Fishing With John

Started by children with angels, May 23, 2003, 09:11:21 AM

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children with angels

May 23, 2003, 09:11:21 AM
"Life is so beautiful - every breath, every day of our lives... ahhhh: fishing."

I only discovered this programme fairly recently - considering it was made in 92 - on a visit to Canada, and I think it is one of the greatest television shows I've ever seen...! So so funny, so surreal, so beautiful. Any show that features John Lurie interviewing a nautious Tom Waits, hunting shark with Jim Jarmusch, doing a "fish dance" with Matt Dillon, dying of exposure with Willhelm Dafoe and searching for the legendary giant squid with Dennis Hopper is okay in my book. And that voice-over man: "John and Jim awake early the next morning, each covered in sores and boners..."

This is such a rare gem of a programme - it makes me happy just to be alive. Nothing can be wrong when watching this show - watching such cool people being so silly and having so much fun in such wonderful places. I love it...

Any fans out there...?
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

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RegularKarate

#1
May 23, 2003, 09:19:16 AM
Yeah... loved that show... if you can call it that... it was what?  six episodes long?  The good ones never last.

children with angels

#2
May 23, 2003, 09:25:58 AM
Yeah, just six episodes - but six episodes of PURE JOY...! Actually, on the DVD commentary John Lurie speaks about the possibility of another series (you can tell how much he misses it when he's watching the show). He mentions two people who would just be so goddamn wonderful to see on the show, who he claims he's spoken with about the possiblity... Vincent Gallo (joy!), and - and, wait for it.......... J.D Salinger...! I'm sure he must be lying though, he must be: there is no way Salinger would agree to do a TV show - he doesn't even leave his cabin these days. It's gotta be an elaborate joke... But just imagine...!
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

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MacGuffin

#3
May 23, 2003, 09:43:48 AM
The theme song was so damn catchy and would get stuck in your head.
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godardian

#4
May 23, 2003, 10:03:46 AM
Quote from: mogwaiYou guys seem to have a lot of love for that show, I've not seen it but I have to buy it on DVD now. Thanks.

...and I'll have to finally sit down and watch the DVD I've owned for months now (purchased on a Criterion binge... I'm slowly but surely making my way through all of them. Trying to work chronologically, like a good film geek, which puts Fishing later rather than sooner).
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children with angels

#5
May 23, 2003, 10:07:53 AM
Everyone with a love for Jarmusch movies, surreal humour, the beauty of nature, Tom Waits / John Lurie music would love - and should buy - the DVD in my opinion...
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

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http://thelesserfeat.blogspot.com/

SoNowThen

#6
May 23, 2003, 10:13:18 AM
I can't remember the dialogue exactly, but I liked when Lurie and Dafoe died at the end of one episode, then the next episode the narrator says something like "oh, he actually didn't die after all...". Fucking classic. The narration was my favorite part.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

lamas

#7
May 23, 2003, 11:32:27 PM
fishing.....with John....out on the wa-ter.  absolutely hilarious stuff.  i loved when lurie and dafoe were supposedly going crazy from cabin fever.

cowboykurtis

#8
May 24, 2003, 12:04:28 AM
the episode with dennis hopper is hilarious
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Holden Pike

#9
May 24, 2003, 07:04:32 AM
"The Andaman Sea, the Andaman Sea. Oogely-boogley, the Andaman Sea..."

The narration definitely kicks it over the top into brilliance. And can anybody ever watch this, then not stick your first catch of the day down your pants, ala Tom Waits? God bless Criterion for putting this on the market.
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children with angels

#10
May 24, 2003, 08:06:42 AM
"I'd LOVE a bite of your sandwich."
"Should I bring my own chains?"
"We always do..."

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