Moose-feeding movie of the last few days has been WIND (1992), a sailing movie directed by Carroll “THE BLACK STALLION (1979)” Ballard that sought to definitively answer the question “Are Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey movie stars”
answer: nope
The thing is that Modine and Grey are actually pretty great choices for the weirder movie lurking beneath the surface of WIND (1992)
but it was clearly a hella expensive movie to make so it got nudged in the direction of a “they’re together, they break up, they get back” romance
Modine and Grey are perfect for the weirder, more indie-ish, more introspective movie, but they’re not right for a blockbuster crowd-pleaser
the weirder movie beneath the surface of WIND is a subculture movie about the people who crew professional racing sailboats for very wealthy people, and the kind of person it takes to be drawn to do something like that for a rich man’s world that doesn’t otherwise much want him
basically the weirder version of WIND (1992) is a movie about the sport of kings starring Matthew Modine as a horse
that is an interesting premise for a movie
the racing sequences are great, the stuff with Matthew Modine’s character journey weirdly uneven and dumbed down
he has to learn to trust Jennifer Grey, rather than learning what it means to him to be, basically, a rich man’s horse
the movie should have gone for a Dads’ Movie tone like the recent Tom Hanks war pic GREYHOUND, where it’s not so much about internal conflicts and more about people just trying to do a hard job
as it is too much of WIND is forced and just as quickly cut short conflict, plus a bunch of dudes failing to listen to Jennifer Grey
who really should have told Matthew Modine to go fuck himself on multiple occasions in this movie
the movie is sort of loosely inspired by true events in that America had a huge winning streak in the America’s cup, lost it to Australia, and won it back the following year
the interesting stuff is about what it actually feels like to do a race like that, and lose like that
WIND is strongest on racing itself and on what it feels like to be really care about racing but is far weaker on technical aspects of the world
it is also hilariously insensitive by 2021 standards bc Matthew Modine, inspired by an Indian pictographs, names his boat “Geronimo”
is there ostensibly Indian dancing drumming and war-whooping from Modine and company, yes there is
but the corresponding sail designs are mad and gorgeous
and I suddenly realize: this is because in the early 90s that Kokopelli icon was everywhere
anyway, WIND is an interestingly flawed movie with a much weirder and more interesting movie lurking beneath its surface so if that sort of thing interests you, check it out
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a) the impetus for the investigation is sedition on social media.
b) the investigation starts with a guy named Adam Fox, who, following a meeting in Ohio, reaches out to a militia that has already been infiltrated by the FBI.
According to the Buzzfeed article, the affidavit is backwards.
Buzzfeed’s story starts w/ the militia, called the Wolverine Watchmen. Dan, a veteran, joins it blindly and is alarmed: his new buddies aren’t just interested in fun gun stuff but in potentially killing cops.
Watched CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) on @Shudder and dug it — simple story, atmospheric filmmaking, great sense of rising dread.
Also, it made me realize an interesting edge for filmmakers in flyover country (like industrial filmmaker Herk Harvey, who directed): novel locations.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS was shot in studios and on location in Lawrence, Kansas, on location in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at the wildly atmospheric, unforgettable, but never seen on film Saltair Amusement Park in Magna, Utah.
Never seen on film because *it’s in freakin’ Magna, Utah!*
Just shooting in Utah means CARNIVAL OF SOULS offers a great, eerie, memorable location that you’ve never seen!
Think about all the times you’ve seen, say, the Bradbury Building in LA — OUTER LIMITS, BLADE RUNNER, WOLF, you name it. Now imagine you’d *never* seen it.
Very interesting thread (as is Parson's stuff on the early Klan in general), though I disagree w/ her on the elaborateness of the Klan's costumes showing deliberate strategy, any more than (say) drag queens' do. The early Klan did a lot of stuff they just thought was fun & funny.
As Parsons notes in her fascinating book KU-KLUX, the Ku Klux Klan started out as a freakin' band (like, a *literal actual band,* as in *a garage band with musical instruments*) from Tennessee who amused themselves by shitposting in their newspaperman friend's comment sections!
The first Klansman (mostly well-off dudes disenfranchised by Reconstruction) were exactly the sort to figure that if something funny was worth doing, it was worth overdoing.
They’re doing a WALTONS remake over at the CW and the cast looks exactly like what you’d expect the cast of a WALTON’s remake at the CW to look like variety.com/2021/tv/news/t…
Deadline ran a side-by-side picture of the guys playing John Walton, Sr. in 1971 and 2021 and uh holy crap that says something about the two eras, huh
So check this out: THE WALTONS was based on a TV movie with a different cast, meaning John Walton Sr. has three actors. Here they are:
Andrew Duggan (1971, aged 48)
Ralph Waite (1972 series, aged 44)
Ben Lawson (2021 series, aged 41)
A lot of Righties (fringe and mainstream alike) are convinced of that money is the problem, that they could rise up and beat the establishment and the Lefties if only the money were there.
don’t get me wrong, money *helps*
but it won’t magically make you know what you’re doing
Mike Lindell is willing to set hundreds of millions of dollars on fire for his cause when he would have done better to just sit back and quietly fund stuff