Monday, September 18, 2006

Tune In, Turn On, Get Shot

What do you get when you give a group of soldiers some guns, rocket launchers and several doses of acid each? A mind expanding massacre. Actually it seems the Brits were smart enough not to give the troops they experimented on loaded weapons.

And, in a related clip:
This "experiment" might help explain the ambiguous ending in one of my favorite movies of the 90's, Jacob's Ladder. As you recall, the last scene leads you to believe the whole movie has taken place in Tim Robbins' mind as he is flown, mortally wounded, out of a Viet Nam combat area. In this clip, Robbins' hallucinations become weirder and weirder as he is wheeled through a hospital.

Fun fact: This film won the 1990 Oscar for "Most Effective Use Of Odd Or Misshapen Actor(s) In A Motion Picture," narrowly beating out Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lyne's an amazing director most often. What happened to that guy?

2:52 PM  

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