I recently watched this movie for the second time, even though I remembered being disappointed with it the first time, which was at least ten years ago.
Why did I watch it again? The movie has a quasi-cult status, at least in my mind, which led me to conclude (erroneously) that it had better-than-average value. That and I didn't remember much of it specifically from the first time around.
I did notice this time that the script was developed from a novel, which makes me wonder if the book covered in detail some of the things that just pop up in the movie for no apparent reason.
For example, Wendell the sax player overdosed on drugs. But until that point we, the viewers, hadn't a clue that anyone in the band was doing drugs of any kind.
Secondly, why did Wendell's death affect Eddie so deeply? Evidently, the brooding second album "Season in Hell" was informed primarily by Wendell's death, but there's no emotional connection between Eddie and Wendell that I can see.
I'm guessing it was in the book but the filmmakers did a poor job of explaining it. Or maybe decided not to explain it at all.
Secondly, it doesn't make sense at the end for Frank and Joann to hand over the "Season in Hell" tapes to Doc. He's already proven himself to be a duplicitous fellow. Yet they let him drive off with the tapes that could make them all millionaires. Unbelievable.
This movie could have been much better than it is.
Why did I watch it again? The movie has a quasi-cult status, at least in my mind, which led me to conclude (erroneously) that it had better-than-average value. That and I didn't remember much of it specifically from the first time around.
I did notice this time that the script was developed from a novel, which makes me wonder if the book covered in detail some of the things that just pop up in the movie for no apparent reason.
For example, Wendell the sax player overdosed on drugs. But until that point we, the viewers, hadn't a clue that anyone in the band was doing drugs of any kind.
Secondly, why did Wendell's death affect Eddie so deeply? Evidently, the brooding second album "Season in Hell" was informed primarily by Wendell's death, but there's no emotional connection between Eddie and Wendell that I can see.
I'm guessing it was in the book but the filmmakers did a poor job of explaining it. Or maybe decided not to explain it at all.
Secondly, it doesn't make sense at the end for Frank and Joann to hand over the "Season in Hell" tapes to Doc. He's already proven himself to be a duplicitous fellow. Yet they let him drive off with the tapes that could make them all millionaires. Unbelievable.
This movie could have been much better than it is.