Three belated Top 10 lists

[joeallonby]

on 11/29/04 9:42 AM, Ghetta Life at ghetta_outta at hotmail.com wrote:

>> 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
> 
...and you get to see Anita Pallenberg naked!