The Crow has my second-favorite "dramatic transformation scene ending with a cool reveal shot through a window" evah. Batman Returns being the first.
Okay, I don't think there are any other candidates, but I love those sequences, and they're kind of similar so... shut up!
Anyway. The part where you can tell they're trying to give it an actual plot where there's a problem to solve is kind of dopey. I mostly love the first two-thirds, where there really isn't any plot, just a series of violent revenge fantasies. Which is more faithful to the comic. Gris, if you liked the movie, get the comic, 'cause it's just heart-shredding.
Jilli, would Rocky Horror qualify for inclusion in the Goth archetype hall of fame? I've always felt that based on the Transylvanian characters' style and Tim Curry's song at the end, but I realize my opinion could be way off base from the intent of those in the movement.
Jilli, would Rocky Horror qualify for inclusion in the Goth archetype hall of fame?
Hmm. It probably should, as there's a HUGE cross-over between the RHPS community and the Goth scene. I always forget about it because I haven't seen it in over a decade.
There is a huge crossover, it is true. (Which I tend to remember, because I did RHPS with a bunch of people in the Goth scene, and these things stick out.)
Is it true as well in other cities than our own?
In my hometown, RHPS was the only socially-acceptable outlet for goths. Of course, we didn't know we were goths at the time.
When my DH did RHPS, there wasn't much of a goth community in the remoter parts of the Bay Area, so he says there was no xover.
I'm not sure I'd consider it goth, though, like as part of a starter kit. It's right on the edge of punk and goth and comedy and drag.
I'd definitely include
The Hunger
but I'm partial.
That was a great list, Megan. Another less-appreciated current French director I like a lot is Cantet. His movies Time Out and Human Resources were just freakin' brilliant.
Is it true as well in other cities than our own?
It was around here. I never went, but I had some friends who actually did the show aspect, and while none of them were goth, they met a bunch of them through via RH.
Another less-appreciated current French director I like a lot is Cantet. His movies Time Out and Human Resources were just freakin' brilliant.
He's very good. I loved
Time Out,
but I'm a big fan of Karin Viard. Have you seen
Vers le sud
? Because it looked like a train wreck to me and I was surprised when I realized it was him.
I am working my way through all of the movies in the International One-Minute Film Festival
It's fun.
Have you seen Vers le sud ? Because it looked like a train wreck to me and I was surprised when I realized it was him.
I have not, but someone elsewhere (I think on Matt Zoller Seitz's blog) mentioned that Viard's been in some real dog turds.
