the Loveless

I loved the Loveless.

This film was the surprise of the motorcycle movie night season. I'd been saving it for later on because the poster just looked so bad. Plus, it was from '82 and a bit of a gamble. But I eventually watched the trailer and thought it looked like it might actually be alright. I was wrong. It was better than alright. It ruled. Legitimately.

This is Willem Dafoe's first flick. He looks barely twenty years old in it. He plays a character similar to Johnny in the Wild One. Of which, this is a total homage. But it's more than a cheap imitation. This is art.

The editing is great, the music is exceptional, the sound is cool, and the composition is fucking killer. Whoever the DP was, he did an outstanding job. It reminded me of Control or a Hitchcock flick. Very calculated. Very photographic. That's why this film ruled.

Oh, and the cars and the bikes didn't hurt it.

There was one thing that kind of let it down though...and that would be the casting. These actors were kinda crap. Very melodramatic. Delivered their lines like they were...acting. All the lingo is supposed to be 1950's hipster slang, but it's just not delivered very convincingly. Dafoe saves it. The rest of the pasty, skinny runts are pretty second-rate. But on the bright side, you've got the chick with the Corvette. She's a good actor and a Corvette has never looked so fucking sexy than with her behind the wheel. You have to see the flick.

What's it about? Typical biker movie stuff. An M/C rolls into small town America. The good ol' boys don't take too kindly to the greasers and shit goes down. Only, the Loveless adds a bit of a twist to the typical plot. It's got its own sub-plot that rears its ugly head and really makes the ending fucking awesome.

Definitely recommended.

Gay porno?

Much better.