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John Lennon 1940-1980

Dec 08, 2013 04:48

Today is a very sad and reflective day for a few of us here at cinematixyz. Most of us happen to be huge Beatle fans, especially Lennon, and today is the day we lost him all those years ago. I was in diapers. One of us was a young teenager. One wasn't even born yet. I am not even sure how the fourth member of OUR group feels about him but for at ( Read more... )

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carbonpaper December 8 2013, 12:56:05 UTC

I've thought of that already, I think probably when I turned 27 too. How much they had all accomplished by about that age. John means a whole lot to me. Well, the Beatles do too, but just especially. Lovely little tribute today. :)

Looking forward to the Backbeat review. I was really surprised by how much I loved that movie.

I love your Icon with May Pang =) cinematixyz December 8 2013, 17:50:36 UTC

Yes I loved Backbeat...plus, we got to see Sheryl Lee half Naked, which I mean, we did as Laura Palmer, but as Astrid...was somehow sexier. Stuart and Astrid: one of the great love stories of all time... Did you know that after they were engaged and he died, she has NEVER married?!?! It's almost like she knows he was her one shot..one soul mate, and with him gone, why bother looking. She had a lover. He was just gone, that's all. Romantic yet O so sad.

And Stephan Dorff did an EXACT Stuart...that you see him playing Candy Darling from the Warhol Factory and you are totally blown !!

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) carbonpaper December 9 2013, 04:00:00 UTC

Thanks! :)

Yeah that is definitely sad and romantic. I love their story. Yeah, he was really good in it!

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) cinematixyz December 9 2013, 11:45:57 UTC

But when you watch him play Stu back to back with The Transvestite QUEEN, Candy Darling or to see Sheryl play Astrid back to back with Laura Palmer (I think 'Fire Walk with Me' was the project she has JUST BEFORE playing Astrid), you can see and appreciate how talented they both were. Also, someone mentioned somewhere about the "Linda McCartney" story and I just wanted to point out they used the same actor to play Paul as was in 'Backbeat'..he was just older, as Paul would have been in a story about Linda ( ... )

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) carbonpaper December 9 2013, 12:48:19 UTC

I've never done that, but I believe you. The Linda McCartney Story isn't terrible, it's just not awesome haha.

Yeah I love Linda! Though I am not a vegetarian or anything but I fully support those who are.

I would love to get a book of Astrid's photos but I think they're all pretty expensive, at least that I saw. Her work is fantastic! I would love to find a love like that one day...

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) cinematixyz December 9 2013, 14:50:47 UTC

What would have happened say, twenty years on though? Aren't all (or most) of our great romances like that the first year or so... They may have still been in love and perfect, but maybe not. Yet poor Astrid is in love with a ghost... Stuart is forever beautiful and 21.... For all she knows, his art would have flopped (doubtful) and he'd have become a cheat and a drunk (again, doubtful). But she will never know. All she knows is the boy that was her soulmate is dead and he is frozen in space and time in the midst of their amazing love affair. Due to that, how could she move on or be happy?? Who can complete with a beautiful, romantic, talented ghost?? Who would want to?

Z.

Re: I love your Icon with May Pang =) carbonpaper December 10 2013, 20:04:42 UTC

That's very true.

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