tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post1684677706398601540..comments2024-02-24T19:35:48.123-08:00Comments on Lost in the Frame: AvidaKasey Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-29188522938062032782008-11-29T11:28:00.000-08:002008-11-29T11:28:00.000-08:00I thought the two ketamine freakswere pretty inter...I thought the two ketamine freaks<BR/>were pretty interesting<BR/>and also the rhino bullfighting<BR/>scene with director Fernando Arrabal<BR/>and his endearing memoria to his crazy friend Roland Topor<BR/> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Topor<BR/><BR/>whose imagery is used in the beginninng of many of Arrabal's films like I will walk crazy like a horse..<BR/><BR/>I like the way the film was a wry<BR/>and exquisitely ironic portrait<BR/>of the afterlife of surrealism<BR/><BR/>the two ketamine freaks<BR/>symbolize the degrading of surrealism into a 'retarded' world<BR/>of drug users<BR/><BR/>and the mythic <BR/>has been replaced<BR/>with the psychotic<BR/><BR/>as is evidenced<BR/>by the whole plot line<BR/>with the dog trainer / frankenstein character..<BR/><BR/>the film was thematically brilliant<BR/>as a commentary on Surrealism's aspirations now just another element of noise in a psychotic zoo<BR/>ran by private owners and tended by wierdo drug addicts.<BR/><BR/>this isn't too far from Peter Schloterdyck's recent characterizations of the world<BR/>for which he received criticism.<BR/><BR/>All that being said, my favorite part is still the glass dish song.<BR/><BR/>This was sort of a grotesque<BR/>send off for surrealism<BR/>like playing with its corpse<BR/><BR/>and there was a good deal<BR/>of dead flesh play<BR/><BR/>and the particularly disturbing<BR/><BR/>taxidermy scene which only bothered me<BR/><BR/>because the guy kept saying<BR/><BR/>is it good?<BR/>does it look okay?<BR/><BR/>this seemed like a message about the ultimate futility of art<BR/>but then just seem like its<BR/>own futility<BR/><BR/>I dont weird<BR/><BR/>That film is weird<BR/><BR/>get it out of HERE!<BR/><BR/>:)Phanero Noemikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-74735514176907111042008-11-11T18:21:00.000-08:002008-11-11T18:21:00.000-08:00"Aged connoisseur of roebuck flesh"= BEAUTIFULLY S..."Aged connoisseur of roebuck flesh"= BEAUTIFULLY SAID!<BR/><BR/>Don't forget about the special features. Velvet has dancing skills beyond anyone's understanding of movement.Lacey Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153102014263384712noreply@blogger.com