Xander ,'Beneath You'
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Uh, Timothy Leary, maybe? Allen Ginsberg? Heck, I think even W could be a shaman by that description, what with the drug use and crazy visions.
Anyway, I'm glad you dug Dead Man, Raq. I love the hell out of that movie. Neil Young's soundtrack is extraordinary, too. It's one of the few soundtracks I listen to on a regular basis.
Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on! Dead Man is dear to my heart.
Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on!
How sweet it is!
I have this huge blinding Jim Morrisson hatred, the kind of thing most people direct at poor Britney Spears.
Funny, I have the same thing for Oliver Stone movies.
Uh, Timothy Leary, maybe? Allen Ginsberg? Heck, I think even W could be a shaman by that description, what with the drug use and crazy visions.
Hunter S. Thompson.
William S Burroughs.
Elvis? John Lennon during the granny glasses period, more popular than Jesus.
Robert Anton Wilson is probably something of a minor American shaman.
However, the descriptions of his style make me want to run away.
ita, I think you might like Mystery Train. Don't know about Down By Law or Night on Earth.
I loved all three of those movies. Haven't seen Dead Man yet. I'm very excited about Broken Flowers.
her premise was that shamans were cultural leaders, and directed the cultural memes and mores of a society. NSM with the helping.
Also, drug use and visions.
If I didn't already have a Raq tag, I think I would tag this.
Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on!
Does Dead Man really count as a Western? For all that it's set in the place and time, I'm not sure it does.
But, you know, I don't want to destroy the moment for Robin and Corwood.
I have to admit a complete unfamiliarity with Jim Morrison prior to taking this class. I think I'd heard a couple Doors songs, but not really registered them. As a result, I did not storm out, but I also have thought ever since that Jim Morrison was doing a really remarkable Val Kilmer impression.
Sure it's a Western--It has cowboys and whores and steam trains and saloons and sheriffs and Indian guides and guns and brocade vests and trading posts--the whole nine yards. It just does different stuff with them.