What A Wonderful World

Well today has mostly been sitting in, and having an Orochi 2 marathon, but I did get around to watching two movies. First was Pete Kelly’s Blues. Now how about this for a cast list: Jack Webb, Lee Marvin, Janet Leigh, Peggy Lee, Andy Devine, Ella Fitzgerald, Martin Milner, Herb Ellis, Jayne Mansfield, and Edmond O’Brian.

Not convinced?

How about a movie where Jack Webb punches out Lee Marvin, not once, but twice?

Still not convinced?

How about lines like “You look like a banjo player who ate a big breakfast” or “They say you got rubber pockets so you could steal soup”

Then since it was still early I finally got around to convincing my father to watch Memories Of Murder. It was directed by Bong Joon-ho who also directed The Host. It also stars Song Kang-ho who played Park Gang-Du in the Host as well as another cast member or two. Much like The Host (Memories of Murder came first) the film is funny and touching at moments, frightening at others, and heart breaking.

If you’re new to Korean cinema I would recommend watching both Old Boy which is one of the most inventive and emotionally draining film experiences I’ve ever witnessed, and Attack The Gas Station which was hysterical. Both are easy to find, and fairly well known in the U.S. of A.

Say, would you like some answers about the sad state of our world? Well you’re not getting any! I’m not sharing. So instead meet the Wiccan wife of the owner of Rotting Corpse Records. She likes working with children, taro, and producing records for a band called Baby Stab Horror. You know with it’s sort of atonal nature metal could be an a more interesting and artistically valid music if it would drop the Satanism, Anarchy, mutilation nonsense. Or maybe not.