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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
First Order of Discussion: How many drugs were consumed to produce this movie?
Our Star
Nicky Cage
Film Overview
Premise: The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Budget: $6 million
Box Office: $1.4 million
Trivia
(courtesy of IMDB)
* Towards the end of the film, Red tells the cult leader that the psychotic drowns where the mystic swims. This is a variation of a quote by mythologist, Joseph Campbell: "The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight." (Joseph Campbell, "Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research"). Meaning, that there's a fine line between psychosis and spirituality.
* The weapon forged by Red was a homage to legendary metal band Celtic Frost's logo.
* Prompted a four-minute standing ovation at Cannes.
* The book Mandy reads early on during the film, "Seeker of the Serpent's Kiss", it's a prop, a fake book. It is actually the name of the musical composition playing during that scene and it is by the film's composer, Jóhann Jóhannsson.
* There are several similarities between Jeremiah Sand and real-life cult leader Charles Manson. Like Sand, Manson was also a failed musician who reportedly took it very personally when his musicianship was insulted. Sand refers to his victims as "pigs," as did Manson and his followers. Psychedelic drugs were also used before acts of violence.
Members: @europe1 @MusterX @TheOldMan @Kyojiro @HHJ @Cubo de Sangre @FrontNakedChoke @Minotauro Rex Foot @Tufts @chickenluver @Coolthulu @OMGstreetfight @Yotsuya @jei @LHWBelt @moreorless87 @HARRISON_3 @Bullitt68 @HenryFlower @BeardotheWeirdo @Zer @TheLinguist @Rimbaud82
Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
First Order of Discussion: How many drugs were consumed to produce this movie?
Our Director
Panos Cosmatos
Panos Cosmatos is a writer and director, known for Mandy (2018), Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) and Tombstone (1993).Panos Cosmatos
Our Star
Nicky Cage
Film Overview
Premise: The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Budget: $6 million
Box Office: $1.4 million
Trivia
(courtesy of IMDB)
* Towards the end of the film, Red tells the cult leader that the psychotic drowns where the mystic swims. This is a variation of a quote by mythologist, Joseph Campbell: "The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight." (Joseph Campbell, "Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research"). Meaning, that there's a fine line between psychosis and spirituality.
* The weapon forged by Red was a homage to legendary metal band Celtic Frost's logo.
* Prompted a four-minute standing ovation at Cannes.
* The book Mandy reads early on during the film, "Seeker of the Serpent's Kiss", it's a prop, a fake book. It is actually the name of the musical composition playing during that scene and it is by the film's composer, Jóhann Jóhannsson.
* There are several similarities between Jeremiah Sand and real-life cult leader Charles Manson. Like Sand, Manson was also a failed musician who reportedly took it very personally when his musicianship was insulted. Sand refers to his victims as "pigs," as did Manson and his followers. Psychedelic drugs were also used before acts of violence.
Members: @europe1 @MusterX @TheOldMan @Kyojiro @HHJ @Cubo de Sangre @FrontNakedChoke @Minotauro Rex Foot @Tufts @chickenluver @Coolthulu @OMGstreetfight @Yotsuya @jei @LHWBelt @moreorless87 @HARRISON_3 @Bullitt68 @HenryFlower @BeardotheWeirdo @Zer @TheLinguist @Rimbaud82