Powder
Neil and I saw Powder on DVD last night. I first saw this in the cinema, and I remember coming away feeling quite positive about it. Neil’s pronouncement was ‘corny, but quite good’.
One thing I’d not remembered about the film: some of it would now be considered inappropriate, very unPC. The scene where Jeff Goldblum touches Powder and caresses his face? Homosexual paedophile alert! I don’t remember being at all offended by that in 1995 — how times have changed.
(Turns out that the film’s writer and director, Victor Salvo, is a convicted sex offender. He also directed Jeepers Creepers, which I saw on DVD in 2002, and quite enjoyed, too.)
I liked that it was quite restrained, it could have been a lot more sappy. And I especially liked that not everything was explained in detail, if at all. As a result, please do not watch it with Phenomenon. That film makes you want to smack John Travolta for trying to tug your heartstrings that much.
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I saw Powder in the cinema too, and left feeling the same as you did, though it’s been so long (was it really 1995? god) i don’t remember why, or even recall much of the plot.
Was Victor Salvo convicted before or after making that film? ;)
Heh. Before, I think.
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