Un ours dans le Joura (2024)

Un ours dans le Jura, in English How To Make a Killing, en Roumain, Să (nu) ascunzi o crimă, in cinemas now.

un film de Franck Dubost, written and starring himself, and a fantastic Benoît Poelvoorde, reminding me (his looks here) of Stellan Skarsgard !

The most annoying character, the wife, overdoing it-Laure Calamy (Dix per cent). 

guest starring Emmanuele Devos (Cupidon club's boss).

A sort of French Fargo, politically incorrect, and with black humor galore. 

French critics accentuate on the positive here. 

Extremely funny, I had a blast !

3 1/2 out of 5, 7 out of 10 !

RIP David Lynch

...four days shy of his 79th Bday...

I wasn't expecting David Lynch to start this year of " I see dead people"...here he is playing John Ford in Steven Spielberg autobiographical The Fablemans (2022). I will post separately about my relationship with Lynch. Talked about him extensively with Christa Bell, his muse and last collaborator (their album, in 2024, Cellophane Memories).

more from me on Lynch here

Remembrance from Steven Spielberg on David Lynch: 

“I loved David’s films. Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade. I got to know David when he played John Ford in The Fabelmans. Here was one of my heroes—David Lynch playing one of my heroes. It was surreal and seemed like a scene out of one of David’s own movies. The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice. His films have already stood the test of time and they always will.”

"There's nothing like the big screen. The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience." - David Lynch

Farawell David Lynch the Magician, white or black lodge, I guess you have your own, the David Lynch Lodge, there's a lady with a Log there and some guy, Bob, is the bouncer. Badalamenti plays the piano, Bowie's at the bar, Dennis Hopper sips his whisky, Jack Nance gets another bottle, even Tom Sizemore is aloud to come for a drink...

Luz (2018)

Luz is teuton's Tilman Singer's debut, which I wanted to see after Cuckoo,  also on my Top (horror) films of 2024.

It is weird and uneven, and short (70 mins.)

But nevertheless fascinating.

with a score of Simon Wascow, reminiscent of the best early Tangerine Dream scores, a brilliant sound design and a dream logic of its own.

Lots of awards and festivals in the Fantastic arena.

Hopper's On Top (Genius)-The Waterboys

1st excerpt from the upcoming album by Mike Scott's The Waterboys' Life, Death And Dennis Hopper. (out on April 4).

song of the day and til now song of the year ;)

love the lines, "Are you ready for the most creative generation in over 2000 years? "

also reminds me a lot of Tom Petty...