Conference bookie::movies

260.0. "Johnny Suede" by 57133::HERMAN (What's so funny 'bout P,L&U?) Fri Jul 16 1993 17:23

Do you like Jim Jarmusch's films? (Night on Earth; Down by Law; 
Stranger than Paradise; Mystery Train) 

If you do, then "Johnny Suede" by Tom Di Cillo is as close to a Jarmusch
film without being by him as one could get. 

Long panning looks at the seedy underbelly of Brooklyn populated by people 
a few sandwiches short of a picnic. (I suppose I could just have said it's 
set in Brooklyn and you could've filled in the rest.)

Brad Pitt plays Johnny Suede- a rockabilly guitarist in a near future 
Brooklyn with a quiff so big he'd have to use a garbage bag as a shower 
cap. His handsome looks are underplayed in the film, so his acting comes 
more to the forefront. His acting works well in this film. 

He has fantasies, he has weird friends, he composes strange songs and 
generally keeps on keeping on. David Lynch or early John Waters are other 
apparent influences on Di Cillo. The story doesn't exactly scream along 
at warp speed, but there is a general plot thread that gets played out 
regarding Johnny's love life. 

Nick Cave (without the Bad Seeds) has a great bit part, as does Tina Louise 
(without Gilligan).

Cheers,
George

    ...this was one of the more annoying movies that i've ever had the 
    misfortune to view....caught it on cable one day when apparently
    nothing else was on or going on.....;")..........i can't even put my
    finger on what i didn't like about it...the whole thing was just
    *annoying*...........;").../k