Time for another throwback to the days when new music and movies for me ran rampant. I often get discouraged in times today because it seems I’m always looking toward.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen Drugstore Cowboy and thank goodness Netflix has it up on Instant Watch. Told from the perspective of 4 drug addled buddies outside Portland, Gus Van Sant nails it again portraying the characters in one of the most authentic stages yet. Filmed in 1989, the story is becoming all too familiar in the world of independent film. There seems to be a fascination with the lives and living patterns of drug addicts in the movies. Requiem for a Dream comes to mind as another earth shattering talk of drugs and crime.
One of the aspects of the movie that caught my eye was the costume design and overall style in the film. Matt Dillion and Kelly Lynch are wearing some of the most inspiration worthy outfits that I’ve seen in years. Heather Graham also makes an appearance as one of Dillion’s crew. The story is set up like a twisted Bonnie and Clyde with young heroin chic kids causing mayhem all over the city. One of Gus Van Sant’s not to miss pictures. Definitely check this out.
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I love this Movie sooo much!!
Matt Dillon is so nice…<3<3
Ah, heroin. You can’t get away from it these days, can you? It’s all over the movies and modern fiction, and heaven help you if you want a smack-free hour on modern-rock radio. For all the indignant politicians getting up on their hind legs to denounce “heroin chic,” strung-out-looking, pale-as-death models still hawk fashions on glossy magazine pages. Teenage girls are still striving for that ethereal, hollow-cheeked, listless look that your average movie junkie (a more common screen presence than drag queens, these days) seems to possess. Youngsters of a century past strove for the exact same look so they could appear–you guessed it–tubercular.
I love this movie! Matt Dillon really was fantastic in it. Thanks for the throw back. 🙂
I love the bit with William Burroughs toward the end of the film.