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The Lotus Eaters 1993
This is a movie about the west coast, specifically the islands of BC, as seen through the eyes of the rest of Canada. Shot on Galiano Island, two sisters come of age in the 1960’s; the older dreams of going to Vancouver to see the Beatles but gets pregnant instead, and the younger gets turned onto witchcraft by her favourite teacher who she sees having an affair with her principal father. As far as this formula goes, this movie is…
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Kitchen Party 1997
Another Canadian 90’s classic streaming free on YouTube and a gentle reminder that as fun as parties were, socializing did come with the side effect of getting tangled up in (or at the very least having to bear witness to) other peoples’ nonsense.
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Totally F***ed Up 1993
I recently watched Decline of Western Civilization III (the one about gutter punks) and just read a SCAM zine about the story of Black Flag’s album Damaged and it talked a lot about LA as noir, that the common thread throughout history between various subcultures and the evolution of LA punk is noir. This inspired me to rewatch Gregg Araki’s trilogy, having not seen it since I was a teenager, curiously working my way through every title in the cult…
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Sound of Metal 2019
Umm, bleach blond Riz is looking pretty good in that GISM shirt and wallet chain. (Hope the Yakuza doesn’t hurt him for this costume department choice). The only thing hotter than a punk turned hunk is when a hunk goes punk, amiright?
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