Post by pimpinainteasy on May 20, 2017 5:29:27 GMT
Mrs Pimpin returns after a stint at home.
Mrs.Pimpin: Pimpin, what did you do when I was at my home?
Pimpin: I watched this movie called Sorcerer.
Mrs.Pimpin: Are you sure you did not get drunk? I checked the Smirnoff bottle in the cupboard. It was half full when I left. Now its almost gone.
Pimpin: Ulp! What? No way. I didn't touch the bottle at all. It was at the same level when you left.
Mrs.Pimpin: Then why do the pillows smell faintly of vomit? Are you OK?
Pimpin: You are hallucinating, baby. Sometimes pillow covers smell that way when they have been in the cupboard for a long time. I swear I was watching this movie called Sorcerer.
Mrs. Pimpin: How was it?
Pimpin: It was awesome. Its by the guy who made The Exorcist.
Mrs. Pimpin: Oh yes, I remember we watched Exorcist together. Demon Pazuzu was scary. You scared the hell out of me once when you imitated Pazuzu after you got drunk. Anyway, is this a horror movie?
Pimpin: Not at all. But Pazuzu does make a few appearances in the form of a carving. His presence can be felt in the film at various points. The film takes place in this multicultural melting pot in some Latin American country.
Mrs. Pimpin: Oh! Is it like Babel?
Pimpin: Well, it did remind me of Babel. The exploitation and helplessness of the wretched of this earth is one of the themes of this film. But it is rendered without any of Innaritu's irritating humanitarianism. Friedkin does not portray the poor and the wretched in very good light. Its about a bunch of people from different backgrounds volunteering for a dangerous mission.
Mrs.Pimpin: Oh OK. So it is a men on a mission movie?
Pimpin: Yes, sort of. But it is more like Apocalypse Now than say The Dirty Dozen. In fact, it released a couple of years before Apocalypse Now. I wonder if Coppola was inspired by this film. It has the same sweaty atmospheric vibe where these four men undertake a ridiculous and deadly mission fighting the vagaries of nature, themselves and each other.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK. Who is acting in it?
Pimpin: It has Roy Schnieder who worked with Friedkin in another crime film called The French Connection. Im not a big fan of his. But it has this great French actor called Bruno Cremer. I was not aware of him. He owned this film. The two other lead actors were quite tough looking too.
Mrs. Pimpin: How were the action scenes?
Pimpin: Absolutely spectacular. Some of the best hands on action sequences ever filmed. Even better than Deliverance. It also has this terrorist blast that shocks the hell out of you due to some amazing sound effects of the screams of the victims.
Mrs. Pimpin: I'm surprised you haven't spoken about the background score.
Pimpin: Oh yes. I already downloaded it. The film has a very eerie sounding electronic score by this band called Tangerine Dream.
Mrs. Pimpin: Jeez! So you will be playing it in the car from now on?
Pimpin: Er, yeah.
Mrs. Pimpin: So where does Pazuzu feature in all of this?
Pimpin: Like I said, there is a carving of Pazuzu at the beginning of the film. And even the front of the trucks driven by the men look a lot like Pazuzu. Its almost as if there is some sort of devilish force driving these men to undertake this mission. These are not ordinary working class men. They are terrorists, assassins, bankers and thieves who have taken refuge in this Latin American country. Louis Ferdinand's quote - "It's not the good Lord who rules, it's the devil. Man and Nature's disgusting, just look at it, bird life, animal life." came to mind while watching this film.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK. I don't think I want to watch this.
Pimpin: I insist that you do. Come on man, I watched Prem Ratan Dhan Payo with you last weekend.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK then. You would watch it a second time?
Pimpin: Absolutely.
Mrs.Pimpin: Pimpin, what did you do when I was at my home?
Pimpin: I watched this movie called Sorcerer.
Mrs.Pimpin: Are you sure you did not get drunk? I checked the Smirnoff bottle in the cupboard. It was half full when I left. Now its almost gone.
Pimpin: Ulp! What? No way. I didn't touch the bottle at all. It was at the same level when you left.
Mrs.Pimpin: Then why do the pillows smell faintly of vomit? Are you OK?
Pimpin: You are hallucinating, baby. Sometimes pillow covers smell that way when they have been in the cupboard for a long time. I swear I was watching this movie called Sorcerer.
Mrs. Pimpin: How was it?
Pimpin: It was awesome. Its by the guy who made The Exorcist.
Mrs. Pimpin: Oh yes, I remember we watched Exorcist together. Demon Pazuzu was scary. You scared the hell out of me once when you imitated Pazuzu after you got drunk. Anyway, is this a horror movie?
Pimpin: Not at all. But Pazuzu does make a few appearances in the form of a carving. His presence can be felt in the film at various points. The film takes place in this multicultural melting pot in some Latin American country.
Mrs. Pimpin: Oh! Is it like Babel?
Pimpin: Well, it did remind me of Babel. The exploitation and helplessness of the wretched of this earth is one of the themes of this film. But it is rendered without any of Innaritu's irritating humanitarianism. Friedkin does not portray the poor and the wretched in very good light. Its about a bunch of people from different backgrounds volunteering for a dangerous mission.
Mrs.Pimpin: Oh OK. So it is a men on a mission movie?
Pimpin: Yes, sort of. But it is more like Apocalypse Now than say The Dirty Dozen. In fact, it released a couple of years before Apocalypse Now. I wonder if Coppola was inspired by this film. It has the same sweaty atmospheric vibe where these four men undertake a ridiculous and deadly mission fighting the vagaries of nature, themselves and each other.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK. Who is acting in it?
Pimpin: It has Roy Schnieder who worked with Friedkin in another crime film called The French Connection. Im not a big fan of his. But it has this great French actor called Bruno Cremer. I was not aware of him. He owned this film. The two other lead actors were quite tough looking too.
Mrs. Pimpin: How were the action scenes?
Pimpin: Absolutely spectacular. Some of the best hands on action sequences ever filmed. Even better than Deliverance. It also has this terrorist blast that shocks the hell out of you due to some amazing sound effects of the screams of the victims.
Mrs. Pimpin: I'm surprised you haven't spoken about the background score.
Pimpin: Oh yes. I already downloaded it. The film has a very eerie sounding electronic score by this band called Tangerine Dream.
Mrs. Pimpin: Jeez! So you will be playing it in the car from now on?
Pimpin: Er, yeah.
Mrs. Pimpin: So where does Pazuzu feature in all of this?
Pimpin: Like I said, there is a carving of Pazuzu at the beginning of the film. And even the front of the trucks driven by the men look a lot like Pazuzu. Its almost as if there is some sort of devilish force driving these men to undertake this mission. These are not ordinary working class men. They are terrorists, assassins, bankers and thieves who have taken refuge in this Latin American country. Louis Ferdinand's quote - "It's not the good Lord who rules, it's the devil. Man and Nature's disgusting, just look at it, bird life, animal life." came to mind while watching this film.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK. I don't think I want to watch this.
Pimpin: I insist that you do. Come on man, I watched Prem Ratan Dhan Payo with you last weekend.
Mrs. Pimpin: OK then. You would watch it a second time?
Pimpin: Absolutely.