Trouble in mind film

Its effects remain the nations most pressing business. Son, his grandfather observed, a catfish is a lot like a nigger. Trouble in mind is not a comedy, but it knows that it is funny. The story follows an excop just released from jail after serving time for a murder sentence as he returns to the mean streets of. Mathers alerts his mother shirley maclaine, who recognizes harry as her exhusband. Trouble in mind hollywood seems to have mental illness on the brain at the moment, judging from the recent spate of films featuring disturbed minds. Mark isham, marianne faithfull trouble in mind amazon. Trouble in mind is offbeat, unique, and interesting, and for that alone it should be noted. It features kris kristofferson and keith carradine.

Trailer for the dvd release of the classic 1985 film. Also divine without drag although he still looks pretty campy the film is set in a rain city, a pseudonym for seattle in this case. The film was directed and written by alan rudolph, and stars kris kristofferson, keith carradine, genevieve bujold, and lori singer, with an outof. He combines his stylistic excesses with a lot of emotional sincerity, so that we believe these characters are really. The film captures how three musicians from the hiphop generation embraced a 19th century genre and took it to new. I know that, for example, carradines lair is the clock tower of king street station, the cambridge is the camlin, and hilly blues mansion is the old seattle art museum in volunteer park. The movie has 2 names, trouble in mind, and i think the other was the hawk. Jun 04, 2015 provided to youtube by tunecore trouble in mind kruger brothers remembering doc watson. For instance, rudolph conveys keith carradines descent from wholesome. The bluesy music by mark isham adds special tone to the weird but undeniably likeable movie. Event date february 17, 2018 running time 5 minutes, 50 seconds. Kris kristofferson, lori singer, and keith carradine in trouble in mind. Hawk, ein ehemaliger bulle, wird aus dem gefangnis entlassen. Trouble in mind is a stylish urban melodrama instantly recognizable as an alan rudolph picture.

Trouble in mind cannot help, in some ways, feeling dated. The carolina chocolate drops story is a documentary portrait of the carolina chocolate drops, an africanamerican string band from raleigh, north carolina, and their mentor, fiddler joe thompson 19192012. Intimacy sounds quite ominous with its strange synths and muffled voices, very similar to the next one, by way of preparation. It is peopled by a strange collection of offcenter characters living in a stylish, almostreal. The film is director alan rudolphs valentine to the film noir genre. Trouble in mind is a 1985 american neonoir film written and directed by alan rudolph and starring kris kristofferson, keith carradine, genevieve bujold, and. Here is a movie that takes place within our memories of the movies. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment trouble in mind hailey tuck junk. Raincity is a misty town, outdoors and in, but not nearly as misty as trouble in mind, which is set there, wherever there is. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies.

You member dat, and you wont have no trouble wid folks when you grows up. Grandfather suddenly pulled it out on the bank, where it thrashed about until it died. Alan rudolphs latest movie, which opens at cinema 1 today, seems. Unfortunately, even though the works quirky cast and tone make it a cult classic, i have been unable to mine any. The story follows an excop just released from jail after serving time for a murder sentence as he returns to the mean streets of the fictional rain city. Trouble in mind strives mightily for a film noir ambience, right down to the presence of a sinister, greenstreetesque fat man, played in male drag for a change by divine. Alan rudolphs trouble in mind takes place in a strange cinematic time warp that combines the writerdirectors undying affection for the mood, look, and arch stylization of 30s and 40s hollywood glamour with the lurid neon, bold colors, and terrible hairstyles that characterized 80s newwave fashion. The climax of trouble in mind which alone is worth watching the movie for serves to show, like all film noir, the unsustainable nature of such a. The lives of an excon, a coffeeshop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic rain city. Trouble in mind an ambitious but ultimately pretentious film that attempts to mix film noir, theater of the absurd, romance, and science fiction but falls flat on almost all counts.

Provided to youtube by tunecore trouble in mind kruger brothers remembering doc watson. He is a master film maker who creates urban landscapes where losers and dreamers collide in their efforts to escape from loneliness and find quick success. This video features canadian singersongwriter piper hayes from hamilton, ontario, performing trouble in mind from alan lomaxs 1948 field recording of alabama singer vera hall in new york city. Trouble in mind is an absolutely essential account of its dreadful history and calamitous legacy. Both films are the work of alan rudolph, who is creating a visual world as distinctive as fellinis and as cheerful as edward hoppers. Halves of a dream is a mournful instrumental whilst confidence in old sufferings is a short uptempo track. The story, if one can call it that, is about an excop, a coffee shop owner and a young couple who are each trying to make their own way in raincity, a fictionalizedalternate universe version of seattle. It is a shame that none of the elements ever come together, so this film winds up being a beautiful. Trouble in mind is a 1985 neonoir film which follows an excop just released from jail after serving time for a murder sentence as he returns to the mean streets of the fictional rain city. The title tune for trouble in mind is sung over the credits by marianne faithful. A kris kristofferson gem, trouble in mind is a film that we dissected in film school. Trouble in mind, im blue but i wont be blue always i know the suns going to shine in my back door someday i got that trouble in mind, thats true i have almost lost my mind life aint worth living sometimes i feel like dying tell you what im gonna do im going to lay, on some lonesome, railroad line and let twoten train ease my trouble in mind.

