'War Stories'
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russell also did that movie about the vacation that spawned Frankenstein, right?
Russell also did that movie about the vacation that spawned Frankenstein, right?
Gothic?
Yeah, that's it. Never saw it, but I'm familiar with the story behind it (mostly from King's Danse Macabre).