#bruce robinson
Why did I watch it?
- A movie based on one of my favorite novels by one of my favorite authors and featuring arguably the most attractive woman in the world. Couldn’t wait.
- Bruce Robinson came out of hiding to direct it, and I consider Withnail And I to be unimpeachable.
Random IMDB Trivia:
- The final black and white still shot (also the cover photo of the book) at the very end of the movie is not in Puerto Rico (where the movie takes place) but in Aruba. The author is shown sitting on a bench at the Aruba Palm Beach Club (with a bottle of Amstel beer). In the background is the Aruba Caribbean Hotel, the first resort hotel to be constructed on Palm Beach. The author visited Aruba while living in Puerto Rico.
Netflix Rating: 4 out of 5
1 Thing I Liked About It: The club scene with Amber Heard. Great old surfer music, great dancing.
1 Thing I Didn’t Like About It: The moral message seemed a bit murky. Some departures from the book. Aaron Eckhart’s character was thin.
“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake!” || Withnail & I
Tracklist —> 22 songs (1hr 19min)
(Full tracklist below the cut)
Better Than Me -The Brobecks - “All your boyfriends go to film school / Nathan was in plays in high school”
The Young Thousands -The Mountain Goats - “There must be diamonds somewhere in a place that smells this bad”
Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel - “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you”
Anthem for Bored Youth -The Divine Comedy - “I could write a biting satire, or farcical spoof / But what would be the use?”
Pyramids-Man Man - “Pyramids of money silhouetting in your dreams / Pyramids of money that you’ll probably never see”
A Drinking Song -The Divine Comedy - “Back at the house, a bottle is found / And opened in honor of those that have drowned”
Lust-Easy Life - “And then she looked over at me, and asked me what things I lusted for / and I realized / All I really lusted for was things”
Loved-FEiN - “You’re an entitled piece of shit / You’re just a pot-smoking good for nothing”
Medicine-Artist vs Poet - “I can’t be everything / It’s me or the medicine”
The Important of Being Idle - Oasis - “I lost my faith in the summertime / Cause it don’t stop raining”
Cough Syrup -Young the Giant - “One more spoon of cough syrup now”
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks -The National - “Oh, the water’s a-rising / Still no surprising you”
Out Like a Light -The Honeysticks - “Would we never fight, when I’m away?”
A Simple Answer -Grizzly Bear - “Move on, let’s face / That all you trust is a cynical phrase”
Make the Grade -Jack Conte - “Somewhere in the basement I once had a good idea / But I can’t find it”
Ghosting-Mother Mother - “And this is why I have decided / To leave your home and house unhaunted”
Vindicta-Musical Basics - (Piano instrumental piece)
i wanna know -tea- “You’re the caffeine and the nicotine I need to leave my bed / You’re the sickness in my head / You’re the reason I’m not dead”
Dying in a Hot Tub -Palaye Royale - “You’re looking skinny there, sleepyhead / Have you gotten out of bed, have you gotten out of bed yet?”
One-Aimee Mann - “Two is just as bad as one / It’s the loneliest number since the number one”
World Spins Madly On -The Weepies - “I woke up, and I wished that I was dead / With an aching in my head”
Finale (Can’t Wait to See What You Do Next) -AJR- “Congratulations on your latest success! / We can’t wait to see what you’ll do next”
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