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thehefnerSo I started watching a cult movie called THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT. Started, but not finished yet. Haven't had the time. Yet I think I have a new all-time favorite. Why? Let me try to sum this movie up simply:
Imagine a FIREFLY musical. With FLASH GORDON special effects. Written by Ben Edlund (creator of THE TICK and writer on FIREFLY/ANGEL). And directed by David Lynch. ERASERHEAD-era David Lynch.
I'm not even exaggerating. Seriously. That is exactly what this is like.
I've never heard of Cory McAbee or his band The Billy Nayer Show, but now I simply must find their CDs. This movie defies description, but I'll try anyway. Better yet, I'll copy and paste the description from amazon.com:
"Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, thieves, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), an astronaut from Earth who deals in a rare goods, living or otherwise. His mission begins with the unlikely delivery of a cat to a small outer-belt asteroid saloon where he meets his former dance partner, and renowned interplanetary fruit thief, the Blueberry Pirate (Joshua Taylor). As payment for his delivery of the cat, Curtis receives a homemade cloning device already in the process of creating a creature most rare in this space quadrant...a Real Live Girl. At the suggestion of the Blueberry Pirate, Curtis takes the Real Live Girl to Jupiter where women have long been a mystery. There, he proposes a trade with the owner of Jupiter: the Real Live Girl clone for the Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast (Gregory Russell Cook). The Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast is regarded as royalty on the all-male mining planet of Jupiter because of his unique and exotic contact with a woman. It is Curtis' intention to take The Boy to Venus and trade him for the remains of Johnny R., a man who spent his lifetime serving as a human stud for the Southern belles of Venus, a planet populated only by women. Upon returning Johnny R's body to his bereaved family on earth, Curtis will receive a handsome reward. It all seems simple enough. But while hashing out the plan with the Blueberry Pirate, Curtis is spotted by his nemesis, Professor Heiss (Rocco Sisto)..."
And it goes on from there. I fear even saying that much will spoil the utter joy of discovery that I've had watching this, but I fear if I don't, no one will see this. And you all, ALL really need to.
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bimmin, keep an eye out for this while you're looking for THE NINTH CONFIGURATION if you're still up for the movie night tomorrow!)
To quote The Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast: "It was round and soft. Now go back to work."
Imagine a FIREFLY musical. With FLASH GORDON special effects. Written by Ben Edlund (creator of THE TICK and writer on FIREFLY/ANGEL). And directed by David Lynch. ERASERHEAD-era David Lynch.
I'm not even exaggerating. Seriously. That is exactly what this is like.
I've never heard of Cory McAbee or his band The Billy Nayer Show, but now I simply must find their CDs. This movie defies description, but I'll try anyway. Better yet, I'll copy and paste the description from amazon.com:
"Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, thieves, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), an astronaut from Earth who deals in a rare goods, living or otherwise. His mission begins with the unlikely delivery of a cat to a small outer-belt asteroid saloon where he meets his former dance partner, and renowned interplanetary fruit thief, the Blueberry Pirate (Joshua Taylor). As payment for his delivery of the cat, Curtis receives a homemade cloning device already in the process of creating a creature most rare in this space quadrant...a Real Live Girl. At the suggestion of the Blueberry Pirate, Curtis takes the Real Live Girl to Jupiter where women have long been a mystery. There, he proposes a trade with the owner of Jupiter: the Real Live Girl clone for the Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast (Gregory Russell Cook). The Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast is regarded as royalty on the all-male mining planet of Jupiter because of his unique and exotic contact with a woman. It is Curtis' intention to take The Boy to Venus and trade him for the remains of Johnny R., a man who spent his lifetime serving as a human stud for the Southern belles of Venus, a planet populated only by women. Upon returning Johnny R's body to his bereaved family on earth, Curtis will receive a handsome reward. It all seems simple enough. But while hashing out the plan with the Blueberry Pirate, Curtis is spotted by his nemesis, Professor Heiss (Rocco Sisto)..."
And it goes on from there. I fear even saying that much will spoil the utter joy of discovery that I've had watching this, but I fear if I don't, no one will see this. And you all, ALL really need to.
(Oh, and
bimmin, keep an eye out for this while you're looking for THE NINTH CONFIGURATION if you're still up for the movie night tomorrow!)To quote The Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast: "It was round and soft. Now go back to work."
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Date: 2006-02-16 04:46 pm (UTC)P.S. Jean Elliot sends her remembrances. I think that's Brit for "hello."
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Date: 2006-02-16 04:49 pm (UTC)Yeah, that very same Ben Edlund. Another reason I dislike Joss Whedon, he's been keeping Ben from finally finishing TICK issue 13!! Well, either Joss or it just because he's a lazy bastard. Either way.
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Date: 2006-02-16 08:59 pm (UTC)Or hell, I might just watch it a second time, but where's the fun in that?
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Date: 2006-02-16 11:20 pm (UTC)Do as yeh can, like you say, we can always do it later!
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Date: 2006-02-16 11:24 pm (UTC)I thought you had said earlier you wanted to finish that movie tonight...but now I'm confused. Sorry for the "inst-a-replies" but I'm at work with no messenger. >_< Grrrr.
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Date: 2006-02-16 11:27 pm (UTC)