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steven_stuart 01:57 am UTC 10/22/13 |
| In reply to: | De Palma - Evan 04:54 am UTC 10/21/13 |
| Wow. That's all very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to post it. I thought that there was some connection between De Palma and Jim but it turns out that there might have been a few. I wonder what the film from the guitar's point of view might have been like. I am guessing it was Jim's idea. There is his famous Guitar Speech. He has considered changing Peter Pan's name to Strat. He plays piano but he loves guitars. The Phantom Of The Paradise tape is also very interesting. Was that De Palma's film before he hit the big time with Carrie? Maybe Jim did work on some music for it. Will we ever know for sure? Gosh. Maybe Carrie The Musical might have worked if Jim had written it. Surely he would have loved the fire scenes. > I seem to remember an article from way back where Jim > mentioned a project between himself and De Palma centered > around the story of an electric guitar. The film would've > taken place from the guitar's point of view through all > the great eras or rock music. De Palma joked that John > Travolta could play Jim Morrison as the 'Grease' star can > apparently do quite the impression. > > I'd also like to note that one of the lost Jim tapes that > was recently recovered was labeled 'Phantom Of The > Paradise' which of course is the title of an early De > Palma flick. No one has any idea if it bears any > connection to De Palma other than simply the title. > > > Why a remake of Carrie? I loved the original and I am glad > > to see it makes this list. Sissy Spacek will always be > > Carrie. To me. > > > > Entertainment Weekly's Top 20 horror movies ever (not > > necessarily most scary - they point out): > > > > 1. The Shining > > > > 2. The Exorcist > > > > 3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre > > > > 4. The Silence of the Lambs > > > > 5. Jaws > > > > 6. The Ring > > > > 7. Halloween > > > > 8. Psycho > > > > 9. Seven > > > > 10. Rosemary's Baby > > > > 11. Poltergeist > > > > 12. 28 Days Later > > > > 13. A Nightmare On Elm Street > > > > 14. The Thing > > > > 15. The Evil Dead > > > > 16. Carrie > > > > 17. Night of the Living Dead > > > > 18. The Omen > > > > 19. An American Werewolf in London > > > > 20. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer > > > > I include the write up for Psycho because I know that Ryan > > and Jim rank it as the best movie ever: > > > > Psycho: (1960) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock > > > > The mother of all scary movies (and don't even think of > > judging Psycho based on Gus Van Sant's remake). Many of > > its most renowned features are readily apparent: those > > startling cuts (more than 50 in the shower sequence > > alone), Anthony Perkins' neurotic mama's boy, Bernard > > Herrmann's shrieking-violins score. But Psycho's sneakiest > > tricks manifest themselves more subtlely. Take Hitchcock's > > decision to use a handful of different stabbers in Janet > > Leigh's slice-and-dice sequence: ''He kept changing it so > > the audience wouldn't be able to get a fix on Mother,'' > > says Leigh, who spent seven days in that shower. ''At one > > point it was Tony's stand-in, at one point it was a woman. > > Never Tony.'' Bottom line: It still works. > > > > The write up for Carrie: > > > > Carrie: (1976) Directed by Brian De Palma > > > > De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel is set > > in the lurid, oversexed world of high school, where > > persecuted telekinetic Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) > > transcends catty rivals and a psychotically religious > > mother (Piper Laurie) to become prom queen — only to be > > doused in pig's blood, go on a murderous rampage, and kill > > just about everyone. ''I got tricked into doing > > [Carrie],'' remembers Laurie, who, like Spacek, won an > > Oscar nomination. ''It seemed so over-the-top, I thought > > it was going to be a satire. When De Palma stopped me in > > rehearsals, my heart just dropped. Whoops!'' Pioneering > > moment: the best final scare ever. Period. > > > > Did Jim have something to do with De Palma? I hope he also > > likes Carrie. > > > > At least I know for sure that he did Tanz with this > > director, who also makes the top 20 list: > > > > Rosemary's Baby: (1968) Directed by Roman Polanski > > > > More conspiracy thriller than horror movie, Baby nurses a > > mother lode of phobias. As Rosemary (Mia Farrow) slowly > > intuits she's been raped by Satan, she wrestles a myriad > > of believable demons: uncaring doctors, intrusive > > neighbors (primarily Ruth Gordon, who copped an Oscar), > > and a monstrously self-centered husband (John Cassavetes). > > Farrow's alarming enactment of emaciated desperation got a > > spur from then husband Frank Sinatra's offscreen behavior: > > She was devastated when he initiated a divorce in > > mid-production. Meanwhile, Charles Grodin's turn as a > > chilly obstetrician made him an unpopular dinner guest. > > ''When I sat, women moved,'' he recalls. ''I had to go on > > Johnny Carson to show people I'm a nice guy.'' > > > > No mention of another Jim favourite Anti-Christ on the > > list. Hmm. I don't know why. I watched it after Jim raved > > about it and I found it to be both tense and scary. > > | |
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