joeybee12
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:46 PM
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Myra Breckinridge is out on DVD. Yeah, and I just watched it! Anyone |
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else ever seen it?
I'm old enough to recall that it was quite scandulous when it came out, and I can see why. It really is a glorious mess. I think Mae West died 5 years before she "acted" in it.
Raquel Welch does a commentary on it that you can listen to. She's actually quite honest. Mae hated her, and Raquel admits to acting like a diva at times.
Sort of makes me want to read the book....
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:47 PM
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1. I read the book. I forget the details but it wasn't my most favorite |
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Edited on Thu Oct-27-05 04:47 PM by jonnyblitz
by gore vidal, I do remember that much. I would watch the movie though.
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joeybee12
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:00 PM
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6. Well, I guess I know what book I'm going to try and get from the |
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library tomorrow...I wonder if the book holds up well over time.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:01 PM
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I think i might have found it more shocking if I had read it when it came out. I think I was a bit jaded by the time I had read it. hell, it can't hurt to check it out. I would be curious to hear what you thought.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:17 PM
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8. The movie, although it came out in 1970, is very "Swinging Sixties" |
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if you know what I mean...I wonder if that comes across in the book--like it really reflects the time in which it was written.
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:49 PM
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2. I've read the book, but not seen the movie (yet) |
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I know Gore Vidal disowned the movie as a absolute bastardization of his book (and it's an excellent book). I understand it's a chance to see an almost embalmed Mae West in one of her last roles.
I'm not sure if I actually want to see the movie. :scared:
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:56 PM
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5. Gore wrote the first screenplay for the movie... |
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...the studio didn't like it, but I guess when they bought the rights, he was given first crack at it.
Part of the problem with the movie was they never really had a coherent script when they started shooting, and sort of winged it day-to-day.
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:51 PM
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3. I remember watching that movie when it came out in 1970. |
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I enjoyed it then so I wouldn't mind watching it again. :thumbsup: I would like to see the commentary.
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Thu Oct-27-05 04:53 PM
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4. The old film clips cut in between the scenes in the movie are actually |
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pretty cute...it's one of those movies that could have been good, but it never decided what it wanted to be.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:17 PM
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9. Wasn't it originally rated X? |
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Rex Reed has a sex change and emerges looking like Raquel Welch.
I read the book but never saw the movie.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:25 PM
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10. Yes, it was rated X...and in the movie Rex only dreams that he has had |
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a sex change, and then at the end you realize that. That in itself is a let-down. Then again, one of the MAJOR flaws is that if any guy had a sex change he would not come out looking like Raquel Welch!
On the DVD is the AMC "Backstory" show about the movie...and apparently they originally thought of having a guy do the Raquel part, but dressed in drag. Could have been funnier that way.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:32 PM
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11. I guess I didn't read the entire book. |
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:blush:
I read it on the sly (my brother had a copy) and I was way too young to be reading things like that! }(
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:48 PM
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12. It's a really tacky movie. |
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I loved it :)
And it's still scandalous - Raquel fucking a guy with a strap on?
You still can't talk about that movie without offending someone....
Khash.
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Thu Oct-27-05 05:53 PM
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13. This IS the one where Rex Reed screams "Where are my tits!!".... |
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Thu Oct-27-05 06:07 PM
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Can you imaine having thinking you have Raquel's body, and then look down and you're as flat a board like Rex????
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