The Motorcycle Boy Reigns…
August 16th, 2007 by FrankRumble Fish is one of my favourite films of all time. I caught most of it on TV the other night, prompting me to post this. One of the things I love about the film is the incredible job Stewart Copeland (of Police fame) did with the soundtrack - so many modern soundtracks are bland pieces of crap designed to dictate how you should be feeling about what you are watching rather than working with the artistic vision of the film and complimenting the visuals. What am I talking about? most modern films don’t have artistic vision…
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Rumble Fish features Mickey Rourke, Matt Dillon, Nicholas Cage, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Tom Waits, Laurence Fishbourne, Chris Penn and a host of others… even the author of the orginal novel, S.E Hinton makes an appearance.
As we watched the credits last night Eoin spotted ‘and introducing Domino’… who the hell is Domino we wondered? Well, it turns out that Domino played the younger sister of Matt Dillon’s girlfriend (Diane Lane) and Domino is also known as Sofia Coppola, the director’s daughter!
Rumble Fish seems to be on youTube in ten minute chunks, but I wouldn’t recommend watching it like that! I do recommend watching it however, so if you just want to check out the sort of film it is, have a look at this chunk of it. I know loads of people who don’t get why I love this film so much, so maybe it’s not for you. Me, I think it’s one of Coppolas better films, definitely one of Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon’s finer moments, I love the cinematography, the soundtrack & the cast - and it has some classic cult film lines in it:
Steve: I don’t know why someone hasn’t taken a rifle and blown your head off.
The Motorcycle Boy: Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane.
Rumble Fish is far superior to Coppolas ‘The Outsiders‘, also based on an S.E. Hinton book, which seems much better known - but then ‘The Outsiders’ had the brat pack in it, so maybe that’s why. Anyway, go watch it!
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August 16th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Good film alright Frank, with a great cast. Matt Dillon was good in Drugstore Cowboy too. What’s he done lately? Is he still alive?
August 16th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Been out chasing dreams and rainbows again today Frank? How very fey.
August 16th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Drugstore Cowboy was indeed another of his shining moments. Never leave a hat on a bed…
One of Gus van Sants gems. Loved that bit where he outwited the cops. Burroughs was in that too.
Geez, look at that Martin, we’re online and we agree about something!
August 16th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I’m sure you’ll find we have a lot in common if you can just put aside you’re prejudices and look beyond the colour of my socks Frank. I’m not the disagreeable ogre people like to portray me as; I don’t log in here looking for an argument about anything just for the sake of it-that’s Dave’s job. I just want to feel loved and accepted like anybody else in this dreamy, wispy world of ours. Peace to all men and all praise H.I.M. Helie Selassie I. Zion!
August 16th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Great film.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
And look at this. The dream team are back together! Well Dillon and Coppola anyway.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Nice find Eoin, I am so out of touch with Film news..
By the way Martin, matt Dillon gave a good performance in that heap of crap movie Crash, reasonably recently…
August 18th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Why was Crash a load of crap Frank?
August 19th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I felt like I was being patronised to by people I should be patronising.
(Sorry for stealing your quote John)