The problem being, for me, that brilliance of the art was dragged down by the crap bits of the film.
So, which parts worked, really worked for you? What were the moments where your mind just couldn't help but cry, "yes!"
Cremaster 1: - Goodyear twisting and turning under the womb-like table. - Goodyear tearing ahole inthe table cloth. - The bored air hostesses (the first few times)
(Never really cried "yes!". Occasionally thought "that's kind of cool." But camp and kitsch don't really appeal to me. And the repetition drained the joy out of the stuff I did like.)
Cremaster 2 - The seance. - The bee sex. - The bee/drumming sequence. - The murder of the gas station attendant.
(Hmm... I'm having trouble remembering actual sequences from the film. What I do remember is the overall mood, oppressive and haunted. And my mind racing as I tried to work out how it all fitted together.
And then I saw the Houdini Metamorphosis poster. Something went click. Thought about it. Realised that my idea didn't quite fit. There was a second, profounder click. And I understood not only C2, but C1 as well, and how they were related.)
Cremaster 3 - The corpse crawling out of its grave. Not just how it looked, but how it moved. - The corpse being placed in the vintage car, with the eagle on the back seat. (The eagle made me think of Tibetan air burials. Which is what the demolition derby was.) - The dead-horse race (but that was "cool" rather than "yes!") - The dental torture scene. Not just the creepiness, but for the Cronenberg-esque anatomy. - The utterly gorgeous art-deco style inside the Chrysler building.
The Order has its "cool" moments: Aimee Mullins on her glass artificial legs, the duelling punk bands, Barney leaping and climbing with that fucked-up bloodstained mouth.
(The Celtic myth prologue left me dubious. Then the corpse blew me away. My hopes were high. But the first half dashed that. Too tedious, too little substance. The second half was better. But I kept searching for that moment of click. And it never came. I think that's partly why I was so dissapointed with C3.)
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Date: 2004-02-17 04:00 am (UTC)So, which parts worked, really worked for you? What were the moments where your mind just couldn't help but cry, "yes!"
Cremaster 1:
- Goodyear twisting and turning under the womb-like table.
- Goodyear tearing ahole inthe table cloth.
- The bored air hostesses (the first few times)
(Never really cried "yes!". Occasionally thought "that's kind of cool." But camp and kitsch don't really appeal to me. And the repetition drained the joy out of the stuff I did like.)
Cremaster 2
- The seance.
- The bee sex.
- The bee/drumming sequence.
- The murder of the gas station attendant.
(Hmm... I'm having trouble remembering actual sequences from the film. What I do remember is the overall mood, oppressive and haunted. And my mind racing as I tried to work out how it all fitted together.
And then I saw the Houdini Metamorphosis poster. Something went click. Thought about it. Realised that my idea didn't quite fit. There was a second, profounder click. And I understood not only C2, but C1 as well, and how they were related.)
Cremaster 3
- The corpse crawling out of its grave. Not just how it looked, but how it moved.
- The corpse being placed in the vintage car, with the eagle on the back seat. (The eagle made me think of Tibetan air burials. Which is what the demolition derby was.)
- The dead-horse race (but that was "cool" rather than "yes!")
- The dental torture scene. Not just the creepiness, but for the Cronenberg-esque anatomy.
- The utterly gorgeous art-deco style inside the Chrysler building.
The Order has its "cool" moments: Aimee Mullins on her glass artificial legs, the duelling punk bands, Barney leaping and climbing with that fucked-up bloodstained mouth.
(The Celtic myth prologue left me dubious. Then the corpse blew me away. My hopes were high. But the first half dashed that. Too tedious, too little substance. The second half was better. But I kept searching for that moment of click. And it never came. I think that's partly why I was so dissapointed with C3.)