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From the dusty May sun
Her looming shadow grows
Hidden in the branches of the poison creosote
She twines her spines up slowly
Towards the boiling sun
And when i touched her skin
My fingers ran with blood
In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom
And strange hands halted me, the looming shadows danced
I fell down to the thorny brush and felt the trembling hands
When the last light warms the rocks
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Mountain cats will come to drag away your bones
And rise with me forever
Across the silent sand
And the stars will be your eyes
And the wind will be my hands
RocketMan » Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:52 pm wrote:It has certain themes which again make me wonder whether some of the high weirdness subjects discussed here are finally bubbling up to the surface of the culture... and not in a glib, facetious way, but seriously... or even solemnly, as is the case with this series.
jakell » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:38 pm wrote:I wasn't very impressed with the raid on the 'crack house', as a change of pace it was not handled too well IMO.
The image of ZZ Top lookalikes wearing police uniforms** was bizarre and made no sense to me. I tried to view it as a surreal dream type sequence, especially with the amount of drugs that had been imbibed, but I had the overall impression that it was not intended this way. I'll keep watching, but this bit seemed out of touch with the quality up to that point.
** and the one clean shaven guy wearing m/c gang colours.
sunny » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:58 pm wrote:jakell » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:38 pm wrote:I wasn't very impressed with the raid on the 'crack house', as a change of pace it was not handled too well IMO.
The image of ZZ Top lookalikes wearing police uniforms** was bizarre and made no sense to me. I tried to view it as a surreal dream type sequence, especially with the amount of drugs that had been imbibed, but I had the overall impression that it was not intended this way. I'll keep watching, but this bit seemed out of touch with the quality up to that point.
** and the one clean shaven guy wearing m/c gang colours.
I haven't watched this and hadn't intended to--dadblabbit--but it sounds like what I call 'the True Blood effect', which I noticed rippling out to American Horror Story last year. [not Coven, which blech, but Asylum with it's Paperclip Nazi/alien abduction/hypnotic suggestion themes. Some AHS personnel also involved with TB] Basically it involves subverting a subversion of a subversion, and only after peeling a very Chapel Perilous onion may you finally reach the truth. So..beware is all I'm saying.
jakell » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:24 pm wrote:sunny » Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:58 pm wrote:jakell » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:38 pm wrote:I wasn't very impressed with the raid on the 'crack house', as a change of pace it was not handled too well IMO.
The image of ZZ Top lookalikes wearing police uniforms** was bizarre and made no sense to me. I tried to view it as a surreal dream type sequence, especially with the amount of drugs that had been imbibed, but I had the overall impression that it was not intended this way. I'll keep watching, but this bit seemed out of touch with the quality up to that point.
** and the one clean shaven guy wearing m/c gang colours.
I haven't watched this and hadn't intended to--dadblabbit--but it sounds like what I call 'the True Blood effect', which I noticed rippling out to American Horror Story last year. [not Coven, which blech, but Asylum with it's Paperclip Nazi/alien abduction/hypnotic suggestion themes. Some AHS personnel also involved with TB] Basically it involves subverting a subversion of a subversion, and only after peeling a very Chapel Perilous onion may you finally reach the truth. So..beware is all I'm saying.
As I said, because it is a sudden change of pace, it could be seen as something happening outside of the main storyline, the trouble is that it is also an action sequence that moves the plot along in a decisive way, so is hard to regard as intentionally surreal.
It's also pretty quick and forgettable, which does give the impression of carelessness. It just stuck with me because I was left with a slightly deflated WTF? feeling.
If you watch von Trier's latest film, a comedy called The Boss Of It All, you might notice between five and seven unusual, out of context, things. Nothing unusual there for a von Trier film, it might be thought, but no. They are deliberate. They are Lookey.
"For the casual observer, it's just a glitch or a mistake," he tells industry website Screendaily.com. "For the initiated, it's a riddle to be solved. All Lookeys can be decoded by a system that is unique."
chump » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:25 am wrote:^^
You're gotdamn right! Don't watch it! They're shooting all over the place! The acting is exceptional... The characters are despicable! Totally believable!! You feel like you're there! The scenes are fuckin' wild... Almost funny - but maybe too close to the truth!!
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