DISQUS

arensb · 1 year ago

I have "Nineteen Eighty-Four" on DVD, and as far as I remember, none of the music from the Eurythmics album appears on it, except maybe one song during the closing credits. A pity, too, since IMHO it's one of their best albums, up there with "Sweet Dreams".

Ted · 1 year ago

"Julia" was used in the theatrical release, but according to the Wiki, the MGM DVD that came out in 2003 omits the Eurythmics' contribution to the score.

BobCashill · 1 year ago

Faithfull's rendition of "Trouble in Mind" is tremendous. Gives me the chills, as does "Julia," one of the Eurythmics' best and most haunting songs. Where can I find that as a download? (A word for the post-1984 world; the tune existed for me on tape, which I may have rattling around somewhere. Apparently the Region 2 DVD includes the songs and the original desaturated look of the film; I haven't see the US one.)

Fans of the underrated if not quite wholly successful "Absolute Beginners" (which is on DVD) should try to obtain the fuller UK soundtrack, which has producer and arranger Gil Evans' own terrific compositions. The US one is pretty much just songs as I recall. Good ones: "Killer Blow" and Ray Davies' "Quiet Life" are standouts on the album and in the film, under Julien Temple's astute musical staging (part MTV, part MGM). Writing about it makes me want to see it again...for all it's flaws it would be on the short list of good musical features in the barren years of the early Seventies to "Chicago" in 2002.

Oh, and "Paris, Texas," a good choice, too...

Ted · 1 year ago

If you don't mind some pops and crackles, I'll send you an mp3 of "Trouble in Mind." Oh, and "Julia," too.

BobCashill · 1 year ago

"Trouble in Mind" I've got, thanks. But "Julia"--sure, much obliged.

Bob

Ted · 1 year ago

You got it!

BobCashill · 1 year ago

My day is made.

Bob

JonCummings · 1 year ago

It is my duty once again, as I believe I've done this before, to encourage everyone to go read the 1958 Colin MacInnes novel "Absolute Beginners" if you haven't done so already. Better than the film to an exponential degree, it depicts the creation of the "teenager" as a sociological (and marketing) concept as well as anything ever written on the subject. It is a UK equivalent to "Rebel Without a Cause," except infinitely more hoppin'.

Ted · 1 year ago

I'll check it out. I knew the movie was based on a book, but I wasn't sure how closely they resembled each other in plot, characters, themes, etc.

DwDunphy · 1 year ago

My school teachers tried desperately to reach us as erudite young adults. Honestly, they tried. "Johnny Got His Gun" failed because of impromptu boobies. I also recall a scene where Johnny in the bodycast gets "massaged" by a sympathetic teacher. The class quote: "She's yankin' his crank!"

"1984" fared just as poorly, specifically with Winston's secret rendezvous with "a dirty girl" and there's a tight close-up of bugs crawling through her nether-forest. It would have been so much easier for our teachers had they just handed us the Eurythmics soundtrack and Metallica's "One".

DwDunphy · 1 year ago

EEP! I meant, sympathetic nurse.

Just call me Simple Jack.

Ted · 1 year ago

1984 was a tough film to watch -- and the nudity didn't make it any easier. I went the opening night in San Francisco ('cause I'm a sci fi geek) and there were about 10 people in the theater. I believe the film closed a few days later.

I haven't seen the film since, so I'm not sure how it holds up, but I can't imagine very well.

jollymoon · 1 year ago

1980's ?? She Still ROCKS

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Nobody in his right mind could hate Sade's music...