Still, I think that, to date, Reservoir Dogs was by far Quentin's best film. No other movie has left me quite so speechlessly horrified at the end of it. Carpenter's The Thing comes closest.
See, for me, more and more, it's been JACKIE BROWN that I think is the best. Certainly it's his most mature. And as horrific as the ending of RD is, I prefer the quiet, tragic melancholy of Robert Forester not being able to let himself run of with Pam Grier, even though he desperately wants to. Apples and oranges, I know, and my preference probably has something to do with getting older.
No other movie has left me quite so speechlessly horrified at the end of it.
The Vanishing. (The original Dutch version, 'natch.)
I was about to say, you needed Velvet Goldmine to make that image seem feasible?
So I assume this is not a good time to discuss Bale's work in EMPIRE OF THE SUN?
Certainly it's his most mature
What I love about this is that he basically made it that way to prove he could. He knew full well that Jackie Brown was the kind of film he was expected to start making 20 or 30 years into his career, and so just to stick it to people, he decided to make it, in his own words "Right the fuck after Pulp Fiction."
It's a marvellous piece of filmmaking and a giant Fuck You to his reputation all in one. I love it.
The Vanishing. (The original Dutch version, 'natch.)
And Hec nails it in one. I actually physically shuddered. It wasn't the
scene in the coffin
that got to me, though that was creepy, but the very quiet, benign scene afterwards. Not bad for a movie where the only violence is a punch thrown by the protagonist.
See, for me, more and more, it's been JACKIE BROWN that I think is the best.
Oooh, yeah. Good point. And I think I tend to gloss it over because, as Jess said, it was a film he should have made much later in his career. Jackie Brown is definitely his best film, but RD gives the most emotional gut punch.
The Vanishing. (The original Dutch version,
There's another one. Thanks for reminding me of that one, Hec.
However, I've seen Velvet Goldmine often enough (I've owned it for five years) to half-expect my Batman to put on eyeliner and masturbate to pictures of Ewan boykissage.
Though I'm not sure how much of that's Velvet Goldmine, and how much is an overdose of Batfic.
Nah, if it were influenced by Batfic, the pictures would be of Supes, not Ewan boykissage.
Nah, if it were influenced by Batfic, the pictures would be of Supes, not Ewan boykissage.
This fic is writing itself...
if it were influenced by Batfic, the pictures would be of Supes,
Or Robin. Or, depending on your taste in SV crossovers, Lex.
Nah, if it were influenced by Batfic, the pictures would be of Supes, not Ewan boykissage.
I'm not so sure of that, as I see most of Batman's slashy potential being tied up in his habit of taking nubile teenage acrobats into his home and dressing them up in short pants or leather.
I think half the reason he's so grumpy about other heroes like Blue beetle being in the Batcave is he's worried they'll accidentally stumble across the bat-sling in some hidden corner.