He combines his stylistic excesses with a lot of emotional sincerity, so that we believe these characters are. Dec 12, 2010 the climax of trouble in mind which alone is worth watching the movie for serves to show, like all film noir, the unsustainable nature of such a world. Like quite a few of its underappreciated directors best films welcome to l. A matter of conflict trouble in mind is briefly reprised by the inimitable m faithfull. From trouble in mind to trouble no more a simple twist. Also divine without drag although he still looks pretty campy the film is set in a rain city, a pseudonym for. May 09, 2002 trouble in mind hollywood seems to have mental illness on the brain at the moment, judging from the recent spate of films featuring disturbed minds. Kris kristofferson stars as hawk, an excop recently released from prison for murdering. In the ominous dreamland of rain city, excop hawk kristofferson, fresh from a stint in prison for killing a mobster, tries to save a woman singer and her husband carradine from being sucked into the citys criminal underworld.

Dont get trouble in your mind is his second foray into the roots music genre. Watch the video for trouble in mind from bob dylans pure dylan an intimate look at bob dylan for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Some may think it precious, but its the haunting, poetic product of an original imagination. Trouble in mind 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Alan rudolphs 1986 film trouble in mind is set in a retrodystopian, newwavemeetsnoir metropolis called rain cityan alternatereality seattle of mist and mystery, intersecting destinies and paramilitary oppression. Trouble in mind film jump to navigation jump to search. Trouble in mind is a heavily atmospheric neonoir from alan rudolph that is quite intriguing and interesting to watch. Mar 28, 1986 raincity is a misty town, outdoors and in, but not nearly as misty as trouble in mind, which is set there, wherever there is. Trouble in mind is a 1985 american film noir neonoir directed by alan rudolph. Genevieve bujold, lori singer, keith carradine, kris kristofferson.

Carradine and singer are headed in two different directions and hawk hopes to lure singer away from danger. About trouble in mind the stain of jim crow runs deep in 20thcentury america. Trouble in mind is a 1985 american neonoir film written and directed by alan rudolph and starring kris kristofferson, keith carradine, genevieve bujold, and lori singer, with an outofdrag appearance by divine. Trouble in mind plays like a neonoir mixed with tiny undercurrents of absurd humor. Good guy cop kris kristofferson ices a thug played by rudolph regular gailard sartain. Trouble in mind a neuropsychologist muses on brains, books and being happy jenni ogden, ph. But, transmogrified, they have not disappeared, and the play is not without resonances and relevance today. Oct 27, 2017 trouble no more a musical film displays for all who have ears and eyes that he was on to something important and true.

It takes place in a fictional seattle called rain city, and the money, uniforms and flags in the windows all look slightly canadianized. To really get inside the spirit of trouble in mind, it would probably help to see choose me 1984 first. May 03, 2018 provided to youtube by sony music entertainment trouble in mind hailey tuck junk. Trouble in mind 1985 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Even more than a film about the message, the fight between good and evil, the protesting against a world gone wrong, it. Complete your mark isham marianne faithfull collection. Trouble in mind original motion picture soundtrack discogs. With kris kristofferson, keith carradine, lori singer, genevieve bujold. The hackberry ramblers story, traced the history of a legendary cajuncountry band from lake charles, louisiana. But rain city is a town of trouble and hawk gets entangled with a young mother, lori singer, and her fuckup of a boyfriend, played by keith carradine. It is not a fantasy, and yet strange troops patrol the streets of rain city, and as many people speak korean as english. Trouble in mind alan rudolph redreams the dream of film noir in this dense, beautifully executed, highly stylized romantic fantasy 1985, about an excop kris kristofferson who yearns to rescue.

Vhs trailer for the 1985 crime drama trouble in mind. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and. Dec 14, 2010 trouble in mind 25th anniversary special edition film drama. As long as he is in his mudhole he is all right, but when he gits out he is in for a passel of trouble. But, transmogrified, they have not disappeared, and the play is. Can anyone find a citable source for the many seattle locations in the film. In this film, jerry mathers stumbles upon harrys corpse in the woods. He is also a serious amateur musician with a long time interest in american roots music. Wikiproject film rated stubclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film.