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offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-12-01 14:43 [#00463465]
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if it was TATTOED i'd say nasty, but it's kinda a cool paint
job, i until you mentioned it i thought it was just a
abstract kinda thing going on.....ahhahhaha

i guess i wouldn't be admitted to the satan worshipping club
now.....awwwwwwww *doesn't recognize pentagrams* do"HHHHHHH


 

offline Polynomial-C from Netherlands, The on 2002-12-01 14:48 [#00463479]
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Should have done your homework!


 

offline DonkeyRhubarb from Saegertown, PA (United States) on 2002-12-01 15:56 [#00463643]
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the dvd has a whole Tappy Tibbons life story!


 

offline b0nk from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2002-12-01 16:47 [#00463675]
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the book is ten times more graphic, imagine those sex for
drug scenes happening over and over in the book lol like
most books its more detailed, however this is one of the few
movies based on a book that did the book justice imo


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-12-01 16:55 [#00463680]
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Interesting reviews at Amazon.

Dare I read it?


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-01 21:08 [#00463949]
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Yeah...

Also might be worth reading/watching Last Exit to
Brooklyn.... by the same author (Helbert Selby Jr...); can't
recall who the film is by but it's good...similar kind of
vibe but a bit less graphic...

As for RFAD...you gotta admit, it does hammer home the sheer
power of film/video...easy to forget sometime when we're fed
such sugar-coated views the vast majority of the time...

And I think people have these polarized views about it
because they are simply not used to getting fully
emotionally involved with a film...most films rely on that
tension-resolution-etc etc structure; not a huge amount of
resolution in Requim, just more & more tension, no standard
boy-gets-girl neat ending...


 

offline b0nk from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2002-12-01 21:31 [#00463956]
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the cast was also very well chosen imo


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2002-12-01 21:33 [#00463957]
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best film score ever


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2002-12-01 22:44 [#00463989]
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Interesting to think of it in terms of tension-resolution
which I usually associate with music. You're right, it was
like a series of diminished chords crawling up your back
with no relief! :-)

But you know, I really despise movies with predictable
emotional structure, like "aw crap now I have to sit through
this whole sequence where the hero is uncomfortable with the
single mom's kid and they slowly form a bond" kinda stuff.

I did see Last Exit. Wasn't Jennifer Jason Leigh in it? My
memories of it are blurry.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-01 23:05 [#00464003]
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yep...JJL was the ultra-blond star...my mem is pretty blurry
as well; saw it when it came out and that must be over a
decade ago...



 


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