I saw Kitano's Zatoichi last weekend, Frankenbuddha. Definitely wacky. I think large portions of it made cultural references that passed over my head, but I enjoyed it, anyway.
River: I know you have questions. Mal: That would be why I just asked them.
'Objects In Space'
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Hayden - Sep 03, 2004 6:34:34 am PDT #3509 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Ginger - Sep 03, 2004 6:39:08 am PDT #3510 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
John Waters is a very entertaining speaker, but I suppose he's less special if he's always around.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 03, 2004 6:43:25 am PDT #3511 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think at least Johnny Knoxville and Selma Blair are supposed to be there.
Not the two stars I'd want to see out of the four, but that's me.
I think large portions of it made cultural references that passed over my head, but I enjoyed it, anyway.
I've never even seen any of the original ZATOICHI movies, so I suspect there may have been a lot of in-jokes I'd didn't understand. Hugely entertaining nonetheless.
lisah - Sep 03, 2004 6:54:30 am PDT #3512 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
but I suppose he's less special if he's always around.
No, he's always special.
Lyra Jane - Sep 03, 2004 11:46:54 am PDT #3513 of 10001
Up with the sun
I like John Waters a lot better as a personality/public speaker than as a filmmaker.
quester - Sep 03, 2004 6:25:12 pm PDT #3514 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I just got back from seeing Donnie Darko: the Director's Cut. I never saw the original, so I don't know what's different.
Wow, that is one f*ed-up film! And I mean that in a good way.
One question though, are we supposed to believe that everything that transpired was some kind of collective dream?
DebetEsse - Sep 03, 2004 7:12:03 pm PDT #3515 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Not exactly. The dreams (and jet engine) are just what's left of what was real (but untenable) when it collapsed back into tenable Universe (and, therefore, back in time).
At least that's my understanding.
quester - Sep 03, 2004 8:46:49 pm PDT #3516 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Well, since I posed the question I've been reading the IMDB forum on the movie and now kind of get what that was all about. But the nagging question seems to be when and why did the Tangent Universe come into being? Did it start when Donnie woke up on the road? Or at some point after?
DebetEsse - Sep 03, 2004 9:01:03 pm PDT #3517 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Well, it was certainly in place when he saw creepy -bunny-guy. I'm tempted to think that that's where it started, as he woke up from the tangent in bed with the engine about to crash through the roof, and awake.
quester - Sep 03, 2004 9:32:50 pm PDT #3518 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I may have to go and see it again.