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Has anyone seen Fear of a Black Hat? It's like Spinal Tap, but with a rap group, and it's a lot more ridiculous and a tad less grounded in reality. But very, very, very funny.
My husband owns it and occasionally makes people watch it. Last time was when ita came to visit, and I retaliated by falling asleep on the couch.
Falling asleep? I don't think we can be friends anymore, Dana. How can you not love a movie featuring a rap group called Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, who affirm their superiority over Salt 'n' Pepa for having four spices? And songs with lyrics like "when I doo doo, is my shit not brown?"
I've seen it like five times. It's not that funny.
Spinal Tap, now...
For the record, I did not fall asleep. I enjoyed it.
Has anyone seen the silent The Passion of Joan of Arc?
Absolutely amazing.
But there are a lot of other great quotable lines
Well, there's a fine line between clever and... stupid.
Absolutely, hayden. Even more amazing -- that was virtually Falconetti's entire movie career. According to IMDB, she only appeared in one other movie.
Really? I had no idea. I'd just figured she was a big star lost by time. Wow.
the phrase "Turn it to 11" is never actually said in the movie.
The usual quote is, "this one goes to 11," which is. Other 11=LOUD references are understood to be Spinal Tap related but are not theTrue Quote.
Really? I had no idea. I'd just figured she was a big star lost by time. Wow.
I can't remember which exactly it is, but making "...Joan of Arc" was such a traumatic experience for Falconetti that she either gave up acting or had a nervous breakdown (and subsequently HAD to give up acting).
Has anyone seen the silent The Passion of Joan of Arc?
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Very powerful drama that puts the viewer through the wringer. The movie starts with Joan's trial and continues through her execution. Maria Falconetti is a miracle as Joan -- you can feel her anguish, and the camera spends a lot of time in close-up. Actually, much of the film is close-ups of the characters -- something that adds to the power.
Dreyer famously put Falconetti through the wringer for her performance. It's her only movie, but one of the great film performances. Antonin Artaud himself plays one of her accusers. The original cut was thought lost for many years, and film historians had to make do with a version cobbled together from alternate takes for years. Finally they found a complete print of the original cut about ten years ago (or so).