
Category Archives: films
Last Temptation of Christ Premiere Asheville, NC
1988 premier in Asheville, NC of The Last Temptation of Christ
Kiss of the Spider Woman
FAVOURITE MOVIES | Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
“Once upon a time, on a tropical island far away, there lived a strange woman. She wore a long gown of black lamé that fit her like a glove. But the poor thing, she was caught in a giant spider web that grew out of her own body. One day a shipwrecked man drifted onto the beach. She fed him and cared for his wounds. She nourished him with love and brought him back to life. When he awoke, he gazed up at the spider-woman and saw a perfect tear-drop slide from under her mask. Why is she crying?”
The Missing Years
Or Hiding in Plain Sight. You are driving on the interstate, any interstate, and I guarantee you will pass signs for “Gentleman’s Clubs” accompanied by an outline or photo of a nubile young woman. You will, if you are a woman, and if you notice the sign, tolerate it as the price of being female. Because that is how it is. Continue reading
lows and highs
Last night, (I have been using the DVR function on my TV) I was watching Apocolypse Now Redux and a PBS special on Jeff Bridges. The show had excerpts from all of his movies including The Big Lebowski. I had forgotten how much I liked the character of the Dude. Continue reading
Ballad of Sad Cafe Quotes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101404/quotes?qt=qt0398393
An interesting quote posted on IMDB Ballad of Sad Cafe. Strange little movie watching it now.
Platoon
Thank you Oliver Stone:
RHAH
Baaaa! Fuck it, they sold us out – so what! What’d
you’all expect? Civilian life is phoney BULLSHIT
man. They’re ROBOTS man – watchin’ dopey television
and drivin’ dopey cars, and they fuck up, nobody
dies. That’s all right, you keep fuckin’ up,
politicians keep lyin’. Cause it don’t really
matter. Don’t mean shit. So what! Whatcha want – a
parade! Fuck that too! No war time no grunt never
got no respect. Till he was dead – and even THEN!
You’re fighting for YOURSELF man! You’re fighting
for your SOUL, dat’s all. Remember dat. And it’s
some goddamn battle too – if you’se a man, wrestle
with that angel …
(swings his entrenching tool in a rhythmic chain-gang style)
… Love and Hate – the whole shitbang show, that’s
the story then and now and it ain’t hardly gonna
change …