Texan Cinema
Going to see Terror in a Texas Town on the big screen tonight.
Also, apparently one of Terrence Malick’s new films is a “tale of love and sexual obsession told against the setting of the Austin, Texas music scene” or something like that
I can’t imagine a worse choice for a director to make a film set in Austin’s music scene.
Going to see Terror in a Texas Town on the big screen tonight.
Where? I’ve been dying to see that one on the big screen.
Portage Park Theater in Chicago.
“Drip-Along Daffy” (Chuck Jones, 1951) will be the opening cartoon.
“I can’t imagine a worse choice for a director to make a film set in Austin’s music scene.”
An odd choice for sure but it’s nice to see Malick at least go contemporary.
“Drip-Along Daffy” (Chuck Jones, 1951) will be the opening cartoon.
“Put down that comedy relief!”
For some reason, to me, Texas always has this warm and genial look to it. One picture that I simply did not care for was “Seven Days in Utopia,” but the cinematography in that was ubiquitous and touching. Better than the picture itself. I recently watched Richard Linklater’s “Bernie,” and the shots of Carthage, Texas, too, were magnificent and inviting. Something about putting Texas on film makes for a damn good time.
Edward Sedgwick was from Galveston, as was King Vidor.
Edwin Carewe was from Gainesville
Tobe Hooper, of course.
The exploitation director/producer Larry Buchanan was a Texan.
Callie Khouri, who wrote Thelma and Louise (which seems pretty Texas to me) is from San Antonio.
. . .
If anyone knows where I can get a copy of Pennell’s post-Alamo movies (Ice House, Heart Full of Soul, and Doc’s Full Service), I would be forever grateful.
Dude, they can’t even be found on trackers. Sometimes I wonder if the prints are lost to time.
He made an omnibus film with such directors as Kieslowski, Tarr, and Guerin called City Life, which will hopefully resurface someday due to the massive amount of talent involved in it.
Didn’t even know that Pennell [who I haven’t seen anything from yet, shamefully,] had made anything after Alamo. I’m simultaneously excited and disappointed [that they aren’t readily available, if they exist.] (Grumble-sigh.)
Also, remember first reading about City Life when I was on a Kieslowski kick awhile back and I’m starting to wonder if it ever existed . . .
One of my favorite Texas country songs.
He made an omnibus film with such directors as Kieslowski, Tarr, and Guerin called City Life, which will hopefully resurface someday due to the massive amount of talent involved in it.
Yeah, with Bella Tarr, Kieslowski, and Eagle involved you would think something would be available. Tarr and Pennell—what a combination.
Didn’t even know that Pennell [who I haven’t seen anything from yet, shamefully,] had made anything after Alamo. I’m simultaneously excited and disappointed [that they aren’t readily available, if they exist.] (Grumble-sigh.)
The post-Alamo movies, from what I have read, got awful reviews. Ice House and Docs Full Service are supposed to be bad and Heart Full of Soul is supposed to be really bad.. On the documentary The King of Texas they show clips from the latter two—and they don’t look promising. I would still like to see them though.
Trust me, I consider Satantango and The Whole Shootin’ Match are among my top 25 films of all time, so I’d buy even a DVD-R.
Now I have to make a personal top 25…
The greatest Texan of them all, and our worst actor:
Awesome thread!
Sadly, I can’t think of anything outside of what has already been mentioned. Eagle Pennell was absolutely amazing. I’ve searched the internet high and low for City Life, to no avail.
I agree with the earlier comment that The Misfits feels like a Texan film. The death of the cowboy in the modern age is something that feels inherently Texan.
As a Marine friend of mine says, “Audie Murphy is the only man so badass that Hollywood couldn’t find anyone better to play him than himself.”
By the way, have any of the Texans on here noticed how much our culture owes to Irish and Germanic culture? Most of our finest outlaw country musicians are Irish-Texans, the German-Texans make some of our best beers, and Malick is of Irish descent.
German, Polish, and Czech culture always stand out to me. Especially if you are driving through the hill country.
I thought Malick was Lebanese?
It must be a Lebanese name as well. Whoops! Shows you how much diversity we have, despite the occasional Klansman type.
lol
San Antonio is full of tiny protestant churches, right next to huge catholic ones, right next to evangelist mega-churches.
Make a short movie about THAT! :D
Mathis (the town where that beast was caught) is like an hour from my house. When I was in the Hilter Youth – oops, I mean the Boy Scouts – our camp was on the shores of that lake.
By the way, have any of the Texans on here noticed how much our culture owes to Irish and Germanic culture?
Have you ever noticed that German Oompah music and Mexican Norteno music use the same instruments and rhythms? According to Hector Galan, Texicans developed Norteno in the German Texas Hill Country and from there it spread to Mexico.
edit: goddman that’s a nasty looking fish.
Wow, JJ — that’s so cool about being close to the beast’s lake! ;)
Have you ever noticed that German Oompah music and Mexican Norteno music use the same instruments and rhythms? According to Hector Galan, Texicans developed Norteno in the German Texas Hill Country and from there it spread to Mexico.
I remember this music from when I lived in Austin… :D
You lived in Austin? What years?
One thing the two musics prove is that Mexicans got rhythm and Germans can’t dance for shit.
Brentos
@Santino
yes. lol