Boom! 1968
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1960's
Some of us Invite Death…
…..and some of us try to escape it on a lonely island surrounded by the sea, scorched by the eternal sunshine,
‘Sissy’ Goforth (Elizabeth Taylor)the richest woman in the world lives on her luxury island somewhere in the Mediterranean and rules over all like a great dying monster, while dictating her autobiography , a poet( Richard Burton) washes up upon her great island, a poet who has been nicknamed”Angelo Del Morte” or The Angel of Death, because all woman he encounters are ( as Noel Coward puts it) a few steps away from the Grave Digger.
Based off an unsuccessful Stage Play By Tennessee Williams‘ from the early 1960’s that had starred Talulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, its a wonder any producer would have put any money into it at all ,aside from the fact it was a ”Tennessee Williams” Play and it was to star Power Couple Liz + Burton,
It at the end of the day quite a minimalist play similar to Night of the Iquana , and is set catastrophically on an unnamed private island in the middle of the ocean where Taylor Sunbaths her Dying Body in the sunshine, but there are some redeeming qualities,Noel Coward makes good with his interesting little role as ”the Witch of Capri” essentially playing… Himself and Sports quite a primitive, but interesting score by John Barry ( Born Free, and the James Bond Theme) which to this day is incredibly popular with collectors.
This Film Interestingly enough is Praised most loudly by John Waters who has screened the last remaining print of the film in several parts of the states , has sited it as (along with Imitation of Life) as one of the greatest influences and a testament to his craft
Like Most Taylor Burton Films of the late 1960’s this one bombed most horribally , and was one of their last great screen apperaences together, it had been ravaged bu critics everywhere, and was seen to be a ”Folly” for everyone conserned, However as a film which deals with isolation Dying and or death as a metaphor, its one of the best there is.
Tags: Based off Play, Death, Decadence, dying, fate, Island, Melancholy, metaphor, Noel Coward, Tennessee Williams
Juliet of the Spirits 1965
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1960's
Mommie Dearest
Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) is a film directed by Federico Fellini
Juliet is a 40 something bored married woman who after a strange experience during a New Aged Séance , starts to feel a contact with Spirits as she did as a child She soon becomes aware he husband is having an affair and starts to explore her spititual and sexual self through daydreams and Nightmares,
Described by “Annie Hall” as the smoking gun of Fellinis self indulgence , (he was experimenting with LSD at the time) it is however a film that profiles how people who have forgotten how to live either through career or marriage and become lifes Wallflowers can deal be helped to deal with their own psychological hang ups and empower themselves to live without guilt or shame.
Tags: Decadence, Fellini, Infidelity, Marriage, New Age, Porn Star, Psychotherapy, Séance, Spiritualism, Supernatural
Satyricon 1969
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1960's
'Your Turn'
Directed by Federico Fellini
This Homoerotic Pansexual work is loosely based on Petronius’s work, Satyricon, a series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. its more about the age of aquarius than ancient rome but its great to watch,
This is said to be Fellinis Reaction to 1969 free love period, which made his Dolce Vita almost 10 years earlier , a reaction to what was then a booming postwar liberated society seem quite tame considering how controversial it was at that time (see Divorce Italian style if you dont believe me)
Satyricon describes a different decadence
a decadence which seems wasted now
Tags: Ancient Rome, Decadence, Fellini, Homoerotic, Of Gay Interest
Party Monster 2003
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 2000's
Before Corey Worthington there was .. Michael Alig,
Set in the New York club scene of the late 1980’s thru the 1990’s, a tale which chronicles the rise and fall of club-kid promoter Michael Alig, a party organizer, whose extravagant life was sent spiralling downward when he boasted on television that he had killed his friend, roommate, and drug dealer, Angel Melendez. Originally from Indiana, Alig moved to New York, and came to be an underground legend, known for his excessive drug use and outrageous behavior in the club world
This Comes Highly recommended …
if anyone had any doubts about Macaulay Culkin in adult acting roles this will dispel them
Tags: Autobiographical, Based off Novel, Bi, Decadence, Drug Culture, Drugs, Gay, Murder, Party
