The Big Blue : Le Grand Bleu

Rediscovered Movie 18:2
seen on BluRay

story and direction by Luc Besson
production by Patrice Ledoux
music by Eric Serra

France /Italy 1988


Happy Role [Joy] : JOANA BAKER (Rosanna Arquette)

Grumpy Role [Conflict] : LA MAMMA (Alessandra Vazzoler)

Sneezy Role [Thrill] : ENZO MOLINARI (Jean Reno)

Sleepy Role [Process] : DR. LAURENCE (Paul Shenar)

Dopey Role [Humour] : UNCLE LOUIS (Jean Bouise)

Doc Role [Idea] : NOIREUTER (Jan Rouiller)

Bashful Role [Mystery] : JACQUES MAYOL (Jean-Mac Barr)

Snowwhite Role [Beauty] : someone among the Dolphins (some dolphin)



my favourite scene now : inside the capsel down... as belgian diver Noireuter tries to convince the sicilian Enzo about the absolute danger of tasting alcohol on that big depth... but only get playful responses to his seriousness... inspiring even Jacques to behave childish, like Enzo is king of the sea even if he's not...



my experience of the whole movie 
(compared to last time 2012 I saw it
has risen most in humour and meaning
not sunken in any aspect at all)

5 (4) Characters
6 (7) Scenery
7 (6) Camerawork

4 (4) Thrill
5 (5) Conflict
6 (3) Humour

6 (5) Psychology
4 (2) Philosophy
3 (2) Fantasy

3 (3) Timeline
7 (7) Music
6 (5) Concept

= 62 (53)



I now give 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)


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Madman Across The Water : Elton John

among his 70's albums the piece which last
has found its magic place in my piano puzzle

as Autumn Album # 18:1
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Whole Soulful song : LEVON (or maybe All The Nasties)

most Introspective Dreamlike song : MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER

most Expressively Amusing song : HOLIDAY INN

most Beautifully Lovable song : GOODBYE

most Mighty Strongfelt song : ROTTEN PEACHES (or maybe Razor Face)

most Sexy Teasing song : TINY DANCER

most Survive-Struggling song : INDIAN SUNSET



Reminds me most of : Billy Joel
somewhere between Piano Man and Streetlife Serenade


"And he shall be Levon"
which I thought he sang
"And he shall believe in"


Whole Album

(6) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(7) singin' /playin' feelin'
(4) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(4) synchronization
(2) cover /concept
(5) historical importance

= 39

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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Pieces Recently Listened to... Still Not Ready

mostly by Old ProgRock Artists
in some new collaborations

seven songs growing deeper
as my fifth Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

SUPPER'S READY

with Steve Hackett feat. Todmobile
or Todmobile feat. Steve Hackett
and more musicians = SinfoniaNord
from live performance -16

originally on Foxtrot by Genesis -72




Eye chakra

PRELUDE TO A MILLION YEARS

by Tony Banks
with Czech National Symphony Ochestra & Choir
from Five -18




Throat chakra

WE USED TO BACH
[WE USED TO KNOW
including Prelude in C]

with The Carducci String Quartet, John O'Hara and Ian Anderson
from  Jethro Tull - The Sring Quartets -17




Heart chakra

A SONG FOR YOU

with The Carpenters
from  A Song For You -72

by Leon Russell





Solar Plexus chakra

no matter HOW FAR

with Roger Daltrey
from As Long as I Have You -18




Sex chakra

QUESTI MIEI PENSIERI

with Mia Martini 
from Un Altro Giorno Con Me -75

by Fabrizio, Albertelli, Fabrizio





Root chakra

DOWN FROM DOVER

with Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
from Nancy & Lee Again -72







Below or Above All

IN THE SKELETON GALLERY

with Steve Hackett
from The Night Siren -17






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my House of Music Genres

since whole life, still keeps Revolving

most frequently to me as a listener

here put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces



Roof Top

PSYCHEDELICA

Front Door

COUNTRY

Hallway

BOOGIE WOOGIE

Kitchen

BOSSA NOVA (SAMBA)

Workroom

PROGRESSIVE (ART) ROCK

Bathroom

NEW WAVE


Parlour

BAROQUE

Living TV Room
MUSICAL

Stairway
(down...)

