Catching up with the world of film...
Venus - "Beautiful Days"
Immortal, a film released in 2005 by director and Heavy Metal alumni Enki Bilal, is a captivating - if not riveting - story of the ancient Egyptian gods returning to a future Earth. Their pyramid/spacecraft floats above a seemy, Blade Runner-esque NYC - where political corruption is as common as biogenetic mutation. Horus (the eagle-headed god) needs to mate with a certain type of being that can slip through time (Jill-played by Lina Hardy in white skin and blue hair). To do this, Horus must possess a suitable earth form, which he finds - after a number of violently aborted efforts - in escaped revolutionary (played by Thomas Kretschmann), a prisoner and figurehead of a revolution against the mistreatment of mutants. He is accidentally release from a suspended animation prison ship, but loses a leg in the process. Horus fasions him a leg from a piece of subway track - a leg that he can only move if he co-operates with Horus' plan to mate with the female, by force if neccessary. I don't want to give away more of the plot, but if you likes your sci-fi thick and murky with a hint of futility against destiny - you may like this one.
Plus, it's got some great music sandwiched here and there. Sigur Ros, Julie Delpy and a frenchman (new to moi, but with a lot of releases) Alain Bashung with a creepy/indie cover of The Moody Blues "Nights in White Satin".
How could I have missed this one???
http://mog.com/playlists/159752
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Comments (12)
Okay! Something I needed to know about - and didn't! Many thanks!
I'm gonna have nightmares now.
dig this Scotty. Thanks!!
Never heard of this, but it sounds intriguing, to say the least. Thanks for the recommendation!
from one geek to another Mikey...I tip my (plastic) champagne glass...
Jeff, there's this red hammerhead shark/squid thingy in there that'll do just that...total stoner flick!
don't let the harem stay up too late inrum...
I could not believe it passed me be as well Jules, as I'm always piqued by this kind of thing...you're welcome!
Tis a good film; I have it on DVD because I'm soo coool...(and I have a thing about Charlotte Rampling)
;)
really liked this movie
super! i didn't know, and now i do. man, i'd like to have an optional subway track leg, too. in true pirate form, i shall keep an eye out for this one. ;d
now we can share coolness Neill! Charlotte, yes...but what about that Linda Hardy!!??
I liked it much more than I anticipated Kev...
annnd that would be the eye without the patch Ilay?? [nyuck, nyuck]
piqued my interest enough to see if I could stream it on netflix right now...but alas, I must wait for the DVD version.
Thanks for the heads up!
Sounds/looks groovy. Queued at Netflix. Is talking about films & music a regular feature 'round here?
Amber, I found it at the flea market and bought it from a sly woman sporting a monocle. Got another goodie from her I'll to recap this weekend!
Hiya popsilly (love that moniker btw)! I kinda missed out on all the welcoming mat activities, but glalad ta meet ya! We talk about whatever spark burns bright, and sometimes a film leads to exciting and fresh musical discoveries.
I tried to put the soundtrack, or at least parts of it, in a playlist(it's not the Dean Martin version of "June in January" in the film) but I thought this felt pretty good...
http://mog.com/playlists/159752