I really wish there had been someone at the El Topo screening besides me who had seen Big Money Rustlas, because there were some really funny similarities. I would not be surprised if ICP has seen El Topo. The biggest similarity was that the female protagonist of both movies was an attractive brunette little person. The second was the cheesy western sets. The third is a stretch, but there were dudes in makeup in both movies.
The screening was fun, with a good turnout. It looked great projected.
Never had the privilege of seeing BMR, but I totally see what you are getting at.
ReplyDeleteJodorowsky takes a bunch of ideas and images that nowadays we'd call "new age" and sets them loose within the Hollywood genre least amenable to their inclusion.
Similarly, the insane clown guys drag all the trappings of their cult empire into their Western: savvy marketing of their part obviously, but also pretty much unavoidable considering the fanaticism they inspire.
In both cases, the mashing together of worldviews is recipe for uncanniness.
Maybe this is my prejudice against the "family" showing, but I was under the impression that BMR was just a infomercial for ICP's awful music. Does it stand on its own as a movie? Or to put it another way, how stoned do you have to be to enjoy BMR as more than just kitsch?
jeff m
There is no music in Big Money Rustlas. I wasn't stoned and I enjoyed it, but I am very amused and amazed by the ICP phenomenon. I know not everyone finds it that amusing.
ReplyDeleteAll I know is that Sugar Slam is a shoe-in for the best supporting actress Oscar.
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oh yeah, fun icp fact: did you know that sugar slam is dating violent j and is the mother of his two kids? that's right, sugar slam is violent jj's mom.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the other kids name??
ReplyDelete-miller
ruby, right?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! Ruby. She steals the Violent JJ video with her cameo.
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