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pidunk 08:23 pm UTC 04/28/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Original I Will Crumble - Willis 05:13 pm UTC 04/28/07 |
The original film, "Wuthering Heights" is a compelling tale for those obsessed with fallen love, but for those who have fallen love, is a veritable nightmare. "Fallen love": by this I mean, love that is diswayed not by the lovers' motivations or qualities, but by external forces. "Romeo and Juliet" is one example of what I mean by "Fallen love". The original "Wuthering Heights" is highly romantic, a really huge tear-jerker of a film, in which Heathcliff and Cathy are doomed to be misunderstood and mistimed, with the result that Cathy dies in his arms, and then, one cold lonely night, Heathcliff discovers himself being summoned by Cathy whose spirit is seeming to be outside in the snow covered landscape, where he goes to follow her call, and thus ends the story of the film. As nightmares would go, they tend to haunt one in the daytime. It seems to me like Jim's version of "Wuthering Heights" is its antidote. As opposed to nightmare images, this film, that which I have heard or read of it, contains more images of dreams, of inspirations, of aspirations, and of hopes, than the nightmarish tale of the original namesake. I think that Jim got involved in the project to turn that nightmare set of images into a dream set of images, and empower somewhat greater, the characters within. > > Love this song, especially the line 'if you are a ghost, > > I'll be haunted for life'. > > > > Yeah, that's always been my favorite line. > > I finally saw Wuthering Heights (thanks to netflix) after > having the soundtrack for years. I do like how this song > is used as the theme, especially the string arrangement > part. But man, I didn't like it. It's a real shitty > movie, and I even like shitty movies from time to time. > I was trying to think how or why Jim got involved in this > project. The general story and theme seems like something > up his alley. The loner musician obsessed with love. The > girl trapped by love. But the delivery just falls flat. > I'm not too familiar with the original, but the location > on the beach in solitude made the film boring. I think it > would have been better in a city, and of course with a > higher budget. I also thought the use and chopping up of > the Jim songs cheapened them. "More" comes across as a > cut and paste very generic movie song. "Future" is used > as a background track to transition between scenes. I > think the songs are good it's just the way their > presented. > Although, I'd really like to see what Jim could do another > movie. As long as he finds a good director and has some > money to work with. > > Sorry, a little off topic, but just saw the movie and it > was fresh in my mind. But yeah, "I will crumble" is a > great song. I really liked "Shine" too but haven't found > a recording by Hewitt. > > | |
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