Movies

Movies, that dark seat in a large auditorium with other people in the quiet watching the light flicker on a spread screen behind separating velvet curtains. Larger than life.

Yet these images and acting and stories related to me and changed my view of the world.



The Last Picture Show

A story about a small town in Texas but with a teen twist. I knew kids from small towns who felt and talked like this movie. They just wanted to come to the big city, like Richmond.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

When I saw this movie I could not believe the language or the situations that were presented. There may have been some family resemblance, but I don't remember.
The sound of ice hitting the glass stroke a note?

Blow Up

An artist black and white movie about a photographer who catches a murder but can not prove it. Mystery of the mind. Great ending.
And hot teenies. Memorable. And it started the viewing codes.

Marat/ Sade

Existentialism. Interesting movie with philosophic discussions, but what got me was the rape of the nun in the end. That can't be done!

The Killing of Sister George

Freedom for women, but with a twist. The first lesbian movie that shocked this small town.

Koyaanisoatsi

Philip Glass drone music with fast and slow movie photography. Music caught my ear and imagination.


Ned Kelly
When a Rock and Roll hero want to be actors, it is usually deadly. Mick did a fairly good job on this and the remake is no better. "Such is life" is a memorble quote from a man who is about to be hung.

Easy Rider
When I left this movie, I was scared. This could happen. It felt familiar.

200 Motels

Frank, you genius. Making a movie with video and all the effects available even then. The music holds the disjointed together. Orchestra, the vaudeville band, and Jimmy Carl Black. Interesting even today.

Zachariah

Rock and Roll cowboy movie that was impressive enough a friend of mine named his first son after it.

Beware boys and girls, you may find one of these in your mail.
Enjoy it and pass it on.