I totally get why someone seeing this movie later would not think it was all that good. In fact….it was not really all that good, but it is one of those movies that came out at the right time for people at the right age. I totally dug it when it came out, but if I did not see it until years later I doubt I would have thought it was nearly that good.
Another movie that comes to mind like this is “Fast Times At Rigmont High”. For me that movie was the perfect depiction of high school life when I went to school. I mean, I knew someone like just about every character in that movie and was probably an amalgamation of several of them myself. Over the years I have tried to turn several people much younger than me onto that movie and they don’t get it. Some of them think it is ok, but few if any of them think it is as great as I do. Again, it was a case of the perfect movie at the perfect time.
I was wondering about that. I did see it so many years after it was released that it just looked so damned goofy. I may have grown up during that era but Las Vegas is a far cry from NYC.
I'll probably have to locate a copy someday and watch it knowing it's a lot more reality based than I ever thought it was. It almost seemed like fantasy. A different gang on every block, wearing that stuff? Really?
I saw loads of crazy clothes in the late '70's and in the '80's but had never seen stuff like that unless one was in a production on the Strip or some such. Well, learn something new every day, huh?
Carry On My Blood-Ejaculating Son - JKL2000
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
It fits the film. When Hill was interviewed about the film he said that it isn't fun and that he said to the crew that they aren't making a film which is a commentary of Vietnam. There are some reviews that say it's a film which wants to say smth about Vietnam but apparently it isn't. It was tough to make because of the shooting on location.
There was one more film which had a similar vibe - Hunter's Blood which was made in the mid 80's. Not the best film but it's fun.
There's an interesting exchange in Southern Comfort between Carradine's and Boothe's characters after one of their group blew up the locals house. Boothe's lines of "That's all you've got to say?" and "He got pissed off?" are priceless.
It starts at 42.14 and goes approximately till 44.08.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgpFpNyOc4
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