This evening I attended a screening of Walker presented by Film Comment at Lincoln Center, because Rudy Wurlitzer is one of my clients and he wrote it. Just before the film began, I met director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy) and all I could do was grin, which is okay because I am not usually like that! And I am sure he is used to it by now. Walker is so beautiful and strange and prescient and witty and almost steampunk in its charming anachronisms and postmodern touches and maybe definitely wholly from another dimension and essential. I was mesmerized by the performances of Ed Harris and Marlee Matlin and the electricity of the whole endeavor. I've already purchased the perfect soundtrack (composed and performed by Joe Strummer) on iTunes and I haven't even been home for 15 minutes! Most of all, I loved the look and style of the film, naturally, as Wild West meets 19th Century Central America with a dash of maverick chic is so where I'm at right now, sartorially speaking (right this moment, I am wearing a cream and scarlet top my favorite ex bought me when he was in the jungle in Mexico with black tights and skirt and tan suede cowboy boots). I am going to buy the film and study the costume design, which is even stronger where menswear is concerned (the range of ties, cravats, scarves, and epaulets alone is truly astounding). Judging from stills I've seen of another film Rudy wrote, Two Lane Blacktop, I might need to take a look at that one, too. What inspiration for spring!
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