"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson
Just now watching Easy Riders Raging Bulls; a documentary film about film-makers. In it a bunch of faces sit around snorking on about how they made it big in the movies. Coppola, Scorcese, Hopper, Bogdanovich, Dreyfuss, Superman's girlfriend. You know, serious heavy-hitters.
The irony of the thing is, though, the sound-track is out of sync with the visuals so that you get the effect of a poorly made spaghetti western.
Or Captain Pugwash.
It's disppointing Karen Black never got to talk about Trilogy Of Terrors.
And there are VERY FEW poorly made spaghetti westerns, so just hold those wise-cracks.
Posted by: Tony.T | 12 February 2005 at 12:29
That's "Trilogy of Terror" not "Terrors" you cinematically-illiterate son of a bitch.
The book, "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" is a good read and certainly makes you wish you were young with a fast mouth in late sixties/early seventies Hollywood. The money, the drugs and sex really were flowing like wine, an without any adult supervision. And the book did make me go out and revisit films I hadn't seen for decades like "The Last Detail", "Shampoo", "McCabe and Mrs Miller", "The Conversation", "The Last Picture Show" and "Get To Know Your Rabbit".
It's interesting how unhurried many of these films seem now compared to modern flicks. And, as the book points out, the combination of Robert Towne's lines delivered by Jack Nicholson is pure profane poetry sometimes. "I am the motherfucking Shore Patrol, you motherfucking motherfucker."
Posted by: Nabakov | 12 February 2005 at 14:25
I don't know HOW Dennis Hopper would possibly remember the late 60's and early 70's. Probably stoned out of his crazy mind back then ! I saw an interview with him when he was talking about James Dean and the fillum "Giant" and he was smoking weed the whole time while enthusing about how to make it big in the movies. Great personality- not too sure about drugs though.
Posted by: Brett Pee | 12 February 2005 at 20:53
Who gets to fulfill the role of Tom the Cabin Boy? I hope it's not Margo Kidder.
Posted by: PB | 14 February 2005 at 10:28
I think I saw a spinoff of that "The Karate
Kid's Never Ending Journey" which featured an interview with Ralph Macchio,Molly Ringwald,
Ally Sheedy,Bobcat Goldthwaite et al talking
about highlights of 80s filmmaking.
Posted by: Simon | 14 February 2005 at 12:36
Quade: I'm Catholic. Is it a sin to chant?
Jack: Did it get you laid?
Quade: No.
Jack: Then what the fuck do you want to chant for?
Jack: They really stuck it to ya, didn't they, kid! Stuck it in and broke it off. Right up your giggy with a wah-wah brush, stuck it in and broke it right off.
And Simon, what the hell you on about, pal?
Posted by: Tony.T | 14 February 2005 at 22:15