One of the best sci-fi movies ever
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ewaf58 — 12 years ago(January 26, 2014 12:49 PM)
By the way excellent analysis of the film. I can't wait for my DVD to arrive.
Back in 1976 I came out of the cinema knowing that I'd had just seen something really good but I had to see it again before all the elements started to sink in. -
HadrianVonPaulus — 12 years ago(January 26, 2014 01:36 PM)
Thank you. I have a lot of love for this film. Even though seeing it as many times as I did sadly made me grow somewhat desensitized to its magic, bits of it still have the power to move me to tears.
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ewaf58 — 12 years ago(January 26, 2014 01:43 PM)
Yes that's a problem when you really like a film - I've seen a couple of Hitchcock's far too many times.
It is very sad - I would have loved his family to have been saved but alas no one can win against large American corporations when there's money involved - now.. and back then. -
gounian — 12 years ago(March 05, 2014 06:56 AM)
What about those who aren't Bowie fans who rate it highly? Are we just an anomaly? I wouldn't say I dislike Bowie, but I've never really listened to any of his music. The only songs of his I actually know are Let's Dance and Golden Years. (And that's because of the Simpsons)
I'm a big fan of surrealism so this movie worked really well for me. I saw it yesterday for the first time so I doubt it has anything to do with nostalgia either. Different strokes for different folks -
gorguruga — 12 years ago(March 05, 2014 08:51 AM)
I think people who aren't Bowie fans who rate the movie highly are few and far between but there will be others, like yourself, who are in that category. Not that I'm criticizing you for liking it. I suppose this is the thing about surrealism - certain ideas hit home with certain people. I enjoy a few surreal movies too but this one just didn't do much for me. I thought the first 10 minutes were interesting, it set the scene nicely but just went downhill rapidly after that (in my opinion).
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lantzn — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 07:38 PM)
I so wish they had gotten a better actress to play Tommy's girlfriend. She was horrible and her whiny, screechy voice irritated me. She was one of the few characters that deserved our respect for actually treating him honestly to the end but I couldn't stand her on screen.
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gavbrown01 — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 07:32 PM)
The mock fight/sex scene (I would have just called it a sex scene) is one of the best scenes in the movie, because it convincingly conveys alienness. It's ooky. If you remember, it is followed up by the attempted sex scene later, where Mary Lou wants to sleep with Tommy, whom she clearly loves. But she is repulsed when his skin starts to ooze.