So in honor of Dennis Hopper, I watched Blue Velvet.
"To Ben!"
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Steph L. - May 31, 2010 7:06:52 am PDT #8603 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Volans - May 31, 2010 7:08:16 am PDT #8604 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I love this short vid: [link]
DavidS - May 31, 2010 7:09:04 am PDT #8605 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Goddamn, you're one suave fucker!"
Steph L. - May 31, 2010 7:14:09 am PDT #8606 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My stepdad LOVES Blue Velvet, so it's not uncommon at all for our family get-togethers to include things like "Where's my bourbon, shithead?" and "To Ben!" as well as "Daddy's home!" with the appropriate crazed look.
We are not healthy people.
Polter-Cow - May 31, 2010 7:23:39 am PDT #8607 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Blue Velvet might be the most watchable.
Oh dear. I do want to see Mulholland Dr. and Lost Highway, and they do sound even weirder. Blue Velvet is at least fairly straightforward and linear, if very strange. I gave it points for actually having a plot that generally fits together and resolves.
I had no interest in The Straight Story, but I just added it to my Netflix queue. Oh, I have Netflix now. I've already become obsessed with it.
Aims - May 31, 2010 7:46:28 am PDT #8608 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Em's still pretty cough-y so we laid on the couch and watched Monsters, Inc for the ten zillionth time. I can hold off the tears until Sully pops his head through the door at the end and hears, "Kitty!"
Dear Pixar -
You get me every. Single. Time. Don't ever stop.
Aims
Zenkitty - May 31, 2010 7:47:01 am PDT #8609 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Blue Velvet is probably the least weird David Lynch movie.
One of my favorite pastimes is making potentially arguable declarative sentences and watching Buffistas dig in.
I never even heard of The Straight Story. Off to Netflix! I think this makes 450 in the queue. Good lord.
DavidS - May 31, 2010 8:00:35 am PDT #8610 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You get me every. Single. Time. Don't ever stop.
Talking to my Pixar insider I think it is safe to say that Toy Story 3 is going to absolutely destroy you.
P-Cow, Mullholland Drive is probably my favorite Lynch and I think you'll dig it too since you have the fascination with identity and unreliable narrators. There is one key thing to figure out about the plot (which is not explicitly explained) but once you get that then the whole thing opens up.
Kathy A - May 31, 2010 8:02:00 am PDT #8611 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm not a big Lynch fan--too bizarre for my taste--but I probably should see The Straight Story.
So in honor of Dennis Hopper, I watched Blue Velvet.
...That was a side of Dennis Hopper I hadn't seen before.
Also Dean Stockwell.
Considering the two of them (Hopper and Stockwell) were doing the drop-out scene together in the '60s, it's rather appropriate they were in this film together.
Aims - May 31, 2010 8:05:26 am PDT #8612 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Talking to my Pixar insider I think it is safe to say that Toy Story 3 is going to absolutely destroy you.
If it follows my instinct and is a "Pete's Dragon"-esque-coming-of-age-for-Andy, Puff the Magic dragon boy growing up theme, it totally will.