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It's insane to me how this one flies under the radar! It's a solid horror movie that's screaming for a DVD release. Someone gave it to me completely for free. Hopefully it does get released soon.
So I'm watching this Vinegar Syndrome release and I have a quick question...is this the original score of the film? I have another DVD with lots of Link Wray music and I was told by someone that that was the original score of the film but now I think they were wrong.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I gotta say though, in all seriousness, there's a thing with girls out here in NY that I've noticed, and it's that anyone with a car automatically becomes more attractive. This is a tri-state thing though. People really hate the subway lmao.
I know this post is sarcasm but I gotta gush a bit about that song for a minute. I hadn't realized it was Jermaine Clement but I remembered thinking his voice sounded Bowie-esque. I googled and was surprised. Clement could seriously do Bowie covers and you wouldn't noticed. Great voice imo! And his character gave me Ursula vibes in the best way possible haha.
I agree that the female reporter comes across as a weak character. We have no sense of why she's there or what she's looking to get beyond just getting a story done. There were a TON of people back then who studied Times Square and had their reasons and why it was important for them to rehabilitate the neighborhood, and I know because I did my research on Times Square for my thesis, and I spoke to one researcher who told me their story. So much incredible research and so many stories from that period. Watching this show makes me want to dig up all the info I got from my thesis again.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's character (Candy) is the most intriguing so far. I loved the very tense scene between her and the Pimp and when he calls her one of the craziest people in the block because she refuses to work with protection.
Lol, it's far from poorly directed. It's still a good film, it's just not accurate. It's not the first nor will it be the last, unfortunately.
Also, as far as inaccurate films go, the most inaccurate film has to be American Hustle. Nothing about that movie is even close in terms of how it depicts it's subjects. I'm sure David O Russell is similar to Graeme Clifford, they both take creative liberties and tell the stories they want rather than depict things as they are. It's annoying for sure, but their films have to be enjoyed as just works of creative fiction and acting, rather than biopics.
Thank you so much! I've heard this too about Frances and Jean. But supposedly in the book "Will There Really Be a Morning?" she says that her relationship with Frances was platonic.
Frances Farmer became Catholic in her later life. And either way, like someone already pointed out, the movie is highly fictionalized and doesn't cover what happened to Frances after she left the hospital. For starters, her father was a lawyer and threatened legal action if anyone either gave her lobotomy or tried to hurt her, so she did not endure the same treatment as everyone else. After she got out, she had her own TV show in Indiana called "Frances Farmer Presents" and became a champion bowler. She kept up a very cool and active life. She didn't ever get back into Hollywood but she never stayed fully away either, doing TV specials and acting in teleplays. She made appearances on This is Your Life and the Today Show, the latter which didn't go so well for her and lead to another breakdown before she had another run in with the law and got busted for drunk driving. Unfortunately, she never escaped the stigma of her mental illness, but she was far from pathetic and miserable. She died with a close friend, Jean Ratcliffe, by her side.
I am REALLY glad you said something back in the day about this (I'm aware that this is an old comment but I was thinking about this movie recently) because I get so sick of people on these boards running around saying that rape doesn't happen in Mental Asylums. Just because Frances Farmer wasn't raped (or rather, we don't have PROOF or her word that she wasn't, but we'll never really know) doesn't mean women weren't raped in asylums, especially back then. There's a person in this message board who also loves to show up and plug his website who's slightly guilty about spreading this misinformation as well. I've confronted him and he rambles on about his family working in a hospital, while dismissing anyone else's experience. Stick to your day job, dude.
I've heard of working girls refer to tricks as dates too. Does the terminology change from region to region?
Like someone said, it's about the rise of the Adult Film Industry, and how these mobsters, prostitutes and business owners from 42nd St shaped the future of the business. Maggie's character is suppose to be based off of Annie Sprinkles. There is a couple of gags, if you pay attention, that also reference other noted characters of that whole scene (There's a guy who's shop or office gets raided by cops that has a slight resemblance to Al Goldstein in Episode 2. This is off the top of my head...). I can lament that it's slow but that's mainly because right now, they're really getting into the nitty gritty of all the prostitutes and the relationships they have with their pimps. It's not 100% obvious to me who's who either. For example, I don't know the name of the reporter who's investigating the prostitutes (Is it Angela? I forget), but she stands out the most to me. I'm not sure what roles some of these characters will play later on (like when Phil Prince and Vanessa Del Rio will show up, or whether Chelly Wilson shows up either, since she was a well noted theater owner.), or if they're just composites of real people and like you've noted, they'll just building a narrative around these characters...or maybe I'm thinking too many seasons ahead haha.
Dang! But it's funny, I can't tell whether people find it comical in the same way they find "Boom!" comical (like over the top, avante garde garbage that thinks it's way more clever than it actually is) or if the movie is just looking for it's audience (I felt this way about Inherent Vice a little bit).
I know one thing: I won't feel TOO guilty if I wind up hating this movie. In that sense, I'll know I have support XD
Mark Kermode likes it too, and he normally has good taste.
I honestly want to see this for myself. I have a feeling its going to become a new favorite.
She was the most infuriating out of everyone because she actually knew better and if anyone told me something like that, I would have immediately blocked them, whether they were joking or not. The fact that she didn't spoke volumes.
But something about her story doesn't jive either. What I didn't get about her story was that this "stranger" pressured her to rape her own child for money, but notice how she never actually says what happens after except that her son went to school to talk about it and then he got taken away by protective services. What happened to this guy who pressured her? Where the hell is this phantom "friend" of hers? Wouldn't he have gone to jail too? Maybe I missed something...but part of me feels like she may have bad impulses as an abuser and doesn't want to admit it herself.
I missed that part too, might have zoned out. When does she say that he molested another child? I just remember he mentioned talking about having sex with his mother at school.
It's funny, both my sister and I felt his story seemed like bullshit and sure enough, here's the proof! I honestly think a lot of these people lied a little bit, in the same way many criminals sometimes do to seem more innocent than they really are.
That said, sometimes things DO happen (like people are at the wrong place/wrong time) but A) I don't believe that usually ever applies to soliciting prostitutes and B) if someone was talking about including their kid, and you don't shut that conversation down? That really says something about you. I mean this is common sense...I'd be freaked the fuck out and would be like "yeah no..." I mean who goes along with that? It says quite a bit about his character.
And tbh even the counselors came across as manipulative, like they tried to claim that these guys are really innocent and society doesn't do enough to understand them. I actually think it's a little fucked that these people live pretty ok but those who commit light sentences get treated way harsher. Says a lot about how we view "justice". This kid got to camp outside because he's very privileged, not because he's a genuinely good person.
Streep kills it in She Devil too. I really love her in comedy, she actually does phenomenal comedy in my favorite films <3
Lol I ate McDonalds the other day and I couldn't help but think about that scene. Damn, those poor guys, to see someone do your business dirty like that :(
It wasn't well meaning at all, he showed up with a blank check, it was obvious what his intentions were from the beginning.
She didn't need to because she didn't. He married another woman and ended up with Joan later on in life. I'm sure though that they had an affair all throughout his second marriage though, at least that seems to be the implication because you never see the second wife. It seems like what he liked about Joan was that they had equal ambition, and the movie makes a point of that. He remarks to her "when you think, you think big" and to his credit, she did.