So I watched Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions last night. It was... fine. I've been trying to expand my knowledge of Barker's directing credits since I'm such an addict of his written work, but for the most part I'm being held up by my severe antipathy towards old movies (read: anything made before 1980.) I don't know what it is, I just can't stand 'em. If it's the graniness and technicolor of seventies movies, the black and white of earlier works or the downright optic crazyness of stuff like the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (which has its own joyful twistedness about it), none of it really catches my interest. Is it that acting was just not as good back in the day, or that there's just an aesthetic of acting that pertains to that era that I just don't get? And of course the special effects are abhorrent, me being used to the computer age. *shrug* I just don't like old movies.
That said, Clive Barker's movie work is interesting on several levels. Exactly what I'd expect from him in many ways, and also I guess revolutionary... I'm not enough of a movie buff to really point out exactly what's unique about it. I'd like to see what he'd do with modern movies though, and modern special effects. Really, I'm just sitting here screaming in my tiny way: "Make a movie of Imajica, dammit! Or of Weaveworld! And do it right, ya fuckers!"
Owell. Liked Lord of Illusions better than Hellraiser, anyhow. Let the flaming begin.
Now I sit, hunt beetles in Aetolia (for the 1% of you who actually know what that means) and watch the sixth season of Buffy in my underdrawers. The roomie is camping until tomorrow, which means that I may wander my apartment in my skivvies as I am wont to do when given the slightest opportunity. Salivate at that, suckers! It's just too bloody hot here for clothing, man.
Street Fair's this weekend. Speaking as someone who has to WORK and suffer all the hordes of yuppies, any of you in Tucson had better STAY HOME and spare me your ugly mugs. Unless you've got cute mugs, in which case bring 'em on. Just don't expect too much ogling on my part--I got me dishes to wash.
That said, Clive Barker's movie work is interesting on several levels. Exactly what I'd expect from him in many ways, and also I guess revolutionary... I'm not enough of a movie buff to really point out exactly what's unique about it. I'd like to see what he'd do with modern movies though, and modern special effects. Really, I'm just sitting here screaming in my tiny way: "Make a movie of Imajica, dammit! Or of Weaveworld! And do it right, ya fuckers!"
Owell. Liked Lord of Illusions better than Hellraiser, anyhow. Let the flaming begin.
Now I sit, hunt beetles in Aetolia (for the 1% of you who actually know what that means) and watch the sixth season of Buffy in my underdrawers. The roomie is camping until tomorrow, which means that I may wander my apartment in my skivvies as I am wont to do when given the slightest opportunity. Salivate at that, suckers! It's just too bloody hot here for clothing, man.
Street Fair's this weekend. Speaking as someone who has to WORK and suffer all the hordes of yuppies, any of you in Tucson had better STAY HOME and spare me your ugly mugs. Unless you've got cute mugs, in which case bring 'em on. Just don't expect too much ogling on my part--I got me dishes to wash.