Three belated Top 10 lists

[Ghetta Life]

>From: joeallonby <vze422fs at verizon.net>
>
>Ghetta Life wrote:
> >
> >Another great Roeg film starring Mick Jagger is "Performance,"
> >
>Follow the bullet into Jagger's brain. I'm not that big a fan of the movie, 
>but the soundtrack featuring Ry Cooder is damned good. Also, "Memo from 
>Turner" is one of the better lesser known Stones songs.

MalignD has judged "Memo from Turner" a lame attempt by the Stones to do 
something Dylan-esque.  I like the song, but MalignD is probably correct 
about the Dylan thing.

But Performance is very rich in mythological themes and imagery.  My wife, a 
former Classics major at BU, has encapsulated the hero myth ito this simple 
formula:

1.  Journey to  Dark Place.
2.  Drink a Potion.
3.  See a Vision.
4.  Be Changed.

James Fox's gangster character does just that when he enters the realm of 
Mick Jagger.  All sorts of the characters' (Fox's & Jagger's) reality are 
upset and rethought in the ensuing psychedelic journey.  In fact the two 
characters merge into one, and this merging is consumated at the moment the 
bullet enters Jagger's brain.  If one watches closely, Mick Jagger is seen 
looking out the back window of the Gansters' car, when Fox is supposed to be 
the one back there.

Ghetta

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