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I couldn’t name a single song she’s done (although I’d probably recognize them if I heard them), but Chappell Roan certainly has immediately recognizable look down.
“Now leaving for Floston Paradise!”
All that’s missing is the white hair.
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I saw this in San Francisco at a theater on Filmore Street in 1988 shortly after it was released. I’d completely forgotten about it until I ran across this clip.
Big Business came out in 1988, and the entire premise is exactly the kind of wonderfully ridiculous comedy setup that could only work this well in an 80s movie.
Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin each play TWO characters — two sets of identical twin sisters who are accidentally mixed up at birth after both sets are born at the same hospital on the same night. One pair grows up wealthy in New York City, while the other grows up in a small West Virginia town… and years later all four women end up in the SAME hotel.
So yes, Bette Midler is playing opposite Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin is playing opposite Lily Tomlin, and everybody is running around trying to figure out why strangers suddenly look exactly like them.
Fun fact: the movie was directed by Jim Abrahams, one of the filmmakers behind comedies like Airplane!, so the increasingly ridiculous mix-ups make a lot more sense once you know that.
And can we appreciate how much work movies like this required BEFORE modern digital effects? Scenes featuring both versions of the same actress had to be carefully staged using techniques like body doubles, split-screen photography, and precise camera setups to sell the illusion that the twins were actually standing together.
Honestly, Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin playing four women in one movie was already enough to get me.
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I need to go watch this one again…
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Patrick Swayze, who would’ve been 74 today.
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James Cameron – Aliens (1986)
“Get away from her, you BITCH!”
Opening night, as I was wont to do back in the day. Came home to my apartment and turned on every light in the place.
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I saw this on opening night at Cine Capri (the original location) in 1979. It left me so shaken I drove home constantly looking out the rear window at the bed of my truck to make sure nothing was there.
And don’t even get me started on Aliens (1985). I came home from that and turned on every light in the apartment and opened every door interior door!
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An absolute masterpiece.
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I’m starting to believe the 80s were when we reached both peak film and music and we never realized it.
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When I was still young(ish) enough to be frightened by movies.
I came home and slept with the light on in my walk-in closet.
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It’s been three weeks since I saw Backrooms, leaving the theater disappointed and to be honest, somewhat angry.
Since I first saw it, I’ve seen several reviews of the film, and I think I may have been too hasty in my summary judgment and dismissal. I approached it expecting to see all the internet lore faithfully rendered on the big screen, instead of just viewing it as a standalone film.
That being said, today was my one day this week when I didn’t have to attend to anything medical (such is my life these days) and I had a $5 off coupon from Fandango from my last ticket purchase, so I thought what the hell…give it another shot from this new perspective.
And you know what? I enjoyed it quite a bit this time. And I actually missed many of easter egg nods to fans of the online lore on my first viewing. As a standalone story, it really isn’t bad at all, and why the monster is what it is in this film and not the “bacteria” from the video series makes sense. And I wouldn’t mind finding out what happens to Mary (Renate Reinsve)—or her still life, for that matter—ASYNC, and Phil (Mark Duplass) in a future sequel.
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