A comment left by Jpop12 sparked this post. He asked if I had ever heard The Lounge Lizards first album. Well, that got me thinking about Mr. John Lurie. Some of you may remember his zany TV show, "Fishing With John", from 1992. "Fishing with John" only ran for 6 episodes, and each one was more oddball than the next. Tom Waits puts a fish down his pants in Jamaica, Matt Dillon proves himself to have no sense of humor in Costa Rica,
(sample dialogue: JOHN - Matt?
MATT - Yes, John?
JOHN - Still with me, Matt?
MATT - Yes John.)
Dennis Hopper and Lurie spend a surreal holiday in Thailand searching for a giant squid. The word "surreal" basically describes the whole series. Neither Lurie nor his guests know ANYTHING about fishing, so it's really just a show of stream-of-consciousness conversations. It's like watching a couple of eccentric uncles shoot the shit at a family reunion (but with fishing poles). You can watch a few choice scenes on YouTube, or buy the whole thing on a nice Criterion Collection DVD.
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this needs to be added to the videos to be watched list. right below the jerk.
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"The Fisherman awake, their bodies covered in sores and boners."
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Fishing With John. i own the dvd. it is cool on so many levels, my head nearly explodes just thinking about it. the episodes with Jim Jarmusch and Willem Dafoe are my favorites. and John Lurie is a wonderful musician.
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I love this DVD. So fucking random. I love seeing Waits pissed off while sitting on that old ship.