ROCK 'N' ROLL

Secret Wardrobe

ELECTRONIC (experimental)

Basement

JAZZ

Bonus Toilet

DANSBAND (swedish kinda country)

Bedroom

SINGER /SONGWRITER (mostly Folkie)

Stairway
(...up again)

3 min. Melodies = SCHLAGER


Attic

(classical) ROMANTICISM

Balcony

MOTOWN (Soul and R'n'B)

Garden

PSALMS (+ some Medieval choir)

Play Cottage

NURSERY RHYMES

Tool Shed

SYNTH POP

Food Cellar

(early) HEAVY METAL

Fence
(border to World)

MODERN CLASSICAL

Outside
(something else)

OPERA

Still Under Construction


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Horizontal by Bee Gees

as my Spring Record # 18:3

with maybe even more beautiful and strong songs
than can be found on each early Bee Gees album


by kinda chakra based evaluation

most Soulful song : DAY TIME GIRL
(spreading her wings like an high flying eagle)

most Imaginative song : WITH THE SUN IN MY EYES
(Who is the Clown? that walks in the steps of my shadow)

most Amusing song : BIRDIE TOLD ME

most Beautiful song : AND THE SUN WILL SHINE

most Strong song : LEMONS NEVER FORGET

most Sexy song : THE EARNEST OF BEING GEORGE
(fairy stories in the penny arcade)

most Rooted song : (Back to) MASSACHUSETTS


Above and/or Below everyone : WORLD (is Round)



Reminds me most of : 
Odessey & Oracle with The Zombies
Something Else by The Kinks with The Kinks
Studio with Tages
Straight Up with Badfinger
In The Beginning with Genesis


Until recently I had completely missed this "second record"
just heard "Bee Gees 1:st" and what thought was their following "Idea"

so we still are in spring of -68
even if the tight tunes feels more spread around
like partly staying in extremely playful -66
and partly reaching for the heavier end of -69



Whole Album

(7) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(7) singin' /playin' feelin'
(3) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(4) synchronization
(4) cover /concept
(5) historical importance

= 41

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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Astrud Gilberto with or without Turrentine

a sweet as well as soulful blend between bossa nova
and schlager jazz (with some country blues slings)
as it just could've been and was made around -71

as my Spring Record # 18:2


Glorious songs in a nicely shifting string of pearls
but quite dubious or strange taken as an album
"Gilberto with Turrentine"

Why is this saxophonist half of the title?
when he's playing only on four tracks
[could've been great as an EP stuffed with samba]

while more tracks are played by the flutist,
the guitarist(s), organ, percussions
and many strings creating the windy, dreamy space

where probably sax should've sound too sharp
or too happy if would've danced every time with Astrud
whose beauty often is based on melancholy
(except in the whisling tune here she wrote herself)

Well, I'm just beginning to know Gilberto
= many albums and songs to go......



by kinda chakra based evaluation

most Soulful song : BRAZILIAN TAPESTRY
[composed by Eumir Deodato]

most Imaginative song : SOLO EL FIN (for all we know)
[composed by Fred Karlin a.o.]

most Amusing song : JUST BE YOU (Bonus)
[composed by Astrud Gilberto]

most Beautiful song : WHERE THERE'S A HEARTACHE (there must be a heart)
[composed by Bacharach and David]

most Strong song : ZAZUEIRA
[composed by Jorge Ben]

most Sexy song : PONTEIO
[composed by José Carlos Capinam and Edú Lobo]

most Rooted song : TRAVELING LIGHT
[composed by Deodato and Everett]


Above and/or Below everyone : TO A FLAME (instrumental)
[composed by Stephen Stills]



Furthermore than other Bossa artists, this Reminds me most of : Francoise Hardy, Gordon Lightfoot, Sandie Shaw, Mia Martini, Monica Zetterlund, Cat Stevens and of course Burt Bacharach by many singers


Whole Album

(7) compositions
(6) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(4) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(2) synchronization
(4) cover /concept
(3) historical importance

= 37

I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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Seven Strong Songs Never Really Heard Before

just flashed by some times during the years
without me realizing how splendid they are

as my fourth Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

ABOVE AND BEYOND (the sun)

"Is it any wonder I'm alive?!?"

with Bee Gees
from Size isn't Everything -93




Eye chakra

THE ARBITER [Opening Ceremony of CHESS]

"From square one I'll be watching all 64"

with Björn Skifs
early version -84
before premiere of the musical




Throat chakra

Ta Mig TUSEN DAGAR HÄRIFRÅN
[Take Me THOUSAND DAYS AWAY FROM HERE]

about some imagined last Rock'n'roll king actually in Moscow
contrasted to same kind of longing a girl in New York carries

with Perssons Pack 
feat. Jacob Hellman
from Äkta Hjärtan [True Hearts] -91




Heart chakra

ASK ME IF I CARE

with Lemon Pipers
from Green Tambourine -68

(via collection Love Beads And Meditation
containing their both albums)




Solar Plexus chakra

ZAZUEIRA

with Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine
from Gilberto with Turrentine -71




Sex chakra

LITTLE BITTY PISSANT COUNTRY PLACE

"just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill"

with Dolly Parton & co
from movie The Best Little WhoreHouse in Texas -82




Root chakra

BOOGIE BLUES

with Gene Krupa (drums) 
and Anita O'Day (singing)

from collection Let Me Off Uptown, this piece -45







Below or Above All

WORLD

"Now I've found
that the world is Round"

with Bee Gees
from Horizontal -69





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my House of Recently Seen Movies

a finally well-sorted mess

of which ones I've watched during 2018 so far

some big movies taken me months
of returned attempts to follow through

like the Hollywood version of Russian War & Piece
and especially the 7h long Hungarian work Sátántangó

while others immediately experienced

here put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces




Roof Top

[JÄTTEN] = THE GIANT
by Johannes Nyholm

Sweden -16

Waited more than a year, now finally seen!

