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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
  My Favourite Cult Heroes, Part i
Filem2 dan hero kult kegemaran aku

The Crow (1994)

Victims, aren’t we all?

Buildings burn. People die. But true love is forever.

Filem arahan Alex Proyas (one of my fave), mengisahkan ttg Eric Draven yg dihidupkan semula dgn semangat gagak^, selepas setahun dibunuh, utk membalas dendam ke atas gang2 ganas yg membunuh serta merogol tunangnya, Shelley, right before their wedding night on Halloween.

Call it irony, but just like Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, aku start suka filem ni lepas kematian Brandon Lee. Ya, beliau terbunuh apabila terkena tembakan yg tidak disengajakan semasa penggambaran filem yg berdasarkan novel grafik James O Barr nih. Dan sekarang, selepas 3 lagi spin-off drp franchise gagak hitam iaitu City of Angels (1996), Salvation (2000) dan Wicked Prayer (2005), filem yg ni tetap menjadi faveret aku.

Best bit : Transformasi Eric Draven menjadi hero goth yg disulami dgn lagu Burn dari The Cure. Juga babak shirtless beliau menggoreng gitar di atas bumbung, phew, I just love that tune. And the scene that follows. Juga lagu2 drp soundtracknya yg best (memperkenalkan aku kepada Robert Smith, Trent Reznor, Zack de la Rocha, Helmet dan Pantera antaranya), ditambah dgn muzik latar yg haunting dari Graeme Revell. Wicked.

PS : IMHO, Brandon Lee sans make-up looked just like Chris Kline. And if he’s still alive, maybe he’d just resort to doing B-grades.


From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Ramblers, lets get ramblin’.

Filem pemecah tanah yg memperkenalkan aku kpd Robert Rodriguez (sang pengarah), Quentin Tarantino, Salma Hayek dan George Clooney (dalam watak yg sangat berbeza drp Dr. Doug Ross dalam ER). Totally awesome ! Dan, satu lagi koloborasi yg bakal ditunggu2 dalam tahun ni, di mana dua film-maker faveret aku berganding sekali lagi utk filem Grindhouse. Seperti juga The Crow, FDTD juga telah dibuat sekuel, iaitu, Texas Blood Money dan Hangman’s Daughter. But then again, nothing beats the REAL (and original) thing.

Kisahnya: Seth dan Ritchie Gecko, dua perompak adik beradik yg cuba melarikan diri ke Mexico, telah menahan keluarga Fuller (Jacob dan anak2nya Kate dan Scott) utk dijadikan tebusan. Sementara menunggu hari siang, mereka singgah utk bermalam di bar Titty Twister…

Best bit: Semua babak adik beradik Gecko, dgn line2 yg kelakar (Hey, apa lagi yg kau boleh expect dari geek-meister Quentin Tarantino?) Aku suka babak Ritchie berfantasi ngan Juliette Lewis (‘Ritchie, can you do me a favour and lick my p**** for me?) Ahem, mcm biasa, with QT it’s only talk, but never really closing the deal.) Juga kemunculan Santanica Pandemonium yg mengingatkan aku kpd Nancy dalam Sin City. Dan senjata sulit Sex Machine yg kelakar ! (you gotta check it out!). Twist yg tak disangka di akhir filem.


***** for both films.

^ Kerana, kata org, gagak merupakan jambatan yg menyambung antara dunia yg hidup dan mati.

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Comments:
the crow?.

betul tu,soundtrack menyebabkan aku jatuh ngan RATM dan seangkatannya.kira soundtrack dia macam breaking ground utk aku terjebak dalam dunia rock n roll yg keras!.

p/s : sbb suka sgt dgn the crow,aku pernah pakai nick name the crow!.hahaha
 
Same here, Don.

PS: Sbb suka sgt ngan Eric Draven, aku conteng muka ngan bedak nyonya cam opera cina, tapi disebabkan takde lipstick hitam, aku guna lipstick merah. Hampeh. Now I looked like a geisha.

(Acah mat labu!)
 
The Crow was mystical. The best soundtrack to a movie EVER. Lagu feveret aku of course la Big Empty from STP. Aku paling suka scene dia lompat2 atas bumbung diiringi lagu Dead Souls oleh NIN. Aku kinda' suka Salvation maybe sbb Kirsten Dunst kot.. tapi nobody can beat Brandon Lee. (..the TV series with Mark Dacascos was crap!).

FDTD will always be remembered for THAT scene.. Salma Hayek, albino snake, hard liquor, Salma's feet and QT mouth. Damn, that's hot!
 
Aku pernah terbaca, The Wachowski Brothers ada satu part tu tulis skrip The Matrix with Brandon Lee as Neo in mind. Oh, if only... if only...
 
Yeah Edd, no one can beat Brandon Lee. Not even Edward Furlong dalam Wicked Prayer, which, looked like, ah, how do I put it, very un-Crow-like. And Tara Reid ? I don’t think so…

Aku terbaca kat wikipedia, QT actually ada foot fetish, which explains his penchant for foot related scenes. Eg, the way dia tgk jari kaki Juliette Lewis in FDTD, Bridget Fonda in Jackie Brown, and also that infamous Salma Hayek scene. Pergh !

Brandon Lee as Neo? Phew. Takleh bayangkan. Oh wait, ‘I know kung fu. My dad is Bruce Lee’. Ooookkkaaayyyy….
 
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