Cinematic Minutiae

Spun [2002] is a surprisingly innovative and fresh film despite the fact that it feels largely derivative. It’s a pastiche of Drugstore Cowboy [1989], The Doom Generation [1995], Requiem for a Dream [2000], deviant pop art, and probably a host ...Read More

Dart Like a Hummingbird, Sting Like a Needle: The Derivative Stun of Spun

Written by Justin Baker.
Posted on June 2, 2009.
Also tagged as Alexis Arquette, American Beauty, Billy Corgan, Chloe Hunter, Critiques, Darren Aronofsky, Debbie Harry, Drugstore Cowboy, Eric Broms, Eric Roberts, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Frank T.J. Mackey, Gregg Araki, Jason Schwartzman, Jonas Akerlund, Magnolia, Max Moden, Mena Suvari, Peter Stormare, Requiem for a Dream, Ron Jeremy, Spun, The Doom Generation, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Wrestler.
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Over the years, I have read nuggets of text about Mickey Rourke having performed a little-known "mid-song rap" on a David Bowie song titled "Shining Star (Makin' My Love)" from a 1987 David Bowie album titled Never Let Me Down. ...Read More

David Bowie and Mickey Rourke: ’80s Pop, Sien Fien, and…I Have No Idea What the Fuck

Written by Justin Baker.
Posted on February 26, 2009.
Also tagged as Alan Parker, Andrew McCarthy, David Bowie, Essays, Full House, Harrison Ford, Justin Baker, Mannequin, Mid-Song Raps, Never Let Me Down, Shining Star (Makin' My Love), Sien Fien.
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