tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post1803630776909516313..comments2024-03-15T19:33:28.397-04:00Comments on The Trad: Something Wild - 1986tintinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-49487509095336130692011-07-05T22:22:08.093-04:002011-07-05T22:22:08.093-04:00Great movie.
When I saw it in 1986 it made an imp...Great movie.<br /><br />When I saw it in 1986 it made an impression on me. Funny, back then Lulu dressed and appeared edgy. Now every other 20-something in soon to be gentrified Brooklyn neighborhoods look like her. Today, the odd ones out are the Brooks Brothers, Lili Pulitzer or J. McLaughlin types.Theodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00746081464995154475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-18826144006281332762011-07-05T15:32:07.542-04:002011-07-05T15:32:07.542-04:00Pivotal scene of the movie for me:
Coworker: &quo...Pivotal scene of the movie for me: <br />Coworker: "Nine months ago his wife takes the kids and runs off with the family dentist. If you ask me, it's the best thing that ever happened to Charles Driggs."<br />[Zoom in on Ray's face] Ray: "Yeah, I believe that."<br />Demme nails this slice of conversation like an anvil falling on your head, and somehow you know that Charlie is headed for trouble.Brooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-83418038118871835742011-07-03T23:57:01.917-04:002011-07-03T23:57:01.917-04:00A lot of this was shot in Tallahassee, FL, and a p...A lot of this was shot in Tallahassee, FL, and a pal of mine and his wife are in that party dance scene as extras!<br /><br />ML<br />mlanesepic.blogspot.comM.Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898845239082082494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-85921900667785158622011-07-01T20:46:57.145-04:002011-07-01T20:46:57.145-04:00Yes, I saw this was coming out on Blu-Ray. After ...Yes, I saw this was coming out on Blu-Ray. After this divorce pushes through, I'm going to find me a Lulu. Hell, maybe I won't wait.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18227626694414844848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-40589263044491268782011-06-29T17:34:20.532-04:002011-06-29T17:34:20.532-04:00How funny. Never thought anyone thought much of th...How funny. Never thought anyone thought much of this movie, but you pretty much said it all for me. I must've seen three times in the theatre by myself. Never admitted it to my then girlfriend who was convinced I was seeing another woman...<br /><br />I can't believe I lost the original soundtrack LP!initials CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16676097755038091712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-43264733385319780572011-06-29T00:12:17.079-04:002011-06-29T00:12:17.079-04:00I was on deployment for most of 1986, and missed t...I was on deployment for most of 1986, and missed this one. I'll check it out. <br /><br />Thinking back, that deployment was when our Air Det hosted the "John Cusak Film Festival" one holiday weekend.<br /><br />ScottScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861035422834489811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-45204095207239007952011-06-28T19:36:23.747-04:002011-06-28T19:36:23.747-04:00Jeff Daniels IS 'Pure Michigan.'
-For mo...Jeff Daniels IS 'Pure Michigan.' <br /><br />-For more information on Jeff Daniels and Michigan's thousands of miles of rocky windswept coastline, go to PureMichigan.org.Trailer Tradhttp://trailertrad.blogspot.com/2011/06/vieux-velo.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-42430586421865337542011-06-28T18:53:44.350-04:002011-06-28T18:53:44.350-04:00Love a movie that gives scrapple a cameoLove a movie that gives scrapple a cameoMain Line Sportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303248738216839079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-7084902997973461002011-06-28T16:47:53.168-04:002011-06-28T16:47:53.168-04:00down by law and stranger than paradise for me.
&...down by law and stranger than paradise for me.<br /><br /><br />"its a sad and beautiful world."Unclelooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921109771392076745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-30650684116229870172011-06-28T16:45:40.723-04:002011-06-28T16:45:40.723-04:00Don't believe '80s movies.
the '70s wo...Don't believe '80s movies.<br />the '70s would not die.<br />In real life she would have driven a duster and had Farrah hair.Unclelooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921109771392076745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-87227574680379165772011-06-28T15:31:46.283-04:002011-06-28T15:31:46.283-04:00Brilliant movie. A much darker comedy that acted a...Brilliant movie. A much darker comedy that acted as a counter-point to John Hughes movies of the same period. Jeff Daniels is really talented and IMHO, one of America's great character actors. Did Melanie Griffith every do anything that matched her performance in this movie? And Ray Liotta? Pure, frightening menace in this movie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-4186252624312619872011-06-28T15:00:14.447-04:002011-06-28T15:00:14.447-04:00Clara Bow wig is still hottt with three ts.
Don&...Clara Bow wig is still hottt with three ts. <br /><br />Don't know why I remember it this way, but the OST seems to be where I found out about "juju" music, or was it zydeco? Can't recall. Or was that the movie with barkin and quaid...? Too many Natty Lites.GSV JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151693998976927921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-22807768420233082942011-06-28T14:34:50.864-04:002011-06-28T14:34:50.864-04:00I love this movie!
Totally gonna add it to my netf...I love this movie!<br />Totally gonna add it to my netflix.<br />Have not seen it in YEARS.<br />During the 90s, it was a popular tv saturday afternoon feature for some reason.those trickshttp://thosetricks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-17270927934549910042011-06-28T13:23:54.661-04:002011-06-28T13:23:54.661-04:00This explains quite a bit.
Sadly, at roughly the s...This explains quite a bit.<br />Sadly, at roughly the same time I was being inspired by License to Drive and Better Off Dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349290550527925310.post-62309884683248768612011-06-28T13:04:06.570-04:002011-06-28T13:04:06.570-04:00I hear you on Something Wild but for me it was Joh...I hear you on Something Wild but for me it was John Hughes' Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. If I catch any of them on cable, I'm transported back to a more innocent age when I was teenager.Bill Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614374326951950230noreply@blogger.com