After quite a few years, I just had a chance to see the film, Arizona Dream again.
The film was made in 1993 by the Serbian Director, Emir Kustarica and starred Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway and believe it or not, Jerry Lewis. Of course, any film by Kustarica is a leap into a surreal alternate version of reality and the fact that Kustarica made a film about Arizona only makes it more surreally brilliant.
As in most of Kustaricas work, the music is a collaboration between him and the brilliant Serb composer, Goran Bregovic. This piece pops up in the film a few times, a collaboration with Iggy Pop called Death Car. Great film, great music.
2 comments:
...another in the on-going series, 'Educating Muckrake.'
That song and the spoken lyrics must have been lifted from the Canadian singer [name?] who does the same.
Hmmm...I don't know. I think you are referring to Leonard Cohen, but this is pure Balkan brilliance. Goran Bregovic is one of Eastern Europes greatest contemporary musicians and his alliance with Kustarica has produced some incredible film music.
Kustarica did a documentary about a group of Serbian musicians and became so involved with the music that he actually stopped making movies for a few years, learned how to play bass guitar and became a memeber of the NoSmoking Band.
Iggy Pop has always been Iggy Pop, Or Iggy Stooge...origianlly James Osterberg, who was a good friend of ours camp counseler...
the little guy from the trailer park in Yypsalanti, Michigan somewhere near the twilight zone.
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