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Porque te vas

A lively pop song 'Porque te vas' by Jeanette featured in a 70s Spanish movie. The horn section is just amazing.

Shaun of the Dead - Shavathu Kuthaley

Today I hit the local theatre for a movie called 'Shaun of the Dead'. The first 20 minutes of it was shot in an interesting manner: The camera followed Shawn around pretty closely. Coolest bit of the movie was whacking up a zombie in synch to the beats of Queen's 'Dont stop me now'.
Avoid movie, its bollocks.

Kill Bill vol.2

Watched Kill Bill vol. 2 yesterday, at Symphony. Its a funny movie. I liked this movie a lot better than the 1st one. The 1st one was more or less like a haphazard connection of events. The 2nd one is more or less paced more slowly & less chaotically. General mood of the movie was that of afternoon tea. I was totally surprised to see David Carradine cast as Bill, I thought this guy died a long time ago or something. One of the funniest character in this installment was Pai Mei a Kung Fu guruji with a funny set of sabre like eyebrows & fake-as-hell whispy Fu-Manchu beard. Most of the movie was kind of like Babushka doll. You had the movie poking fun at itself & all the genres it was making a tribute too. Then there was the standard pop culture reference (Superman), which is quintessential to Tarantino movies. The most overused technique in this movie was that of punching something thats 3 inches away from ones body.

If Pulp fiction was something sticky, then Vol 2. is semi-sticky & vol 1. just slipped of the pan. This movie pales in comparison to 'Pulp Fiction' & is more along the lines of 'Jackie Brown' in terms of narration. But then again 'you don't compare a Hatori Hanza to another Hatori Hanza' ( line from the movie).

A Novel Approach

Ever come across some interesting movie while channel surfing? U stop to watch, then it gets a bit boring & u get back to surfing. Then after a few weeks u r back at it (surfing) again & u come across another program. But this time u figure out that this was another scene from that movie u saw the other week. This continues over 2 months or so & HEY PRESTO! u r able to put 2 & 2 together. Its like the movie ' Pulp Fiction'. U take a movie, beat it to pulp, slice & dice it & then watch the bits after calling the random function.

Most Hallmark channel movies r best viewed in this manner. Hallmark movies r usually long & drawn out dramas. I usually get put of by their length & I also noticed that most movies I saw the 'novel' way were Hallmark movies. Even movies that u have watched the normal way come off totally different.

Hail to 70s Porn!

Yup there has never been anything rawer than 70s porno flicks. Women with feathered back hair & John Holmes. No Twiggy wannabes (ironically the Twiggy phenomenon took hold during the late 70s). Voluptuous women (in case u can't visualize it anymore, think 'fat' in all the right places). Call me a sexist or by any other anti-feminist label, I give a rats ass. Bad lighting & ancient cameras added that certain je ne se quais. Some of them are down right haunting. The thin line between softcore & hardcore porn is more or less a recent invention. None of that new fangled chicken choking, its 70s porn for me all the way !

Best where the spin-offs from this industry. I remember watching a great movie *ing Richard Dreyfuss, I believe the movie was called 'Bits'. Dreyfus plays this porno movie director, who has a romping time w/ one of his starlets. The movie today would be 'a month in the life of a decadent director'. The movie goes into dealing w/ his sex-life, experience w/ drugs & ofcourse the mediocrity of being a porn movie director. It gives a bottom of the barrel perspective of life as an artist in the 70s.

For the buffs, uninitiated & simply curious :
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British Girls Adult Film Database

Another great movie revolving around the 70s scene is 'Sunset Strip'. This comedy/drama was released in 2000. Its abt a couple of individuals, to be precise, 24hrs of their lives in 1972 on Sunset Strip. Nick Stahl (Guy who plays John Connor in T3) is an upcoming guitarist. Then there is this alcoholic, loser song writer who has been unfortunately eclipsed by one of his hits & is trying to turn the tide (in a stupor). His friend, a colour blind photographer who happens to be the closet-freak of a lover, of this female who dresses up rock stars. A small time Penny Lane muse thing going on there. The Comedy is subtle & it has a nice happy ending which leaves u with a "Good for them".
Peace. Out.