bruno
est malade
a fucking amazing film overall. i saw it with my mum as a kid, we were both devastated. los angeles as a living hell, incredibly depressing. that hazy red heat on the cover is a perfect image of this.
but the film is one thing, what does the music do? it takes you on a ride through the slick, expensive, palm lined streets. it takes you to the dingy rooms where people execute other people mercilessly. wang chung, then a sucessful pop group, enhance this contrast perfectly. like moroder on scarface, this music was made to accompany bloodshed, greed, beyond-good-and-evil behaviour. what can be better than people who embody the superficial to depict it?
but there is subtlety. most notoriously the chilling the red stare, a sad little piece with decaying pianos, occasional faux-cello stabs. the room they recorded this in was very cold. there was more to wang chung than met the eye, obviously. friedkin's instinct paid off.
now watch the film, buy the soundtrack and be in awe of a crucial slice of 80s pop culture.
but the film is one thing, what does the music do? it takes you on a ride through the slick, expensive, palm lined streets. it takes you to the dingy rooms where people execute other people mercilessly. wang chung, then a sucessful pop group, enhance this contrast perfectly. like moroder on scarface, this music was made to accompany bloodshed, greed, beyond-good-and-evil behaviour. what can be better than people who embody the superficial to depict it?
but there is subtlety. most notoriously the chilling the red stare, a sad little piece with decaying pianos, occasional faux-cello stabs. the room they recorded this in was very cold. there was more to wang chung than met the eye, obviously. friedkin's instinct paid off.
now watch the film, buy the soundtrack and be in awe of a crucial slice of 80s pop culture.
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