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In Reply to: It has survived an army of critics, one more will come to naught... posted by late on December 30, 2002 at 18:45:47:
;-)Guilty as charged. I have the same expectation for cinema as I have for fiction or drama; if it's really good it has to survive being removed from the context of its own time. And I don't think AN! is going to do that, for the reasons I said.
It may be the "best 'nam film;" it may evoke Rufus' memories of his actual experiences there. But, when the time comes -- and it will -- when "'Nam" means nothing to anyone walking around, neither will "AN!"
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The Blues brothers movie, the first Muppet movie, and AN all came out at about the same time. I adored the BB, I loved the MM enough to buy the soundtrack LP,and Apocalypse Now was literally stunning. I wonder if you had seen it when it was fresh, if it wouldn't have made more of an impression. Seeing it in a theater,larger than life, also makes a big difference in a movie that is trying to convey an experience. While i have seen many attempts to analyse this film; I take most with a grain of salt. This is a big film, as the years have gone by, my sense of what the film is about has deepened. Btw, the Heart of Darkness bit has gotten way too much ink. You could aslo see the dinner as a Mad Tea Party, but the clever bit is that the viewer gets to be Alice.
But I digress. It's a family trait,I'm afraid. I doubt any of those films will be watched by future generations. Doesn't matter a bit to me. Life is topical. While there are great movies, and great lit-rah-chah, this boy just wants to have fun. So I have BB on dvd, I must have seen that film a hundred times. I still like to watch the first MM from time to time (the later ones are nowhere near as good), and I still approach AN with a caution borne from it's ability to awaken terrible ghosts.
I did see AN! in a theater when it came out. I thought it was a jumble at the time, even though it was much closer to my political views then than it is now.Yeah, BB and TMM are fun; but they're definitely generation specific. My kids give me strange looks when they watch BB as in "What's so funny about this, Dad?" (I give them the same looks when they're rolling on the floor at the latest Adam Sandler movie, e.g. "Mr. Deeds.") They watched TMM as little kids; of course they liked it then. We probably have it stashed around the house on VHS video.
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TMM has a bucket full of great lines. "I could have been gone with the Scwinn" "Yeah, but she's my myth" "I am the owner" The song "I'm going to go back there some day" is one of my favorites. Call me Gonzo, but when the Mothership gets built, I am outta here :) -or-
'Hope that somethig better comes along'(never seen a frog that green get the blues that bad).
Shit, Dennis, you made me go back and find the thing to watch it!Shame on you!
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