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I heard a lot of talk about not knowing what to expect from Something Wild, and it certainly lived up to that reputation. It took about halfway through to realize what the main thrust of the story would be, and even after that I wasn't sure where it was going. Normally I would complain if it took a movie an hour to get to its story, but I was enjoying all the build-up between Lulu and Charlie, their scenes are really fun together and they had great chemistry. Ray Liotta's the real standout, though, he's VERY menacing and off-putting from the first moment you see him. The soundtrack is outrageously good, Demme was always a music nerd and you can definitely tell that here. Also, it's weird seeing Tracey Walter playing an eccentric classy man instead of his usual eccentric trashy man roles. One final note: 1986 was a good year for Tak Fujimoto shooting films about uptight squares cutting loose, he DP'd Something Wild and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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Something else that strikes me about this movie; there are a lot of Black extras, more so than other comedies from the era I’ve seen. Like Demme specifically sought to include Black people and voices in whatever ways he could.
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Feb 25, 2019 14:48
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Franchescanado posted:Is Charlie and Lulu going to live happily ever after? I think it’s both, Charlie’s picked up on Lulu’s habits (making Ray pick up the tab) while also playing more straight and narrow in his regular/old life (paying the diner waitress), while Lulu is still pretty much her regular self, except dressed up nicer. How much does Lulu change over the film? It’s a lot more focused on Charlie’s tie-loosening, but there’s not much focus on Lulu straightening up. I don’t know if they’ll make it long term, but after hanging out with each other for a little bit and having a fling, they end by starting a relationship. Who knows if it will last, but it seems Lulu’s big change is a willingness to settle down.
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