Front Door

RUSHMORE
by Wes Anderson

USA -96

Hallway

BALLAD OF A SOLDIER
by Grigori Chukrai

Soviet -59

Kitchen

I, DANIEL BLAKE
by Ken Loach

UK -16

Workroom

RIFIFI
by Jules Dassin

France -55

Bathroom

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

by Tom Ford

USA -16

Parlour

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
by Peter Weir

based on Joan Lindsay

Australia -75

Living TV Room

BLADE RUNNER 2049
by Denis Villeneuve

USA -17

begun to check it on Bluray
then in Cinema "Retro" (including the original -82)

and so repeated ready on Bluray

Stairway (down...)

SÁTÁNTANGÓ
by Belá Tarr

Hungary -94

[so far seen part 1-6 of 9]

Secret Wardrobe

THE DAUGHTER

by Simon Stone

Australia -15

Basement

JURASSIC PARK
by Steven Spielberg

USA -93

Bonus Toilet

ELLE

by Paul Verhoeven

France -16

Bedroom

AMERICAN HONEY

by Andrea Arnold

UK -16

Stairway (...up again)

WAR AND PEACE
by King Vidor

USA -56

based on Lev Tolstoj 1869

Attic

NÄRVARANDE

about photographer Georg Oddner

by Jan Troell

Sweden -03

Balcony

SHANE
western with Alan Ladd
by George Stevens -52




Garden

THE GREAT ADVENTURE
by Arne Sucksdorff

with wild animals of Sweden -53

+ also a bunch of his amazing short film documentaries

Play Cottage

EXPLORERS
with Ethan Hawke as kid
by Joe Dante

USA -85

Tool Shed

HIBERNATUS
with Louis de Funès
by Edouard Molinaro

France /Italy -69

Food Cellar

NANOOK OF THE NORTH
with Arctic Canadian Inuits

by Robert J. Flaherty

USA -22

"a silent documentary"

with music by Silverman -76

Fence
(border to World)

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
by J. Lee Thompson

UK /USA -61

Outside
(something else)

ARRIVAL
by Denis Villeneuve

USA -16

based on Ted Chiang

and left some seen out

which I've already write about

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VERY Like Best Piece of LEGO

a very Very VERY Spiritual Record
Realise once more this must be
Pet Shop Boys' most madly funny
and seriously exciting work
Released in -93
never discovered it in Real time
as I did with Behaviour before that
but Very cathed up
one decade later, rolled like crazy
though I knew as little of pop-electronica
as I still wouldn't normally listen to today
with a really orange cover
now goes green as
my Spring Record # 18:1
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Soulful song : (as you leave the) THEATRE (in the end we pretend)

most Imaginative song : YOUNG OFFENDER

most Amusing song : I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING

most Beautiful song : TO SPEAK IS A SIN

most Strong song : ONE IN A MILLION

most Sexy song : A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

most Rooted song : DREAMING OF THE QUEEN


Above and/or Below everyone : YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS MAD


Whole Album

(7) compositions
(5) instrumentations
(6) singin' /playin' feelin'
(5) lyrics (incl titles)
(6) variation
(4) synchronization
(7) cover /concept
(4) historical importance

= 44


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)


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my House of 80's Movies

those I've Returneded to most
= not a special darlings list
but a portrait of pieces which has coloured my life

much comedy as well as serious sci-fi

among half very ordinary

and some from Sweden since I live here

here put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces
two in each [2 x 22 = 44 films]




Roof Top

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

by Steven Spielberg

RAIN MAN

with Dustin Hoffman

Front Door

CLOCKWISE

with John Cleese

JÖNSSON-LIGAN

[first five movies about them]

with Gösta Ekman




Hallway

DEKALOG
= 10 shorter movies

by Krzystof Kieslowski

AKIRA

by Katsuhiro Otomo

Kitchen

LE RAYON VERT [THE GREEN RAY]

by Eric Rohmer

PLASTPOSEN [THE PLASTIC BAG]

with Jon Skolmen

Workroom

KARATE KID

by John G. Avildsen

THE THING

by John Carpenter

Bathroom

BLUE VELVET

by David Lynch

OCTOPUSSY

with Roger Moore

Parlour

FANNY AND ALEXANDER
by Ingmar Bergman

NOSTALGIA

by Andrei Tarkovsky

Living TV Room

TRON

by Steven Lisberger

POLTERGEIST part I + POLTERGEIST part II

with Heather O'Rourke

Stairway
(down...)

