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You know, that’s a good question.
I always figured that Mr. Blonde was just taking revenge on this particular cop, because of his hate for correctional officers (he had just served time), and because Mr. Blonde was a psychopath.
But maybe that quip from Nash really did inspire—or incite—Mr. Blonde to go ahead and do some fucked up shit to this person who represented a position he already held contempt for.
Maybe Mr. Blonde only planned on beating Nash to a pulp, but when he heard the word ‘torture’, well…things escalated.
Very interesting.
Thanks for your reply!
I definitely want to read the book, just haven’t gotten the chance yet (it’s on my list of books to read).
What about the book did you like better than the movie?
It’s definitely worth watching. Has a cool vibe by action/horror movie standards. Definitely a product of its time, pretty brutal with the violence at times, but overall I think it’s a fun ride. I honestly enjoy this one and the original about the same, mostly because the score is consistent. Watching them back to back is a fun double feature experience IMPO.
Malloy was certainly a major asshole, and supremely unlikable, but Cyrus was definitely a worse human. Cyrus was an unrepentant murdering scumbag. Malloy was just on a vengeance trip because his co-worker (and probably at least a casual buddy) got murdered—by Cyrus—which made Malloy make some arrogant choices and significant errors in judgment. But Malloy’s mistakes can ultimately be forgiven, and karma takes his car from him in such an absurdly wonderful way. I doubt Malloy ever murdered anyone in cold blood, or had any desire to (though his anger issues sure hint that he might be capable of committing a crime similar to Poe’s).
There is no way to condone, let alone forgive, the actions of an serial-killing animal like Cyrus. In fact, criminals like Cyrus actually make Malloy’s blanket contempt towards all the inmates on that plane understandable.
Janoss—
Yes.
For me, it was his physical appearance that was striking. I simply didn’t recognize him at first. But his voice was also a big part of that, and it worked so well for the character.
Gave this a rewatch the other day, and gave it two more watches after that because dammit if it just made me feel so good!
Hilarious.
Entertaining.
Bittersweet.
A wonderful slice of life picture.
No dude, you have it all wrong. George Lucas saw this movie and thought it was funny, but decided to make a more dramatic version of the story. He recommended it to Ridley Scott who decided to make an Alien movie except his alien would be much taller and not into show tunes (however, he did decide to bring that William Hurt guy along because he was really impressed by his presence). And then, of course, this is how Pizza Hut got its name.
Come on, do your research.
RIP Meatloaf. (His name was Robert Paulson)
I also think that Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite are awesome and probably the most memorable sequences from the movie, but I don’t think the film goes downhill from there. I think it basically stays the same in terms of how ridiculous and fun and campy it is. I love Meatloaf’s song, and also the Touch Me sequence, and the finale of Don’t Dream It, Be It. Also I really enjoy There’s A Light On at the beginning, and Dammit Janet. Oh, and the opening credits song, Science Fiction Double Feature.
Basically, I agree with your post. But also I just really fuckin love this strange ridiculous rock’n’roll farce of a musical from beginning to end.
I don’t believe there are any legal statutes against being an alcoholic in USA, Prohibition was the closest it ever got. There are still Public Drunkenness laws in effect. There are laws against spousal abuse nowadays but it was definitely different in the fifties, you would have to beat your woman into a hospital back then to face any legal repercussions, and emotional abuse was more often than not simply laughed off or drugged away.
I think the film uses the term ‘crime’ in more of a symbolic—rather than literal—way. Like a moral crime, rather than an illegal act.
No worries!
Yep. I remembered incorrectly. Gonna need to give this one a rewatch!
Goes to show how unreliable memory can be. I knew the police had him holed up but I completely forgot who he had actually snitched to.
I think he made a deal with the cops to be a witness against DeNiro’s crew after being caught for the rape-murder of the prostitute earlier in the movie, if I remember correctly.
Not really. I felt the movie was more of a cautionary tale regarding hubris. Like a twisted version of Icarus. Though your idea is interesting, because people can give themselves cancer through their actions/lifestyle choices, just as he contaminated his body with his experiment. But cancer is also caused through inadvertent actions, and Goldblum was anything but inadvertent in his actions so I don’t think this movie’s narrative can truly fall into the ‘Cancer Metaphor’ category. But the physiology of cancer might have had an influence in production design.
Maybe it’s more of a ‘terminal disease’ metaphor, but not cancer-specific.
Agreed. The voice was spot on tonight.
On a recent episode of the podcast “Whiskey Ginger” (maybe three weeks ago now), Anthony Jeselnik talks about the current state of Comedy Central as a company, along the lines that they are basically bankrupt and financially unable to produce new seasons of any show. It might have started with Tosh.0, but it continued to Jeselnik’s show, and now ‘Nora from Queens’ is also finished. I think South Park is the only Comedy Central show to survive, but even that might be in jeopardy, or they might have to find a new venue.
Check out the episode for yourself though, because I’m just going off memory here. It’s on YouTube.
Suicide by mobster? Lol
In truth, I think he was just arrogant and foolish, and thought he could get away with being an asshole at that particular moment in time, for whatever reason. I’m not sure if he was a ‘made’ guy, but he certainly felt that he was untouchable.
From a storytelling perspective, it adds more to the already existing conflict, and provides another layer of dread for the viewer (at least it did for me).
I agree that it is indeed long. But not boring. Just slow, and meandering at times.
I genuinely enjoy this film, but it has a certain vibe that only works if the viewer is in a particularly lethargic mood. I don’t rewatch it often, but if I’m in the proper mood it never disappoints. Darkly comic, emotionally straining, and hypnotic. A great dead-of-night film.
A bit indulgent, sure, but satisfying all the same, in my humble opinion.