Weekend Retrospective | The 'Real' Voice of Vigo
Ghostbusters II will probably go down as the greatest film ever whose main antagonist was a painting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_-I_kiIa6g The painting was of "Vigo the Carpathian," as portrayed by legendary German wrestler/boxer/pimp and actor Wilhem von Homburg (0ther than his role of Vigo, American audiences will remember Wilhelm as one of the terrorists who take over Nakatomi Plaza in the original Die Hard). But of course it is Max von Sydow's voice that you hear when Vigo speaks in the film. Much to Wilhelm's dismay his performance had been dubbed over (he reportedly stormed out of a cast and crew screening...
Weekend Retrospective | The 'Real' Voice of Vigo
Weekend Retrospective: The Time Hunter S. Thompson Attempted to Interview Keith Richards
1993, the year the incomprehensible object met the enigmatic force. "Hunter S. Thompson, has an opportunity to interview Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. First he must track Keith down. Their conversations are utterly and predictably incomprehensible - Extremely amusing nonetheless! via: TWBE
Weekend Retrospective: The Time Hunter S. Thompson Attempted to Interview Keith Richards
Weekend Retrospective: The night Andy Warhol crashed Hulk Hogan's locker room
The date: February 18, 1985. The place: New York, NY, at the Garden. The era: the dawn of professional wrestling's golden age. Spearheaded by the "Rock N' Wrestling" promotional campaign, the lead up to the first Wrestlemania (which would take place the following month) saw Vince McMahon and the then-named WWF put on the show The War to Settle the Score. The main event that night saw Hulk Hogan successfully retaining his WWF championship over the hated heel Rowdy Roddy Piper. After the match the locker room was a joyous place, as you can see. Cyndi Lauper, Captain Lou Albano,...
Weekend Retrospective: The night Andy Warhol crashed Hulk Hogan's locker room
Weekend Retrospective RZA, GZA & Bill Murray on Coffee and Cigarettes
In 2003 visionary indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch wrote and directed the subtle comic masterpiece Coffee and Cigarettes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Xac6ux2vY Jarmusch's film was an exercise in the juxtaposition of opposite -specifically the colors black and white- and consisted of layering consecutive shorts in which two, sometimes three, people at opposite ends of given premise sit around having a discussion over coffee and cigarettes. In one segment Cate Blanchett stars as both herself and a fictional cousin, in another (originally filmed in '93 for Jarmusch's Canne's award-winning short Coffee & Cigarettes III and included for the 2003 feature) Iggy Pop and Tom Waites...