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Sep 14, 2010 - 1:15 PM
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Thor
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This 1982 film by Paul Mazursky, a loose adaptation of the Shakespeare play, pretty much came and went without much notice - which is a bit unfortunate, because it DOES have qualities. John Cassavettes plays the architecht who goes to Greece with his new-found lover (Susan Sarandon) and daughter (Molly Ringwald) while his ex-wife and gangster boss keep following him around. It's a long film, 2 hours and 22 minutes, which means that you have various setpieces and flashbacks - both from New York and from the desolate island in Greece to which they've fled. As I just returned from Crete last week, it really made me nostalgic! The mood is nice, performances entertaining for the most part, albeit slightly exaggerated (Raul Julia as the local island weirdo is particularly hilarious) and it never gets boring. The final act is quite interesting, from the effects-laden storm (the tempest) that Cassavettes conjures up to the stagey finale with all the main cast - got some Antonioni/L'AVVENTURA vibes there. But ultimately, it fails somewhat in becoming truly involving. It seems a bit detached. Stomu Yamashta may be a familiar name to those who know Williams' IMAGES. Stomu was the percussionist on that one, and there is some cool percussion here too. But there's also some semi-avantgarde, semi-melodic synth bits as well as some fine string writing. Quite impressive. But the reason for viewing this was the appearance of Oingo Boingo's "Little Girls", which appears as source music from a boombox in a scene that has the horny Raul Julia spying on Molly Ringwald taking a bath. Quite funny, and of course with appropriate lyrics. I wonder if there ever was a soundtrack?
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Yes. There was an LP, and an awesome one. However no Oingo Boingo song.
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