LABYRINTH

with Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie

BLADE RUNNER

by Ridley Scott

Secret Wardrobe

SEX LIES AND VIDEOTAPES

with James Spader

VIDEODROME

by David Cronenberg

Basement

THE SHINING

Kubrick based on King

DAS BOOT

by Wolfgang Petersen

Bonus Toilet

POSSESSION

with Isabelle Adjani

GÖTA KANAL or WHO PULLED THE PLUG?

by Hans Iveberg

Bedroom

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

with Dolly Parton

(THE GIRL WHO FELL) OVERBOARD

with Goldie Hawn

Stairway
(...up again)

BACK TO THE FUTURE

by Robert Zemeckis

STAR WARS part VI : RETURN OF THE JEDI

by George Lucas

Attic

DEAD POETS' SOCIETY

by Peter Weir

[A PRINCE IN NEW YORK] COMING TO AMERICA

with Eddie Murphy

Balcony


SÄLLSKAPSRESAN part II : SNOWROLLER

with and by Lasse Åberg

STAND BY ME

Spielberg based on King

Garden

THE SACRIFICE

by Andrei Tarkovsky

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

based on Astrid Lindgren

Play Cottage

GREMLINS

by Joe Dante

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY

by and with Woody Allen

Tool Shed

BRAZIL
with Terry Gilliam

THE FLY

by David Cronenberg

Food Cellar

A FISH CALLED WANDA

with Michael Palin

THE SHARK WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

by Claes Eriksson

Fence
(border to World)

PLATOON

by Oliver Sone

ELEPHANT MAN

by David Lynch

Outside
(something else)

DROWNING BY NUMBERS

by Peter Greenaway

LE DERNIER COMBAT [THE LAST COMBAT]

by Luc Besson

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Blue Velvet leading heavenly through Bloody Darkness

a deeper study than before of Blue Velvet
Rediscovered Movie 18:1

Realise how well it fits into the world of Lynch *
sowing seeds for Twin Peaks as well as Mulholland Dr.
making a human story of Eraserhead's surreal phenomenons

also intriguing how much here shows in rather Red
not at least Dorothys dress and appartment
even though her dreams may be more blue

with music by Angelo Badalementi + some early 60's themes


in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral


most Happy Role : SANDY (Laura Dern)

most Grumpy Role : JEFFREY (Kyle MacLachlan)

most Sneezy Role : FRANK (Dennis Hopper)

most Sleepy Role : SOMEONE'S CUT-OFF EAR (?? ??)

most Dopey Role : BEN "THE CLOWN" (Dean Stockwell)

most Doc Role : DETECTIVE WILLIAMS (George Dickerson)

most Bashful Role : NO ONE and /or EVERYONE

most Beauty Role : DOROTHY (Isabella Rossellini)



* completely unknown to me then 1986
as begun to glimpse his mysteries 2001


my experience of full movie now

3 Joy (Happy)
6 Conflict (Grumpy)
7 Thrill (Sneezy)
7 Process (Sleepy)
3 Humour (Dopey)
4 Idea (Doc)
7 Mystery (Bashful)
5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 42


I give from 1 to 7 stars
for these 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars



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Seven Strong Songs Never Heard Before

my third Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

FOXLIGHT

"Even if the pieces change
and only the journey still remains"

with Wobbler
from From Silence to Somewhere -15




Eye chakra

LIVING FOREVER

"they've gone and changed the rules again
...too much of what they said wasn't so"

with Genesis
from We Can't Dance -91




Throat chakra

PAPER BAG and/or GEYSER
[kinda same theme in them]

with Circuit des Yeux
from Reaching for Indigo -17




Heart chakra

MYSTERIES OF LOVE

with Julee Cruise
from film score to Blue Velvet -86

lyrics by David Lynch
music by Angelo Badalementi




Solar Plexus chakra

CREATURE COMFORT

"on and on, I don't know if I want it"

with Arcade Fire
from Everything Now -17




Sex chakra

ANGELS AND DEVILS THE FOLLOWING DAY

"the artist was tender but suffered from guilt...
the other would take me and feel no remorse...
and the one who was gentle hurt me much more..."

with Monica Törnell
[by Dory Previn]
from Understanding Eye -17




Root chakra

A RIDER ON A WHITE HORSE

"going nowhere - I've always been here"

with Lee Hazlewood
from Back On The Street Again -77







Below or Above All

VINTERÄNGEL

["I will give you faith
so you can keep on carry me"]

with Marie Fredriksson
from I en Tid som Vår -96



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