Elvis? John Lennon during the granny glasses period, more popular than Jesus.
'Shells'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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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.
(boggles at Morrison unfamiliarity) Your mom must have a different Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, then.
Your mom must have a different Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, then.
My mom was way too old for Morrison. She watched Lawrence Welk religiously. My sister probably listened to The Doors, dunno...if she did, it didn't stick.
I got to college knowing nothing about popular music, American or otherwise, between the years 1940-1980. Well, that's not entirely true; I was introduced to the Beatles senior year in high school.
Becoming a pop culture ho was my teen rebellion.
Edit: Oh wait! I came back to post my one wish for a difference in Dead Man. It has to do with the resolution/ending...should I white-font?
Robert Anton Wilson is probably something of a minor American shaman.Dude, I did not give you permission to read my mind. My roommate made me read the Illuminatus! trilogy and now I'm doing Prometheus Rising, and I can't decide if it's shamanism or absolute non-shamanism. From what I've read so far, I get the idea that Wilson likes to tread the line between supporting and rejecting the mystical, often stepping over the line both ways in mid-paragraph.
They need to make an Illuminatus! film, just to really piss people off about the ending.
I get the idea that Wilson likes to tread the line between supporting and rejecting the mystical, often stepping over the line both ways in mid-paragraph.
That's a fair assessment. I adore Wilson's writing.
Wilson's all about stepping over lines.
But, you know, I don't want to destroy the moment for Robin and Corwood.
You'd better not. I've been waiting for this moment for years. Years I say!
But, seriously, it takes place in the mythical Old West, people get shot and ride horses and such: it's a Western. Y'know, I never saw Monte Hellman's Western, but it's pretty similar to Dead Man in my imagination. Has anyone else seen it? It's not out on DVD, so Netflix doesn't have it.
Y'know, I never saw Monte Hellman's Western, but it's pretty similar to Dead Man in my imagination. Has anyone else seen it? It's not out on DVD, so Netflix doesn't have it.
Is that the one with Jack Nicholson? I think it pops up on cable, and it was out on VHS.
eta: Ride In The Whirlwind, or The Shooting.