I'm not a big movie goer, and generally prefer watching older (B&W) films on the tube. This is why I'm often surprised when I "discover" a killer film that everyone's known about for ages.
Happened with
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Back in my teens, a friend had been bothering me for years to go with her to see it, but I'm like "A horror movie about transvestites? No, I don't think so." She finally dragged [pun!] me out to the big hoo-ha on Hollywood Blvd. with her.... Wow!
Who knew?!
Years later, a roommate put a life-sized poster of Mr. Blonde in the big window of our front door, for all the world to see. I had no idea who or what this was about, so roomie tells me it's from
Reservoir Dogs, a movie about some batshit crazy fuckers killing people. "Hm. I'm not real big on gratuitous blood and guts; thanks but no thanks."
I was wrong again. Ever been wrong? It happened to me.
So, this friend says one day, sort of out of nowhere, "That rug really tied the room together." From that, I "discovered"
The Big Lebowski. And I realized that, at least as far as knowing and appreciating strange and unusual films, I was out of my element.
