tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post5503421348273790977..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Only now does it occur to me... KAMIKAZE 1989 (1982)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-44672471688724449612018-11-18T18:11:39.013-05:002018-11-18T18:11:39.013-05:00AnonyMike––wow, that sounds spectacular, and right...AnonyMike––wow, that sounds spectacular, and right up my alley––I'll have to dig it up! Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-10778419471635691462018-11-16T18:52:42.348-05:002018-11-16T18:52:42.348-05:00AonyMike here... So speaking of morbid curiosities...AonyMike here... So speaking of morbid curiosities, German new wave, drug-fuelled death, McDonalds-suberverting (well you didn't speak of that, but what I will, er, does), queer Blade Running cyberpunk... has one cast ye eyes upon the madness of 1984's "Decoder"? <br /><br />It's a self-righteous industrial monstrosity of heroin-injected Berlin Wall-looming, Soft Cell-scored chaos starring FM Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten; Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle; painter, film actor, unaffiliated scholar, member of the avant-garde art scene in the East Village in New York City Bill Rice (that's all stolen from Wikipedia), teenage prostitute-turned Bowie charity-cause Christiane F and nothing less than William S. Burroughs himself as "Old Man".<br /><br />It's both shit and brilliant at the same time. Much like the transatlantic hamburger culture it attempts to satirise. <br /><br />It's a mess and perfect. It's godawful yet beautiful. It's tragic if you love frogs, yet monstrous... if you love frogs... wait no, it's just cruel to frogs. It's mostly a big fat pile of poo but strangely compelling, especially if you've ever wondered what would happen if you let Front 242 make a movie armed only with heroin, arrogance, frogs and hamburgers at their disposal.AnonyMikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-31296281308454701082018-11-14T19:23:52.374-05:002018-11-14T19:23:52.374-05:00Roger,
Oh––morbid curiosity is a driving force i...Roger,<br /><br /><br />Oh––morbid curiosity is a driving force in probably half the movies I watch! Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-15669143360239070702018-11-14T13:08:53.420-05:002018-11-14T13:08:53.420-05:00I'm not sure this is your intention but now I ...I'm not sure this is your intention but now I HAVE to see this film.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422504922725630957noreply@blogger.com