Film Class
Five movies I haven't seen: Chariots of Fire (1981, '82 in the U.S.): Slow motion running on the beach, Vangelis, Olympic runners in the twenties, running on a Scottish beach, many locations in Britain, wearing of tweed, runners look like they're in a Marine recruitment video, or a detachment of pray-the-gay-away Republican congressmen. Ooh, dig on the Republicans! Don't worry, Democrats, I bitch at you, and plenty! The film looks like a professional English prestige picture, like The English Patient . Chariots director Hugh Hudson made Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984). I saw that with my brother in a theater. Pretty fucking hot, Andie Macdowell as Jane. Real jungle scenes, so different from a set. Not quite like Gilligan's Island is what I'm saying. Ian Holm is really in the fucking jungle! Yes, Ian Holm, Bilbo Baggins, is in the fucking jungle! ...