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Everyneurotic 05.29.2008 10:10 AM

pagan musak!!!

i like quite a few of his recordings, i guess i can make the separation.

!@#$%! 05.29.2008 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I don't think that I've ever watched a movie by Van Sant that didn't want to make me sleep soundly. He really, really should have stuck at being a musician.


my own private idaho was good though a bit pretentious-- to die for was just fucking awesome (except for the very last scene where the author delivers his "message" via a character who talks to the screen). drugstore cowboy was good too, really good. finding forrester was sweet but such a cliche. good will hunting = shoot me now. even cowgirls get the blues = utter crap. psycho... who the fuck dares remake psycho?

i think he peaked in 1995 with to die for.

copper 05.29.2008 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull
yeah, he's pretty interesting, i still prefer Gus Van Sant and Jack Siegel though, but they are just artists who are working in the style i love.

Gus Van Sant


 





paranoid park!!!

van sant = win.

Everyneurotic 05.29.2008 10:36 AM

drugstore cowboy and stop the list.

!@#$%! 05.29.2008 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
drugstore cowboy and stop the list.


to die for is better

sarramkrop 05.29.2008 10:41 AM

He is a very good musician, bless him.

Everyneurotic 05.29.2008 10:41 AM

nicole kidman and joaquin pheonix movie? that one is kinda lame.

MellySingsDoom 05.29.2008 10:53 AM

"DO YOU WANT TOTAL WAR?? YES YOU WANT TOTAL WAR!!"

No, Boyd, what I really want is a pastrami on rye, extra mustard, and don't be stingy with the pickles. It's what Josef Goebbels would have wanted after all.

sarramkrop 05.29.2008 11:10 AM

This thread reminded me of a brilliant track by Gus Van Sant and William Burroughs called ''Hipster Be-Bop Junkie'', which is only a cool thing. FANXXXX!!

!@#$%! 05.29.2008 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
nicole kidman and joaquin pheonix movie? that one is kinda lame.


hell no. she's absolutely AMAZING in it-- she carries a lot of the movie actually. there's even an appearance by david cronenberg. that movie is fucking great-- her character, a complete fucking monster. one of the best female monsters ever since "all about eve".

Glice 05.29.2008 11:34 AM

I likes 'im. I wouldn't say he was the best thing ever, but his 'noise' music never seems like noise and is rarely angry. His personal opinions on things never come across as fascist so much as one particular avenue you could follow absolute libertarianism to. He flirts with fascism but you'll never hear him actually single out a single group (i.e., he seems to love/hate all abstract people equally).

Social Darwinism is the natural conclusion of dyed-in-the-wool Greens: discuss.

jon boy 05.29.2008 11:51 AM

not really that keen. i like gus van sant.

Danny Himself 05.29.2008 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
he's a traitor, he likes american fast food.


As opposed to fast food from anywhere else..? :confused:

demonrail666 05.29.2008 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull
yeah, he's pretty interesting, i still prefer Gus Van Sant and Jack Siegel though, but they are just artists who are working in the style i love.

Gus Van Sant

 


Jack Siegel

 


Maybe it's me, but what has Boyd Rice got to do with Gus Van Sant that you could make a connection? Isn't that a bit like saying you like Stereolab, but prefer pepsi?

demonrail666 05.29.2008 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
please danny, you're english, say arsehole


Well done that man.

Danny Himself 05.29.2008 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull
The thing about Gus Van Sant's films is that they are not plot driven, they are art based films. So if you're looking for a blockbuster then go see something else.



I went to see the new Indiana Jones film today and it was great. Thanks for the advice. :)

demonrail666 05.29.2008 04:27 PM

I still want someone to explain to me the connection between Boyd Rice and Gus Van Sant. I'm not being sarcastic, just genuinely confused.

MellySingsDoom 05.29.2008 04:43 PM

demon - there is no connection. I think that screamingskull must've been thinking of someone else. At least that's what I believe. What else could connect a prankster loving pseudo-fascist with, er, GVS? Nowt, that's what. Anyway, the big question is: do you want Bowdy-boy to serve you totalitarian politics, or a damn fine pastrami sandwich at Disneyworld?

sarramkrop 05.30.2008 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I still want someone to explain to me the connection between Boyd Rice and Gus Van Sant. I'm not being sarcastic, just genuinely confused.


I have no idea. I'm just glad this thread reminded me of Burroughs/Van Sant's ''The Elvis Of Letters'' record 'cause it's ace and I listened to it again.

Actually, thinking about it, I'm sure you could link Boyd Rice to William Burroughs and then to Gus Van Sant.

blunderbuss 05.30.2008 05:00 AM

i used to be fascinated by all that stuff that was in that tape delay book as the time it was first published, but these days most of industrial type stuff from it seems pretty meh.


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