what the fuck is wrong with you people? no posts about this important actor?
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(March 10, 2021 02:20 AM)
Yes Downey is good. But the movie turned into some morality play about "drugs are bad!!!". It was typical media propaganda. The book had none of that ridiculous moralism. It was focused on sex and decadence among the children of the rich. In the book it was more about Julian as a male prostitute, not an addict.
I would have loved to have seen Larry Clark direct that movie instead of the Russian idiot who turned it into a teenybopper morality play.
Larry Clark's masterpiece was "Bully". That film dealt with the issues in Ellis's book.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(March 10, 2021 02:49 AM)
when you bring up larry clark i'm struck by the beauty of him and his movies. he's a very quirky, odd, alternative person who is fiercely independent in his artistic decisions in his movies. maybe you could even call him counter culture, liken to hunter s. thompson?
love bully. one of the best films i've ever watched. truly original, truly daring, very hard to watch and disturbing bc it's so gritty and daring and brave.
ever watched kids? talk about disturbing, my gosh. no film has ever given such a genuine, unflinching, uncensored look into kids growing up in a dangerous suburbia.
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(March 10, 2021 03:03 AM)
Yes. Larry Clark is one of my favorite directors. I loved both "Bully" and "Kids". I'm thrilled to hear you say that.
That's why I'm saying "Less Than Zero" could have been a greater film than even "Bully" but the director had no understanding of the material he was given.
I relate to Clark's film because that gives a true representation of how we grew up in the 80's.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(March 10, 2021 03:07 AM)
wait what movie did you talk about in your last sentence? was that about kids? i didnt know kids takes place in the 80s i thought it took place in the '90s with the music and the rave party scene.
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(March 10, 2021 03:18 AM)
I extrapolated. "Bully" and "Kids" were 90's but the book "Less Than Zero" was 80's. The same dynamic was going on.
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Woodyanders — 5 years ago(March 09, 2021 08:21 PM)
We're all just waiting for you to berate us first about not making any posts about Andrew McCarthy before talking about him. I loved McCarthy in the mid-90's action chase thriller trashfest Night of the Running Man.
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MissMargoChanning — 5 years ago(March 09, 2021 08:28 PM)
you beat me to it, Woody!
I was just about to tell him that we were all waiting for him!
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Steve Lake — 5 years ago(March 09, 2021 08:37 PM)
A lot of us had the intention to write about him. But then we heard you would get mad if we didn't. So a group of us got together to make sure no one posted about him just so we could pass you off.
The only poster who had his account banned 4 times without ever breaking any rules each of those times.