My favorite bit is the guy burning shit in the bin and talking about aliens and shit, like you don't see that in films now, every minute just feels timetabled, it's just so rare to see a rambling half-baked thought on screen.
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Itâs a great scene. And a great movie.
I know what you mean, though, I think, the way they are paced, and thereâs a rawness to them too which seems uncommon these days. Sometimes the best scenes are those where nothing really happens.
I was thinking of choosing something by Jarmusch in the next few weeks. Mystery Train or Down by Law or perhaps Night on Earth.
I also watched Slacker by Richard Linklater again earlier this weekâ havenât seen it in a long time â and I think that feels loose in a similar way. I love how it follows different people, drifting from convention to conversation.
Slacker makes me feel something I cant quite describe. A terrible yearning and mourning combined. I'm mourning all these sub-cultures he's referncing while yearning to be part of them, but I cant because not only are they abstractions but the reality that those abstractions are based on will never be re-created.
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