Roeg's "Insignificance"

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I'm watching this for the first time at the moment and even though I should be paying more attention, I am starting this thread. Pretentious tripe or inspired hypothesis or flawed admirable-effort or all of the above?

Also: Japanese woman in flower ceremony in the beginning. Not to be redundant but. WTF?

― Vic (Vic), Monday, 6 October 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

(its the one where einstein, m monroe, dimaggio and mccarthy all meet in a hotel room)

― Vic (Vic), Monday, 6 October 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes it is, Vic. It's great, I think. Bonkers, obviously, but an utter joy. I love Nic Roeg.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 6 October 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think there was one coherent point, but it explored a nice premise. Marilyn explaining the theory of relativity was nice.

― Vic (Vic), Monday, 6 October 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm dying to see this. Last spring I saw Roeg's Eureka (which featured Gene Hackman, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesche, and Rutger Hauer). Gene Hackman discovers gold in Alaska, Rutger discovers voodoo, and the amazing Rourke discovers Hackman's daughter. I couldn't decide whether that film was inspired and thoughtful, or pretentious and inane, or visually inspired but pretentious; probably the latter. I can't decide whether my favorite Roeg is Walkabout or Performance but I've made considerable effort to see every film of his I can reasonably get my hands on since viewing Performance.

― theodore fogelsanger, Monday, 6 October 2003 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Eureka is all of those things! And Walkabout is my favourite. Or maybe Don't Look Now.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 6 October 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't Look Now, followed by The Man Who Fell to Earth.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 6 October 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorite is "Bad Timing, A Sensual Obsession."

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 6 October 2003 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Roeg constantly seems like the guy who'd be my favorite filmmaker I've yet to actually see anything by.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 October 2003 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Bad Timing is one of the most unpleasant movies I've ever seen. In fairness, it's clearly meant to be unpleasant. The casting is also effective, albeit irritating.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 06:11 (twenty-two years ago)

UK viewers:

On Sunday night there was some murder mystery thing on BBC1. Obv I kissed it, but Heat listed it as involving the ghost [or something] of a house in Notting Hill which had been the location for a '60s gangster movie. wtf? Anyone see it? Did Jagger or Fox cameo?

Insignificance: Classic.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

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