Word: soundtrack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition to Disney's trademark soundtrack and profusion of animal sidekicks, "Pocahontas" features an unwavering devotion to the spirit of this legendary story...
Despite its apparent fragmentation, Chelsom's directing soaks the film in an amibiance of insanity and tragicomedy, with the assistance of assorted morgues, haunted houses, circus tents and chorus girls. His unconventional and unsettling angles clutch the viewer in a graphic documentary style. A soundtrack of Bayou blues and French sailor songs as forgotten as the stage acts they accompany complements the screen action, and assures "Funny Bones" a place in the cult film firmament...
...soundtrack throughout the film is comically melodramatic. Extravagant orchestrations played at ridiculous volumes signal every scene shift seconds before it actually happens. Inevitably, when the orchestra begins to from a joyful, blaring, Christmas song to a slow, drippy, sentimental ballad, it's time for someone to get really mushy...
...singles. When a guy like Wonder releases a new CD--his first in four years--we expect a slam dunk. His fans feel entitled to an album of undiluted brilliance, like Fulfillingness' First Finale or Songs in the Key of Life or the soundtrack to Jungle Fever. Or songs of ecumenical funkiness like Superstition or Boogie On Reggae Woman or Signed, Sealed, Delivered...
...allthe loose ends are neatly tied up, and one wonderswhether they couldn't perhaps be shorn off, likeso many strands of platinum hair. But all in all,"Tank Girl" is a terrific romp. Visually, it's ascool as anything. The acting is spirited. There isa heavenly soundtrack with great songs by L7,Belly and Tank Girl's own Holey mother, CourtneyLove. The glory of "Tank Girl" is that it doesn'ttake itself too seriously. Swagger in with a stashof smokes and a paper bagged beverage (don't wastewater) and get tanked...