“The Crow: City of Angeles”
-Here is a film that is a complete failure as propulsive narrative, but an utter success as vivid aesthetic
-the film was mercilessly re-edited against both the director (Tim Pope) and writer (David S. Goyer)’s wishes. A snapshot of a time Harvey Weinstein was feared as an overreaching film mangler, not a sex pest
+he turned it, story wise, into a faded photocopy of the original
-However, and this is a big one, it is utterly spellbinding in its world, from set decoration to lightning. Watched on mute, it feels like goth silent film, of hypnotic mood
-I can’t blame anyone for not liking it as intended, it makes several uninteresting chronicle details. Like the crow avenging his bland son(not his tragic wife), making the little girl from the first film a wimpy damsel in distress, and a totally non threatening villain
-there is a pretty good self contained scene. A shy pervert going to a peep show and fumbling with a coin to put into the machine as his time with the seductress on the phone comes to an end
+ably played by Thomas Jane.
-conversely, I don’t know what iggy pop is doing in this film. Again, mangled re-edit, but no less frustrating.
-the warm dusty glow over this film is so wonderful, so alluring
-it’s largely cut out but what remains of the film grappling with day of the dead is interesting. Like seeing a fragment of a puzzle that hints at greatness
-the little detail of the crow’s jacket flapping like wings as he rides his motorcycle faster is wonderful, especially when you just straight up ignore the plot
-iggy pop acting against Ian Dury is pretty neato, in a record store nerd way
-this is a unusual case where I don’t recommend seeing it in a theatre but instead projected against a wall or on mute with glowing lights and mood diversions. That arena makes it a wonderful experience
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Siouxsie And The Banshees "Cities In Dust" (1985)
director: Tim Pope
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Things I would like to see more discussion about regarding Alan Wake 2 #13: Tim Breaker, the man who was dragged to hell AND SETTLED DOWN THERE.
Whatever Alan struggles with, Tim had stashes set up. Tim has a room filled with light for Alan to catch his breath in. Tim is unrelelntingly cheerful despite finding himself in a warped ontological black hole. Tim is looking for the man whose face is on a FUCKING GIANT BILLBOARD you can see right out of Tim's initial hiding spot.
And Tim remembers at least something about being Jack Joyce, and Tim remembers Beth Wilder, and Tim apparently saw glimpses of Jesse Faden and Polaris.
I will bet you dollars to doughnuts Tim and Door are showing up in CONTROL 2, and it's gonna be so fucking weird because Tim likely gets some of Jack's infatuation with Beth, and I will knife a certain Finnish man if he doesn't turn this into an epic love triangle with Emily.
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