i caved. sixth rewatch, first of many this year. i love this movie with my entire being
i seriously can never get over this, i always notice something new every rewatch. i feel schizophrenic. anyways another (shorter) list of things i’ve noticed this time, and some i’ve realized in the last 6 months without even watching it. this doesn’t leave my mind for more than a week:
- i think the name tag on the shirt mikes wearing during the first scene says bob?? basic name but very interesting
- bob was in love with scott, and once the topic of bob gets brought up in the diner and scott goes on about their relationship, mike tries to end the conversation. also gets jealous of the woman scott’s comforting in the diner. she also shows up in my own private river as mike’s, using this term loosely, girlfriend. those scenes were probably cut for a reason but it’s interesting to think about
- this movie tells us exactly what’s going to happen from the beginning. one of my favorite quotes from mopi is “i will change when everybody expects it the least.” the audience hopes scott will stay, but as the film progresses, those chances are becoming less and less likely. scott never backs down from this idea, and he doesn’t care who he hurts, even if it’s himself.
- mike and scott have been friends for 3 1/2 years. mike increases that number to 4, scott decreases it to 3. which could mean nothing.
- this might be a massive reach but there’s always hints about where mike and scott will end up. mike mentions his dad at the beginning, bob comes in from idaho, they visit his dad. his dad has a portrait above the lamp, painted as if the lamp is lighting up the picture, hans’ performance involves him holding a lamp under his head, looking like the portrait. they find out his mom is in rome, there’s a red herring in hans’ room. she wasn’t in rome. this is where mike’s story ends, for the most part.
- obvious but the emotionally distant sex scene between mike, scott, and hans is shot in the same way as scott and carmella’s.
anyways i had no idea grace zabriskie was in this!! sarah palmer what r u doing here!?!?! i feel like alena is a much more important character than people think and no i will not elaborate. i feel it in my bones.
mikes beef with gary is so funny. i love him like a son. he’s so sarcastic but still has this gentle presence to him. when he shows anger, it’s followed by sadness. so, when scott leaves, all he feels is anguish. but he seems pissed when he sees scott again after italy so i could be talking out of my ass i don’t care. he was in such a sharp decline anyways and it could be attributed to that??
scott is such a cunt but he did not play abt mike waters!! except for when he left i guess. the last 40 minutes don’t exist to me.
i kinda hate that ive seen this so many times it doesn’t have the same emotional impact. i still feel empty after watching it, but i didn’t sob this time. however there were tears within the first five minutes
i showed the magazine scene to my film teacher as an idea for a competition we were doing. the most awkward like 2 minutes of my life. and she showed it to everyone else that was working on the project. we didn’t win unfortunately (only cause we got first place last year methinks..)
have a nice day. i miss river phoenix
i caved. sixth rewatch, first of many this year. i love this movie with my entire being
i seriously can never get over this, i always notice something new every rewatch. i feel schizophrenic. anyways another (shorter) list of things i’ve noticed this time, and some i’ve realized in the last 6 months without even watching it. this doesn’t leave my mind for more than a week:
- i think the name tag on the shirt mikes wearing during the first scene says bob?? basic name but very interesting
- bob was in love with scott, and once the topic of bob gets brought up in the diner and scott goes on about their relationship, mike tries to end the conversation. also gets jealous of the woman scott’s comforting in the diner. she also shows up in my own private river as mike’s, using this term loosely, girlfriend. those scenes were probably cut for a reason but it’s interesting to think about
- this movie tells us exactly what’s going to happen from the beginning. one of my favorite quotes from mopi is “i will change when everybody expects it the least.” the audience hopes scott will stay, but as the film progresses, those chances are becoming less and less likely. scott never backs down from this idea, and he doesn’t care who he hurts, even if it’s himself.
- mike and scott have been friends for 3 1/2 years. mike increases that number to 4, scott decreases it to 3. which could mean nothing.
- this might be a massive reach but there’s always hints about where mike and scott will end up. mike mentions his dad at the beginning, bob comes in from idaho, they visit his dad. his dad has a portrait above the lamp, painted as if the lamp is lighting up the picture, hans’ performance involves him holding a lamp under his head, looking like the portrait. they find out his mom is in rome, there’s a red herring in hans’ room. she wasn’t in rome. this is where mike’s story ends, for the most part.
- obvious but the emotionally distant sex scene between mike, scott, and hans is shot in the same way as scott and carmella’s.
anyways i had no idea grace zabriskie was in this!! sarah palmer what r u doing here!?!?! i feel like alena is a much more important character than people think and no i will not elaborate. i feel it in my bones.
mikes beef with gary is so funny. i love him like a son. he’s so sarcastic but still has this gentle presence to him. when he shows anger, it’s followed by sadness. so, when scott leaves, all he feels is anguish. but he seems pissed when he sees scott again after italy so i could be talking out of my ass i don’t care. he was in such a sharp decline anyways and it could be attributed to that??
scott is such a cunt but he did not play abt mike waters!! except for when he left i guess. the last 40 minutes don’t exist to me.
i kinda hate that ive seen this so many times it doesn’t have the same emotional impact. i still feel empty after watching it, but i didn’t sob this time. however there were tears within the first five minutes
i showed the magazine scene to my film teacher as an idea for a competition we were doing. the most awkward like 2 minutes of my life. and she showed it to everyone else that was working on the project. we didn’t win unfortunately (only cause we got first place last year methinks..)
have a nice day. i miss river phoenix
