In Reply to: I really, really wanted to like it…. but it dragged--- and I'm a guy who posted by tinear on May 11, 2014 at 12:44:54:
The pretentious dialogue may be playing into the film’s gentrification subtext. There is an air of superiority generated from the vampires’ education, artistic sensibility, taste, affluence – wads of cash are readily produced for services.
In an ironic sense, these immortals are always the “new” people, haughty types that price you out of your neighborhood. Jarmusch turns the genre on its head for an audience who think they’re too cool for it, yet, these “cool” vampires become representative of the qualities we dislike.
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- RE: I really, really wanted to like it…. but it dragged--- and I'm a guy who - Revolver66 09:28:45 05/12/14 (3)
- Actually, I think the vampire angle was an allegory for heroin addiction. nt - tinear 14:33:33 05/12/14 (2)
- RE: Actually, I think the vampire angle was an allegory for heroin addiction. nt - Revolver66 02:43:03 05/13/14 (1)
- I think it's pretty clear, not much of a stretch. The guy's a musician… nt - tinear 12:26:58 05/13/14 (0)