Random Thoughts #1

Watching True Romance, I’m always struck by the bouncy xylophone soundtrack that carries the movie. It becomes an almost tangible expression of the love between Clarance and Alabama, and seems to speak to the fact that no matter how much shit the flick throws in their path, their love will triumph. The second, less obvious thing I always notice is the cast full of soon-to-be stars alongside old workhouses. Where else can you find Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper alongside not yet discovered Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, and James Gandolfini? And on a final note, how cruel is the irony that Chris Penn and Tom Sizemore, two great character actors whose lives would be ruined by drugs, have their names paired up in the credits? Life can be a cruel mistress.