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12 awful rock movies you must see
Why sucky music flicks rule
Joe Bosso, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 5:46 pm UTC
4. Can we send this back to the future?
Light Of Day (1987)
Why it blows: Remember the scene in Back To The Future where Michael J Fox plays guitar with a 1950's high school band? Unbeknownst to them, he's from the future, so when he decides to liven things by going mental, kicking amps, jumping around like Townshend, then doing Eddie Van Halen hammer-ons, it's utterly hilarious. Unfortunately, he does none of that here.
Why you must see it: Because when Light Of Day isn't trying to be a blue-collar rock film that 'gets it right,' i.e., being in a band is hard, you don't get paid at gigs, rock ain't glamorous, it's a moderately affecting portrait of a family trying to get through life in a gritty Cleveland suburb. Joan Jett plays Fox's sister/bandmate, and in her acting scenes, she isn't half-bad. It's written and directed by Paul Schrader (he penned Taxi Driver and Raging Bull), who knows all about fighting and crazy people. He just doesn't know shit about rock.
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User comments (8)
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I'd also have included at least one of Zappa's film-making attempts. Probably '200 Motels', which is sheer lunacy - not in a particularly good way, as the film makes no real sense. It's still a must-see, just because Ringo Starr does such an excellent job of playing Frank.
'Easy Rider' a rock movie? Why? Because of the soundtrack? -
Thank you SMPse. I think you're right.
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@FMo
I think this is the movie,
Six-String Samurai (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118736/ -
Hmmm... I really enjoyed "Easy Rider", even without any drugs, maybe your just to young to get it?
But I was actually reading the list, in hope of finding the name of a weird music movie I watched the ending of one day, and new found the title. It's about the world after a nuclear war, where Elvis is king of the only remaining city (I think it's Las Vegas), and then the king dies, and there has to be found a new king. So we follow this Buddy Holly look alike, with a sword and a guitar, who is trying to make it to Las Vegas, while he is being challenged by everybody he meets, and chased by a Slash-look alike with a white Fender and an entourage.
Does this ring a bell? And can anybody tell me the title, so I can watch the start? -
OK you missed "REPO: A Genetic Opera" (With Sarah Brightman and Ogre among others), and Phantom ofthe Paradise (though it was covered in Cult Films)
and While it isn't bad (and should be in Cult films), Ralph Bakshi's "American Pop" was widely panned on release. -
Zakk Wylde was also in rock star
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Even though i quite like the Who i thought Tommy was an awful movie, i guess one has to use drugs to enjoy Easy Rider, i dont and didnt.
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"Easy Rider" and "Tommy" ?
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