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Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Angelo R. Mozilo — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:01:03 -0000

Greetings, people of 2008! Yes, the Erasure cut at the end was choice but you neglect to mention that it plays only long enough to make the point (no alternative mix with the cold ending), and is abruptly switched in favor of some EZ listening material

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

ldp — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:14:20 -0000

What? No mention of http://www.venturacountysta...

I like the idea you posit about the gamma male, but Bret Easton Ellis ... y' lost me there.

Most of the Dean characters are gammas, I would say. Look at Jett Rink in GIANT. Some of the conflicted Alpha male action heroes -- Bond, Rambo -- look like alphas on the outside, but I'll bet they are, at their heart, gammas. What does that make them? Reluctant alphas?

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Zack — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:01:57 -0000

I'd thought about it. The part where the camera swings out and they join the split screen is one of my favorite moments in film, period (the first and only time I've ever seen this done, though the X-files did something a bit similar in the episode "Triangle"). I may come back to it in the future.

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Jeff — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:38:50 -0000

Great analysis of one of my all-time favorite movies - but am surprised that you didn't pick "Colours" as the song throgh which to discuss Sean Bateman. Tthe scenes covered by that song clearly back-up your 'gamma male' argument - and it's a rare version of a beautiful song.

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

james c — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:18:01 -0000

awesome... great post... I have always been a huge fan of the cure even though I didn't discover them until 2025. Now the robots place ear lobes in my brain and my rockas shak me poopstake if you know what I mean... which I think you do.

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Zack — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:58:53 -0000

Neil, did you go there too?

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

DwDunphy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:48:40 -0000

Zack, this just blew away your previous posts, full stop. Film dissection and sociology debate thinly disguised as a song review.

Good stuff!

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Neil — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:44:08 -0000

HMC!

Re: Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”

Zack — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:24:25 -0000

I think James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause works is another good example of a gamma. Anyone else have any examples?