The film Requiem For A Dream and a distinct lack of sobriety once introduced me to the haunting sounds of Kronos Quartet. Violins gratuitously meshed with their fellow strings and beat themselves to a bloody, self-loathing pulp that spoke of the mistakes made by the film’s sordid characters. In a perfect world, I’d be amazed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Requiem For A Dream’
Oh mother, these handsome bands torture me
Posted in sound, tagged Broken, Cannibal Ox, Company Flow, David Harrington, Hank Dutt, Jeffrey Zeigler, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Mark Lanegan and Soulsavers, Mindstate, Mos Def’s new album, Mystery Repeats, Pete Philly and Perquisite, Remindstate, Requiem For A Dream, the real godfather of grunge, Tom Waits, Zilveren Harp on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Movie review: Gigantic Indians, meth labs and new age butchers
Posted in film, tagged Brittany Murphy, Clive Bakers, Dead Man, High Fidelity, Jake Black, Jason Schwartzman, jim jarmusch, John Cusak, John Leguizamo, johnny depp, Johnny Skidmarks, Jonas Akerlund’s Spun, Lance Henriksen, Mena Suvari, mickey rourke, Midnight Meat Train, Requiem For A Dream, Ryuhei Kitamura, Spun, The 13th Floor Elevators, Trainspotting, Vinnie Jones, wes anderson on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since the influx of new music is killing time, I have had to delay posting the weekend movie reviews. I have got three Werner Herzog films and a couple of others by Jim Jarmusch left to watch, so next Monday I would be posting the complete reviews of both DVD box sets.
Dead Man: Jim Jarmusch [...]
When Jazz got drunk at Napa Valley
Posted in film, sound, tagged About Schmidt, Alexander Payne, asphalt groove, constantine snaps his fingers, IMDB, kronps quartet, lonely day, los olives, miles’ theme, music composer, Paul Giamatti, Requiem For A Dream, Rofe Kent, sideways, youtube on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sideways ended up being my absolute favourite movie of 2004. With Alexander Payne’s storytelling coupled with Paul Giamatti’s sketchier-than-thou character, the film almost seemed to feverishly mutter to itself when confronted by visuals of rare beauty. Like an author on painkillers recording a soliloquy for YouTube…without the self-indulgence, of course. The film had a lot [...]
The most frightening film that ever was
Posted in film, tagged cochin haneefa, combat shock, darren aronofsky, donkey punch, Eden lake, james Watkins, kelly reilly, Michael fassbender, Pratap pothan, Requiem For A Dream on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not many films rattle me. Even fewer leave me searching for words to summarize how I feel about them. Pratap Pothan’s Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai. Parthibhan’s Thendral. Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem For A Dream. Martin Blank’s Combat Shock and probably Kim Di Duk’s The Isle. Each of them for various reasons ranging from Oedipal issues and [...]
End of laughter, soft lights, storyline
Posted in film, tagged About Schmidt, climax, film, Lawn Dogs, Movies, Requiem For A Dream, Tears Of Julian Po on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Watching the dying moments of a good film should be a fittingly exhilarating experience. The audience craves for the climax, proverbially and literally. I seldom judge movies by their conclusions. With the exception of Million Dollar Baby, in which I feel that Clint Eastwood took the easy way out and gave us an emotionally juvenile [...]
