Ahem, you said "absurdly arrogant" when I think you meant "insanely arrogant," though I suppose it could be both. I like the last paragraph where the person uses the phrase "the artificial construct in your mind" to refer to… taste, I guess?
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I really had forgotten the sheer amount of sex in Lost Highway.
He could leak out of the bag.
Only in countries where unstable loners can't stockpile firearms.
Wow. Antagonism against Russia has been sky-high since the election here, but I didn't realize we had reached the "terrorism against Russians isn't news" level.
In principle the concept for the show - that Laura Palmer's murder would be the inciting event, but the real action would be the other drama in town - was interesting. But then there's the problem where anything you juxtapose with the rape and murder of a teenager is going to seem less urgent by comparison, and the…
I assume there's a deleted scene from The Straight Story that's just the first scene of Carrie.
In comparison to other directors whose movies take place in a universe without disabilities (except the narrative-convenience type), it's kind of refreshing. But Lynch - like the Farrelly Brothers - has such a grotesque aesthetic that people with disabilities can "read" kind of… oddly.
Before - Batman Forever was around 95 and this was around 97.
To be fair his work has been astonishingly popular for what it is, but it's still hard to believe that anyone (including Lynch) looked at Lost Highway and saw BOFFO BOX OFFICE. Sounds more like the dude from Coil was pissed that David Lynch liked Marilyn Manson better (lord knows I would be).
The little kid in Boyhood got a lot of attention, but I feel like it's equally valuable as proof that Patricia Arquette is actually good at acting. It's been kind of an open question for a lot of her career.
That bassline… God damn, that bassline.
They're a deeply, deeply silly band.
"Eye" entered rotation on the local alternative station right when I was getting into music as a pup, and I was always a little disappointed when the DJ would announce Smashing Pumpkins and then play their new synth and drum machine ballad instead of "Bullet With Butterfly Wings."
And then came "The Hand That Feeds."
My wife had a French exchange student in high school, and during her first week here they decided to hang out and watch some movies. My wife decided to rent Swingers, realizing about two minutes in that the movie's dialog was barely comprehensible to a native English speaker. Long story short, it's nice that DVDs…
I remember thinking Robert Blake's character was spooky when I saw the movie as a teenager with my friends (enough so that we could all terrorize one of our friends with fuzzy JPGs of him). Then I saw the movie again and realized what's so off-putting - it's not the makeup or even the dialog, it's contrast between…
I recall there being an all-ages dance club in the suburbs not far from where I grew up. The kids I remember going there were either into Ecstasy or lived down to other stereotypes about teenagers who like clubbing.
This is the 80s we're talking about - back then "Mike's Hard Lemonade" was called "Bartles and Jaymes."