![]() The language is rough, but quite natural. The movie has a lot to say about life and how dedication leads to genius. Daryl Ponicson ('The Last Detail,' 'Cinderella Liberty) wrote the fine, incisive screenplay from the novel by Terry Davis. Loudan falls for Carla and now has two dreams, to fight the champ and to win Carla. During Loudan's journey and 'rite of passage to manhood' he meets Carla, a street smart, sexy girl three years his senior. His buddy, Kuch, who fancies himself an American Indian, observes Loudan is making a 'vision quest' for self discovery. Loudan wants this not for glory or awards he just believes he can do it and makes a superhuman effort to lose the weight required to compete in the champ's weight class. He's a wrestler and he plans to beat the best high school wrestler in the state. Sure, Modine was sappy, but so was his character, Loudan Swain. However, after catching (I wish) Linda Fiorentino in 'Men in Black,' and finding 'Vision Quest on ENCORE, I thought, 'What the heck? It's free.' So, my wife and I snuggled in and watched. A few years later, after seeing the sappy Matthew Modine in 'Married to the Mob, ' I lost all interest in 'Vision Quest'. While a great soundtrack and a braless Linda Fiorentino was quite appealing, the 'high school wrestler' plot didn't interest me at all. While I bought the soundtrack to 'Vision Quest' while the movie was still new, I didn't bother to see the movie until recently. let me tell ya, kid - it was pretty goddamned glorious. Because another human being, a species that I happen to belong to, could kick a ball, and lift himself, and the rest of us sad-assed human beings, up to a better place to be, if only for a minute. I'm here, sitting alone in my room, and I start crying.Įlmo: That's right, I start crying. Pele gets excited and he rips off his jersey and starts running around the stadium waving it around his head. the goddamn goalie never knew what the fuck hit him. Next thing I know, he jumps in the air and flips into a somersault and kicks the ball in - upside down and backwards. I'm watchin' what this guy can do with a ball and his feet. Louden Swain: Yeah, he's a, a soccer player.Įlmo: I was in the room here one day. ![]() ![]() I mean, it's six lousy minutes on the mat, if that. Louden Swain: It's not that big a deal, Elmo. Louden Swain: You never took a night off to see me wrestle before.
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