Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
DIANE: You’re not getting any younger, Mark. The world is changing, music is changing, even drugs are changing. You can’t stay in here all day dreaming about heroin and Ziggy Pop.
RENTON: It’s Iggy Pop.
DIANE: Whatever. I mean, the guy’s dead anyway.
RENTON: Iggy Pop is not dead. He toured last year. Tommy went to see him.
watched Fugazi’s Instrument again after the longest time. the opening performance of Shut The Door is hypnotic.
saw Mulholland Dr. in the theater again last Friday. 12 years later and it’s still the most profound cinematic experience I’ve ever had. i’ve probably posted this scene 14 times before in other media, but it remains one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. (also, max that volume)
the teaser for Sofia Coppola’s new movie The Bling Ring just came out. considering that Emma Watson’s licking her lips in the trailer and i’m still not excited, it must be a bad trailer. this got me nostalgic for old Sofia Coppola teasers like this one, where she still shot on film and used music made before the 2010s
top 10 cinematic releases of 2012
10. 21 Jump Street
9. The Master
8. Silver Linings Playbook
7. Skyfall
6. Argo
5. Zero Dark Thirty
4. The Avengers
3. The Cabin in The Woods
2. Perks of Being a Wallflower
1. Moonrise Kingdom
honorable mention: Django Unchained, Killer Joe, Ruby Sparks
“I await the end of cinema with optimism.”
— Jean-Luc Godard, born on this date in 1930
saw Shallow Grave again, which is Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor’s first film. it’s been 18 years, but it holds up wonderfully. it’s also still one of Boyle’s best films. yes, better than Slumdog Millionaire.
“It’s not every day I find a story in my own flat!” - Shallow Grave, dir. Danny Boyle (1994)
from Shane Carruth’s new film Upstream Color. i have been waiting for this forever.
