Elvis? John Lennon during the granny glasses period, more popular than Jesus.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 8:53:07 am PDT #7265 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Sean K - Sep 09, 2005 9:05:51 am PDT #7266 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Volans - Sep 09, 2005 10:12:59 am PDT #7267 of 10002
move out and draw fire
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.
Scrappy - Sep 09, 2005 10:20:17 am PDT #7268 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 10:26:06 am PDT #7269 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
(boggles at Morrison unfamiliarity) Your mom must have a different Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, then.
Volans - Sep 09, 2005 10:37:05 am PDT #7270 of 10002
move out and draw fire
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?
Mr. Broom - Sep 09, 2005 10:38:29 am PDT #7271 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
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.
juliana - Sep 09, 2005 10:43:10 am PDT #7272 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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.
Hayden - Sep 09, 2005 10:43:24 am PDT #7273 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
DavidS - Sep 09, 2005 10:46:49 am PDT #7274 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.