tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post1739809728166890874..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: Tuesday's Overlooked Film: Suburbia, by Penelope SpheerisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-48460609714760257672017-03-02T09:44:01.475+02:002017-03-02T09:44:01.475+02:00I was thinking of Repo Man and I should've men...I was thinking of Repo Man and I should've mentioned it earlier already, but it's a later film. Liquid Sky is as far from Hollywood as you can get. Haven't seen River's Edge, though I've been interested in it, for all its Twin Peaks connections. But a fair point regarding others. Carpenters's They Live, at least its beginning, is also of the same theme with the police thrashing the shack village of the homeless. jurinummelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341211256652624861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-62698079060035306732017-03-02T00:48:20.875+02:002017-03-02T00:48:20.875+02:00Hell, EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE and NYPD among 1960s tv...Hell, EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE and NYPD among 1960s tv.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-40342679991675676832017-03-02T00:45:58.641+02:002017-03-02T00:45:58.641+02:00Though perhaps I'm also unimpressed because of...Though perhaps I'm also unimpressed because of how US television has been handling this at least since HILL STREET BLUES, and BARNEY MILLER before that...reaching greater heights in NYPD BLUE and particularly HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and THE CORNER and THE WIRE.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-90968143381742772452017-03-02T00:21:23.047+02:002017-03-02T00:21:23.047+02:00Wait till you see the three music films. She's...Wait till you see the three music films. She's an American Jacopetti. <br /><br />Depending on how you're looking at it, such films as BLUE COLLAR, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, LITTLE MURDERS, BREAKING AWAY, REPO MAN or even LIQUID SKY and others are indicative of current collapse, albeit the sf films are somewhat comic infernal, as that sort of sf will tend to be. Certainly there was no end of blaxploitation films and others like them exploring how run down our cities and their 'burbs have become, too often. Even a film as stylized as RIVER'S EDGE seems to me more honest than SUBURBIA specifically, in dealing with similar situations and dilemmas.<br /><br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-62190069192125793042017-03-01T09:48:41.330+02:002017-03-01T09:48:41.330+02:00I obviously didn't see Suburbia being exploita...I obviously didn't see Suburbia being exploitative, though I can understand what you're referring to. As for the seventies movies, yes, there were many critical films about the American society, but I can't think of any that shows this kind of decay. Any examples? jurinummelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341211256652624861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-141209750200185132017-03-01T00:05:38.634+02:002017-03-01T00:05:38.634+02:00Sorry it's been a while since I got back into ...Sorry it's been a while since I got back into the list swing.<br /><br />"Penelope Spheeris clearly knew what she was doing"--yes, being as exploitive as hell. Her whole point has been (with her kid culture/music films) that there's nothing to punk or metal but nihilism, which is bullshit, but a popular enough view.<br /><br />Also, I think you missed all the '70s and '80s movies in the States, at least, about the creation of our rust belts and the collapse of the cities...It's a subtext even of films as corporate as GHOSTBUSTERS...and certainly its sequel...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.com