darkstar
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Sat Aug-22-09 07:23 PM
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speaking of Bowie (Swede was, at least) I tried watching The Man Who Fell to Earth |
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last night and gave up about 40 minutes in. It was moving a bit too slow and felt too, I don't know, sterile and distanced or something. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood. Should I make another attempt? Is it a rewarding movie by the end?
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Sat Aug-22-09 07:25 PM
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1. Not really - but interesting |
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I thought it was good, but that was a long time ago. (And I'm a big Bowie fan)
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Sat Aug-22-09 08:01 PM
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The shot of bowie shouting at the WALL of teevees all on different channels predated my anger at the 24 hour news cycle by at least ten years.
It was a challenging pic but up there amongst my favs. Nic Roeg is a winner in my book, for Walkabout, Insignificance, MWFTE.
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Sat Aug-22-09 08:05 PM
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3. It was tough to watch the whole thing is all I remember about it. |
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Nicolas Roeg made some strange movies.
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Sat Aug-22-09 08:13 PM
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4. I liked "Don't Look Now" |
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Sat Aug-22-09 08:24 PM
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5. I watched it many, many moons ago. |
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If I remember correctly it may play better if one is in a slightly altered state. :hi:
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Sun Aug-23-09 12:10 AM
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6. I saw it when it came out in the '70s |
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I thought it was incomprehensible.
I was told it would have made more sense if I had read the story on which it was based
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Sun Aug-23-09 01:18 AM
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7. Love that movie but I like surrealist shit |
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It doesn't follow the book exactly, but does keep the intent intact. Same dude who wrote "The Hustler" (Walter Tevis).
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