Edward said:The Warriors was especially interesting to reappraise thinking about issues of identity as expressed through clothing, this place very much in mind. lol Great film, worth checking out.
Joie DeVive said:I've been thinking of seeing that one. I've heard it's a real bloodbath though, and I'm a little squeamish.. What would you say?
Patrick Murtha said:The Warriors is a fascinating film, well understood and perceptively reviewed by Pauline Kael when it came out (and was largely being excoriated as a piece of violence-provoking exploitation trash). It is based indirectly (by way of Sol Yurick's novel) on Xenophon's Anabasis, about an ancient Greek army trying to make its way home from Persia. Director Walter Hill not only drew out those classicist elements, but staged the film in a manner more stylized than most musicals. There is very little sociology to it, but much myth.
Quigley Brown said:Watched 'Being John Malkovich' for the umpteenth time. I actually think that's the film I viewed the most times.
Edward said:Yes, the additional documentary features on the DVD are very clear on that. Actually, I didn't remember the comic-book sequences that are used periodically throughout it, and the opening sequence which explicitly states the basis in Ancient Greek history / legend. Were these added in for the Director's Cut? I saw it on television years ago, but it really was years ago, so I can't remember a whole lot about that original bit.
carebear said:There's really only one "violent" scene, a very realistic fight "2 on 1" in a bathhouse. Viggo is nekkid for the length of it, if that is a plus. [huh] There are a couple killings that are bloody but that's more the technique chosen to kill than the scene itself. You can shut your eyes and not miss anything important. All in all, a very good thinker movie.
Quigley Brown said:Watched 'Being John Malkovich' for the umpteenth time. I actually think that's the film I viewed the most times. And I see that director Spike Jonze has in production an adaption of Maurice Sendak's 'Where the Wild Things Are' and 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not'...(with Jim Carrey as Robert Ripley!).
imoldfashioned said:I need to see Being John Malkovich again--I love that film. I saw Charlie Kaufman give a speech last year and it was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
I also had a brush with Mr. Malkovich himself awhile back which I forgot to put into the celebrity thread. Mr. Malkovich has a house in Cambridge, MA. I was in a checkout line at a Whole Foods market in Cambridge and there was a woman in between Mr. Malkovich and me. This woman (who I didn't know) kept turning to me and squeeing in a perfectly audible stage whisper "Is that John Malkovich? I think that's John Malkovich! Do you think that's John Malkovich?!" I answered politely, while inwardly cringing a bit since I doubt this man is the type to want a fuss made. Mr. Malkovich paid his grocery bill and calmly turned and tapped the woman on the shoulder. When she faced him he held out his driver's license, smiled, took his bag and left the store. It was very cool.