Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Calli - Sep 08, 2005 9:30:16 am PDT #7205 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
bon bon - Sep 08, 2005 9:31:52 am PDT #7206 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And he was hilarious shark fishing with John Lurie!
ETA:
And completely eliding over the actual escape.
Exactly. A movie about a jailbreak that shows everything but the jailbreak.
Hayden - Sep 08, 2005 9:33:55 am PDT #7207 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
What were your issues with DOWN BY LAW? I can see it being Benigni, but I actually like him in that movie. Watching Waits and Lurie do a slow burn at dealing with this weird little man cracks me up.
My only issue was with the Nicoletta Braschi section. I think it was supposed to be like the German Farmgirl section of Le Grande Illusion but it seemed utterly without charm to me (I didn't even like the slow dance - I know, I'm heartless). And yeah, Waits and Lurie were fantastic dealing with Benigni.
I think FISHING WITH JOHN would never have happened without him
YEAH. (Edit - "The fishermen wake up early in the morning, covered in sores and boners.")
Hey, I forgot to answer your comments about The Last Wave, Frank. I'll scroll back.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 08, 2005 9:36:20 am PDT #7208 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And Tom Waits getting his shit thrown out the window in New Orleans.
Heh, by a SUPREMELY pissed off Ellen Barkin. And he doesn't react until she gets to the shoes. He deserved to go to jail for not trying to stop her when she started on the vinyl - man's a DJ for cripessake.
Hayden - Sep 08, 2005 9:36:54 am PDT #7209 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
always thought the last scene was ambiguous enough that it fit the rest of the movie
Well, I thought that he should have cut the water shots. The look on Chamberlain's face (and seriously, did he ever act in anything else he was in?) would have been fine on its own.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 08, 2005 9:39:14 am PDT #7210 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
YEAH. (Edit - "The fishermen wake up early in the morning, covered in sores and boners.")
Heh. My favorite narrator bit: The Andaman Sea...The Andaman Sea...Oogly Boogly...The Andaman Sea
Frankenbuddha - Sep 08, 2005 9:40:33 am PDT #7211 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The look on Chamberlain's face (and seriously, did he ever act in anything else he was in?) would have been fine on its own.
PETULIA and THE MUSIC LOVERS (although the second only if you're a Ken Russell fan like me).
eta I do agree that nothing Weir could show was going to live up to that look, definitely.
Hayden - Sep 08, 2005 9:55:52 am PDT #7212 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
PETULIA and THE MUSIC LOVERS (although the second only if you're a Ken Russell fan like me).
I'm not much of a Russell fan, but I'll check them out.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 08, 2005 10:12:32 am PDT #7213 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm not much of a Russell fan, but I'll check them out.
Well, PETULIA is Richard Lester, and it's a little dated, but it's got some very effective moments, plus Julie Christie (George C. Scott ain't bad either).
I seriously wouldn't recommend MUSIC LOVERS unless you were a Russell fan (and he's at his most excessive here) or really like Glenda Jackson.
Vonnie K - Sep 08, 2005 10:17:46 am PDT #7214 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
t waves the POX TO KEN RUSSELL banner in the corner
I hate Music Lovers with the power of thousand supernovas, but it's been a while since I've seen it. I suspect I'd laugh instead of groan at the absurdities if I could make myself watch it again. It'd be a good MST3 material, at least.
Oh! And Russell did that movie about Liszt that had the Giant Dancing Penises on Stage. I probably won't mind watching that again.