Based in the seventies Sid and Nancy, directed by Alex Cox in the year 1986 was full of foul language, bad acting, and loud music but made up for it with humor, love, betrayal, and truth.
Sid and Nancy was based on the true life story of The Sex Pistol’s lead guitarist Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. This particular story is a classic love, hate, tragedy. Sid Vicious was an aggressive punk rock party animal who acquired a raunchy soft spot for the American heroin addicted groupie, Nancy. Amidst his already eventful life of moshing, loud parties, anarchy, and ravenous drug use, Nancy introduced heroin into the mix.
What started as a casual coincidence of pairing up, became a traumatic relationship for the both of them, and the rest of the world. Although they were madly in love they rarely saw eye to eye, unless it was during a drug induced state of mind. Their relationship created a barrier between Sid and the rest of the band. He would be so overwhelmingly high that he often could not properly function while performing on stage. The other members of the band quit multiple times throughout their career, due primarily to Sid’s attitude and Nancy’s presence.
In the conclusion of the movie The Sex Pistols break up during an American Tour, Sid increased the amount of heroin he used. He declares one night that he wants to return to England and stop abusing drugs, heroin in particular so that he could focus on his music career. Nancy who was suffering from a sever depressed state of mind begged and pleaded with him not to go. She said that she would rather die than start over without him in her life, a pact they had made. Somewhere during a very physical and emotional and ultimately disastrous confrontation between the two of them...
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This movie really was worth the one hour and fifty three minutes it took to watch it. The acting may not have been the best at times, and there wasn't any real sense of suspense, but overall it was a very influential movie because of the history and truth behind it. The New York Times stated “Alex Cox, who directed ''Repo Man,'' saw the Sid and Nancy story as the occasion for a sordid, intentionally ugly and sometimes unexpectedly beautiful film, a pitch-black comedy about wasted love. At the very least, you have to admire his nerve.” This movie gives you an in depth look at what can bring to halves into a whole. It holds extreme value if you are a fan of the punk rock scene, The Sex Pistols, murder, or love. I would recommend watching it to anyone who adores any of those traits.
“The Charmer” by Budge Wilson is a short story about a Canadian family that finds misfortune and conflict within their lives. Conflict being the predominant theme which directly affects all the participants in the family. The story is written in third person and narrated from the young girl Winifred’s point of view. Budge Wilson uses Zack’s smothered childhood, charming personality and irresponsible behaviour to create emotional conflict between members of the family.
Jerry Garcia’s life was filled with wonderful things, many of which he never expected in the first place. After an almost fatal heroin overdose in 1986, “ Garcia philosophically stated, ‘ I’m 45 years old, I’m ready for anything, I didn’t even plan on living this long so all this shit is just add-on stuff.’ ” (“Garcia”) This attitude shows why Garcia did all of the things he did and even how some of them came about. Garcia, who “functioned as the preeminent pied piper of the rock era,” led a life of great artistic ability which he used in many ways(“Grateful Dead_ Rockhall”).
The film conveys the feelings of the characters very well. Phillip Noyce uses lighting which always goes very well with the scenes even though he uses a lot of non-diegetic and contrapuntal sounds. The film?s shots are always correct and seem to have a purpose and the editing is wonderful.
This movie was beautifully produced. I don’t believe another director could have done as good of a job as Luis Puenzo did. I believe Puenzo was able to bring this story to life and allow us to be able to really relate to each character intricately because he lived through the uncertainty and witnessed the agony faced by many, and he made all of the emotions real through this work. I also believe that having actors and actresses that lived through the experience was an excellent move.
However, the most important aspects of this story that will be explored in more detail are as follows. First and foremost, Nathan’s intoxication and nudity is perhaps most important. Secondly it is important to note that his parents are divorced, and his father has a new child on the way. Nathan Shapiro also believes himself to be completely in love with Chaya Feldman after their counter. Last, but certainly not least, Nathan is looking for an excuse to feel angry and nostalgic.
“Wild Geese” is very different from many poems written. Oliver’s personal life, the free form of the poem along with the first line, “You do not have to be good,” and the imagery of nature contributes to Oliver’s intent to convince the audience that to be part of the world, a person does not need to aspire to civilization’s standards.
It was unconventionally rewarding and an interesting comedy. Taking the film noir’s themes, Shane Black created a world with weird turns and twists of its own. The main protagonist did not have to be the selfless and arrogant detective. Sexuality was well respected, in a comedic way you can say, and even praised. It is a society with many vices, but that some way or another the characters find a way out of it. The woman presented in the film, Harmony, portrayed femme fatale characteristics, however, she was not tied down to any gender role she did not want to be part of. At the end, the purpose of the film is not only to ridicule, but to exhibit a new world adapted to different
At the time of its release in 1967, Bonnie and Clyde was the subject of intense debate. While the American film critic Roger Ebert hailed it as a milestone in American moviemaking, Bosley Crowther, another critic, referred to it as “a cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick
...en. Here, Hendrix came on stage intoxicated by alcohol and drugs and passed out on stage. This was the end to the Band of Gypsys. Shortly after this disastrous performance, Michael Jeffery put the Cry of Love Band together. This band was a failed attempt to get The Hendrix Experience back together. Noel Redding joined but was fired by Hendrix. Hendrix, Cox, and Mitchell made up the Cry of Love and toured around the world. This would be the last true performance of Hendrix at his peak. After this point on in his career things would continue to go downhill with booing at his performances, loss of fans, drug trouble, etc.
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