reason to get out of bed. No reason to brush my teeth. No reason to wash my face.

I have nothing to do. I never have anything to do. There isn't anything to do. Nothing needs to be done.

The truth is, there is no truth. There is no big picture. Only random events, accidents, and delusions. I have no job, and no lover, and no passion for anything. Amen.

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Adrienne Shelly was simply the best. 💔

''EVERYBODY IS A COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT'' - Granpa Pete

Glass of milk. Glass of milk and honey. Sounds good. Bring me some milk- oh, could you put some honey in that? Milk is bitter. That milk is bitter.

“Wait a minute! My favourite philosopher, Gram’pa Pete.”

“EVERYBODY IS A COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT”
- Gram’pa Pete

Does for the quirky, lovelorn Manhattan singles of the 90s indie scene what The Heartbreak Kid did for their new Hollywood counterparts in some ways, all the ostensibly cute and charming behaviour amplified and distorted until it becomes positively sociopathic. Shelly has a pretty light touch though, and even as it pinballs through discordant subjective realities in which the dating game becomes a catalyst for existential distress, sexual melancholy, dissociative episodes and serial murder, it maintains its tonal tightrope walk incredibly well. It feels like someone poisoned Sundance and it’s amazing. Unlike most comedies, it also gets funnier as it goes; had me in tears in the final 20 minutes or so, even as it continues to haunt.

Curb Your Enthusiasm + Twin Peaks + Woody Allen + Clerks = Sudden Manhattan

Cute. Very, very funny. R.I.P. Adrienne Shelly. 🌹

"Are you normally psychopathically delusional?

No, I'm just going through a bad stage."

-“problem is, i don’t really want to die. i just wanna suffer.”
-“well good! then everything’s all set up for that.” 

adrienne shelly <3 she was such a gem and i knew i would love this knowing she wrote and directed it. “i’m stuck in a vortex, i’m stuck in a vortex” 💃

ADRIENNE FUCKING SHELLY

The best way I can describe this is Adrienne Shelly does Twin Peaks with a Hal Hartley flare. It's very unique though, there's an absurdity and womanlike comedic lens to it that neither David Lynch, Mark Frost, nor Hal could achieve. A whirlwind of bizarre lighthearted, perplexing fun from start to finish. There's even some silly (albeit positive) gay representation amongst the POV of a woman (Shelly herself, playing "Donna") and her incredibly bad luck with men. The one downside is the god awful DVD it exists on being terrible quality. Someone please honour Adrienne's legacy and release a blu-ray! AS forever ❤️