'War Stories'
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Deborah Harry, for some reason, reminded me strongly of Adrienne Barbeau.
OMG, I never thought that before but you're totally right! Heh. Love both those movies (interesting double-bill there, although, in a way, they're both meditations on death and existence/reality; it's just one decided to use gore and porn to look at those topics).
Deborah Harry, for some reason, reminded me strongly of Adrienne Barbeau.
It's the cheekbones.
Plus, Debbie had dark(er) hair for VIDEODROME than is her normal color of choice.
Nowhere near as curly as Adrienne, though.
Cheekbones, and jawline, and a few mannerisms. Barbeau, is that a French Canadian name? Could be that they are a similar genotype.
You know, I remember how SHOCKING Videodrome was when it came out. Now, I was sort of "meh." I mean, interesting ideas but not shocking. Which I guess proves its point.
Lester Bangs once described Harry as havign been sired by an unlisted father (which is how I describe my cats, now). I believe that she was adopted.
Cheekbones, and jawline, and a few mannerisms. Barbeau, is that a French Canadian name? Could be that they are a similar genotype.
Could be. I know Geneviève Bujold is French Canadian, and she kinda fits in with them as a type as well.
Of course I can't think about Adrienne Barbeau without flashing on SEALAB 2021. "I want to be a Barbeau-bot!"
BARBEAU-BOT!
SPARKIMUS PRIME!!!
FINALLY saw Superman Returns this weekend.
Total crap.
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Just kidding. I loved it. It was a thing of beauty.
I often wonder if directors like Bergman or Lang had had access to all the technological geegaws available to directors today, if they would have made better or worse movies. Much of their brillance, it seems to me, is because they don't pile on the excess.
The famous final shot in The Seventh Seal wasn't planned. He saw the light, and everybody scrambled up the hill to get it in before the sun went down. I think his approach to filmmaking necessarily included some improvisation and spontaneity.