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OTHER CRAP:
Catch the deluxe
version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles,
here.
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Swept Away
(2002)
Swept Away is an English-language remake of a Italian film from 1974, Swept
Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August. In this version, Madonna
plays the bitchy wife of the wealthy owner of a pharmaceutical company. As the
story begins, she's on vacation with her entourage on a small cruise boat in the
Mediterranean. She is not happy about the vacation choice, but then she is
rarely happy about anything, and she takes it all out on one sailor, a Sicilian
and a communist. When the two become stranded on a deserted island, he turns the
tables on her, and makes her beg and wait on him to get a share of the fish he
catches. The two eventually fall in love.
There are three main problems with this remake.
- The first is that the film did not need remaking.
- The second is Madonna in the lead role. I have enjoyed Madonna in two
films, but this isn't one of them.
- Third, the script all but eliminated one of the two important themes from
the first film, which was all about the conflicts between rich, industrialized
northern Italians, and poor Sicilian ones.
I strongly recommend seeing the original, even with the subtitles.
IMDb readers say 3.6, and the film was dishonored by five Razzies, including
Worst Picture and Worst Actress.
The film grossed only $599K.
Madonna shows a breast.
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The Terminator
1984
Look at that date. Can it really have been a
quarter of a century ago?
Film clips
of Linda Hamilton in ultra HD.
Collages below.
Naked on the Inside
2008
Remember Carre Otis, the fresh-faced young model who became a Mickey
Rourke girlfriend and co-star, then his co-dependent addict? She gained a
massive amount of weight, then lost it. She became a junkie, then kicked
it. She disappeared from public life.
She was recently portrayed naked as one of the subjects of a
documentary. The clip shows that she is still quite beautiful, but there
is a poignancy to the clip that hangs heavy in the air, spoiling most of
the lust potential.
Film
clip here. Sample below.
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Notes and collages
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