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Exit Music (For a Film): True Romance
In the final few moments of Tony Scott’s True Romance (1993) Alabama, accompanied by an injured Clarence, drives past a sign that reads “Last U.S. Exit, Mexican Border 5 miles.” It’s at this very
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “Sling Blade”
Playing a disabled or mentally ill character seems like it would be one of the most demanding roles for an actor to portray. It’s probably just as tough for an actress, although few films
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): “The Breakfast Club”
When The Breakfast Club begins, we’re presented with the five characters as easily defined stereotypes – “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” In the film’s closing moments, against
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): No Doubt, “New”
Like many suburban teenagers, I was first introduced to world of ska by the plaid-clad, Boston-based, masters of merchandising the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was the first time I ever became part of a
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): The Pogues, “Old Main Drag”
Like many students, I was assigned to read Tom Stoppard’s existential classic Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead during my junior year of high school. I’ve always hated reading plays – in my opinion the
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): The Foundations, “Build Me Up Buttercup”
Even though I live in Los Angeles, I’ve never been an actor, a writer, a director, a writer-director, a grip, a cameraman, or worked in the film industry in any capacity whatsoever. However, when
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): Erasure, “Stop!”
Most people are familiar with the concept of the alpha male. Aggressive and dominating, he exists in our society as a result of our evolution as primates, when relatively small social groups were typically
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): Moby, “God Moving Over the Face of the Waters”
I don’t think Michael Mann is particularly interested in popular music. It’s practically impossible to think of Phil Collins’ classic song “In the Air Tonight” without thinking of the iconic scene in the Miami
Read More »Exit Music (For a Film): Leonard Cohen, “The Future”
Exit Music is a sister series to Motion Picture Soundtrack. Yeah, they’re both named after Radiohead songs. So what? You wanna fight about it? As long as you’re less than 5’2″, 120 lbs, and
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