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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2015 Registered: 03-2006 |
Watching the extremely disquieting and worthy film set in Oz, "Jindabyne", I noticed they used "Streets of Your Town" in a scene, in addition to some great Paul Kelly tunes I need to track down. Are there any other instances of their music being featured in a film anyone's aware of? Couldn't think of any others... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1417 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Spring Rain" was in Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild," right? Unfortunately, the song wasn't on the accompanying soundtrack album. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2018 Registered: 03-2006 |
Good one! For some reason I actually remember that, though I didn't before. There's a certain hipness cachet there, is there not? Getting the nod from Le Demme? I hope they have a good whatever you call it. Film placement agent? It seems like a potential goldmine - their music is so cinematic. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1421 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yeah, it's true. If the Shins can "change your life" (Garden State), think what the Go-Betweens could do. Shame it didn't happen back when they were an ongoing entity. The fact that they didn't make the "Something Wild" soundtrack sums up their career all too well: Close but no cigar... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1511 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spring Rain was also used in the Farrelly Bros classic (but box office disaster) Kingpin. Pretty sure it was on the soundtrack. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1424 Registered: 04-2005 |
It's a long time since I've seen "Kingpin" (funny film!), but it seems like I heard that Grant actually made a passing onscreen appearance in it. Anybody know if that's true, or did I imagine this? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1517 Registered: 05-2005 |
If he is then I missed him every time I've seen it (at least five times). | ||
| Pat Boland Member Username: Pat_boland Post Number: 28 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oddly, 'Spring Rain' isn't featured on the 'Kingpin' soundtrack CD. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 217 Registered: 07-2006 |
am i the only one that thought jindabyne was heads and shoulders better than lantana? deborah lee furness - good lord....she's amazing! | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 71 Registered: 02-2007 |
Jindabyne pushed my angry buttons and I reacted against the self righteousness of it all. Anyone would think those guys were child molesters. Most of the blokes I spoke to hated it, while most of the females where I work loved it. I hate being preached to by a director no matter how worthy the cause. Well acted and filming though. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 218 Registered: 07-2006 |
see i (a male, marginally) absolutely loved the gender stuff in it. i'm not sure a film has provoked me in quite the same way. it was all so ambiguous...at first anyway (before gabriel byrne absolutely loses it)...which i thought was right on the money. the race stuff just as good. well, i don't know if good is the right word, but exceptionally well handled. perhaps it tried to cover a bit too much ground, though this is what i suspect won me over so much. there was something about lantana which offended me a little...the male stuff that is. admittedly, i was moreso uncomfortable the sexual undertones to it rather than the gender aspects. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 72 Registered: 02-2007 |
Joe. now that I think about it, I remeber my wife and I had a huge fight after we saw it. (not just about the film!!) That's prob contaminated my memory of it. I reacted against the gender stereotypes while she was moved by the race n reconciliation aspects. Prob need to see it again on DVD. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1523 Registered: 05-2005 |
I haven't seen Lantana but I loved Jindabyne. A female friend hated it though. So there you go, that's us subverting stereotypes. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 38 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw Jindabyne on the plane home, and liked it - although my absolute favourite writer of all time is Raymond Carver, so I was interested how the story would be handled. I think, like in the short story, they didn't try to either strongly justify, or condemn, the guy's actions, because either way, someone is going to disagree. I don't recall hearing Streets of Your Town though - must have been drowned out by engine noise. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 677 Registered: 08-2006 |
I haven't seen the movie, but you're right, Catherine; the beauty of Carver's story was that it was morally neutral. It's kind of like a Rorschach test. Carver simply presents the story and lets you project your own feelings of right and wrong onto it. I first read it in college and I remember a very sprited debate in class about it, one that did, in fact, divide mainly along gender lines. I think the whole "dead woman/guys fishing" set up makes that a bit inevitable. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 74 Registered: 02-2007 |
Hi Catherine. Gonna have to read it. Must admit I didn't hear Streets either. Hope u had great OZ experience. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 39 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hi David, I found a link to the story on the net: http://www.nyx.net/~kbanker/chautauqua/c arver.htm (you may need to delete the space in carver) It might change the way you view Jindabyne, it may not. What I love about Carver is his stories are just a glimpse into people's lives - as if you're walking past an open window, and hear just a bit of a conversation - you wonder what's going to happen next, but you've already moved on. And yes, I had an absolute ball in OZ, I definitely intend to go back again - and that's not including for Robert's shows! I'm assuming you're going, will probably bump into you at some point. |