Movie Details
| Title: | Tapeheads | |
| Director: | Bill Fishman | |
| Year: | 1988 | |
| Genre: | Non-Musical Music Film | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.10.22 |
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| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.10.22 | Internet | This Screening is part of event: DVRfest 2022 I saw this at some point via the video store. I was a big fan of John Cusack due to Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer and I think I liked Tim Robbins ok too. I don't remember how old I was but I remember not really clicking with it because it was too all over the place. I remember much preferring the music video in that movie The Big Picture instead. Then some years ago, my friend Micah discovered this and fell in love with it. Ever since then I've been meaning to give it another watch, which now I have! It's funny... I remember having similar feelings about both this and Repo Man. I liked Emilio Estevez from shit like Young Guns and Men at Work so I was not prepared for the galactic punk insanity of Repo Man. Watching this now, I still detect a share similarity... both in the setting of 80s LA with a bunch of punk musicians in roles but also a bit of the chaotic freedom that somehow got both pictures made. This is like the flip side of the coin, opting for blatant silliness rather than... whatever Repo Man is, but I still feel a kinship there, along with other stuff like Roadside Prophets (which has another gonzo Cusack cameo) which it comes as no surprise to see one of the writers on this film produced those others. So, with the wisdom of age and experience, I really liked it this time around. The music video stuff is fun in a dated way, the story feels very much of its time, but the sheer amount of musician cameos is pretty cool. I think I maybe also saw Bobcat Goldwaith in there for a minute? You can tell it was made for very little money, but they were clever with it and it comes off as cool. Plus... what a band name: Swanky Modes. perfection. So yeah, finally saw Tapeheads again. I'm glad to set that right in my memory. I'm hoping to fit 2 more in tonight. Next up is some random pic that I hope is good. |
