Cult Film Girl Crush: Sissy Spacek in Badlands
Posted on: May 5, 2014If I'm not thrifting or thinking about cats then I'm watching films. I thought the blog might be a good place to share my latest cult film girl crush, there are many! Plus I'm always looking for film recommendations so if you know of any good'uns please share in the comments section... Continue reading »
Sissy’s girly bright yellow outfit and Martin’s James Dean get up.
Last night I watched Badlands, a 1973 film directed by Terrence Malick starring Martin Sheen as Kit Carruthers and Sissy Spacek as Holly Sargis. It clearly inspired Quentin Tarantino when he wrote one of my all time fave films: True Romance. For starters, both films use the same distinct theme music: Carl Orff by Gassenhaur and both stories are narrated by the female lead who has a heavy Southern accent and a dreamy romantic and somewhat naive outlook on life. Both women fall in love rather quickly and go on the run with their lover who rides a cadillac and resembles a vintage Hollywood star. The perfect rock’n’roll love story! Doomed, obviously… Continue reading »
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