![]() It was sui generis in both its execution and, arguably, its reception. “Superstar” begins as a droll prank and then tilts, almost imperceptibly, into surreal domestic nightmare and, finally, authentic tragedy. (“As we investigate the story of Karen Carpenter’s life and death we are presented with an extremely graphic picture of the internal experience of contemporary femininity.”) In staging and filming his doll-house mise en scène, Haynes (who co-wrote “Superstar” with Cynthia Schneider) borrows tropes from horror flicks and disease-of-the-week movies and interpolates advertisements and product labels (notably, for Ex-Lax and ipecac, the poisons that kept Karen thin), contemporary news footage, faux talking heads, and grad-seminar intertitles. We see Karen and Richard onstage, in the studio, and at the White House, performing their smooth-as-syrup hits, and at home with their harridan stage mother, Agnes, and passive father, Harold. Made in the summer of 1985, when Haynes was attending Bard College, in New York, “Superstar” situates its plastic actors on miniature, hand-painted sets. “Mattel doesn’t really recognize that as a part of her career, and she did a really terrific job.” “Barbie’s performance has been really acclaimed by fans across the country,” Haynes told Newsday, in 1990. More than three decades ago, the young filmmaker Todd Haynes directed an all-Barbie cast in his short feature “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story,” which tracked the wholesome contralto’s Nixon-era rise to fame alongside her brother Richard and her subsequent descent into anorexia, which killed her at the age of thirty-two. ![]() But, to a certain slice of the Gen X cognoscenti, “the Barbie movie” will always and forever refer to a very different film, one both notorious and barely seen. It is a relief (if not a surprise, given Gerwig’s track record) that “Barbie” is also witty and inventive, a good rosé sparkling amid the usual summer-blockbuster sludge. I'll keep this updated as long as I can.The months-long publicity blitz and box-office triumph of “Barbie”-which earned a hundred and fifty-five million dollars on its opening weekend, giving the director Greta Gerwig and the nascent Mattel Films the biggest début of 2023-has been a dazzling confetti blast of media total war, as inevitable as a bright-pink Abrams tank. I'm a bot working hard to help Redditors find related videos to watch. (1) Daughter - Alone / With You (2) Daughter - “Doing The Right Thing” (3) Daughter - Medicine lyricsĠ - hmmm maybe Daughter? here's a few songs of theirs: Alone / With You Doing the Right Thing Medicine +1 - Opium by Marcy Playground immediately comes to mind, even starts with a soft exhale as well. +1 - She Wants Revenge maybe honestly look for a post-punk playlist, a lot of Joy Division-inspired bands try to have as monotone of vocals as possible +1 - primal scream - you're just dead skin to me Primal Scream - You're Just Dead Skin To Me (1) Glen Hansard - Philander (2) Nick Drake - Things behind the sun ![]() +1 - Best I could come up with Babygirl - Overbored Now, Now - Prehistoric LSD and the search for god - Starting over ![]() (1) Babygirl - Overbored (2) Now, Now - Prehistoric (3) LSD and the Search for God - Starting Over +1 - If you like Mazzy Star give the Cowboy Junkies a listen, too. I'll see if I can find something closer.Ĭigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby Meanwhile, listen to some Mazzy Star if you've never heard it. ![]() I'm going to dig a bit into some more obscure stuff for something closer to what I think you mean. +4 - Superstar always reminds me of Zodiac, which reminds me of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man." Also Eliiott Smith gets kind of close to apathetic/ tired sounding, although he's really just got a very calm, sad way of singing: (1) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man - 1968 (2) Elliott Smith: "Angeles" (3) Elliott Smith - Miss Misery Live On Piano Videos in this thread: Watch Playlist ▶ VIDEO ![]()
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