GRACE ZABRISKIE

GRACE ZABRISKIE

17 May 1941

TWIN PEAKS

            Grace Zabriskie is an American actress who is best known for playing Sarah Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990-1991 & 2017) and Fire Walk With Me (1992). She has also appeared in: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), My Own Private Idaho (1991), The Ryan White Story (1989), Seinfeld (1996-1998), and The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993).

            Zabriskie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, US and has Polish and Dutch ancestry. She is related to James Zabriskie, a 19th century early pioneer of California. Her father owned the famous gay bar Café Lafitte and her family was visited by numerous well-known people, including Truman Capote. Zabriskie has been married and has two children.

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The television phenomenon of Twin Peaks had cooled by 1992, but that didn’t stop creator and arthouse darling David Lynch from directing a theatrical prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The reaction was less than enthusiastic; critics couldn’t make sense of Lynch’s unconventional narrative, and fans of the show were upset by the lack of characters and humor they had come to expect. And yet, despite a tepid box office, the film gained a cult following and the franchise survived in the form of a 2017 sequel series on Showtime. Join Sebastian, Jennifer and Troy as they enter the Black Lodge and attempt to untangle this surreal and misunderstood masterwork. Happy Monday! Our latest episode is up on all the podcast places — thanks so much for checking it out! 🎪🔪🔥 #twinpeaks #firewalkwithme #davidlynch #sheryllee #raywise #gracezabriskie #cultfilm #culttv #psychologicalhorror #whokilledlaurapalmer https://www.instagram.com/p/CqAslrAuNV9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Now showing on my Spooktober Filmfest...Child's Play 2 (1990) on glorious vintage VHS!#movie #movies #horror #childsplay #childsplay2 #DonMancini #chucky #braddourif #alexvincent #ChristineElise #gerritgraham #jennyargutter #gracezabriski #BethGrant #peterhaskell #edangross #90s #vintage #vhs #spooktober #halloween #october

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

Oh, I bet I’ll catch some shrapnel for this one, but I'll proudly die on this hill. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest is a generic 90’s Disney wannabe. None of the characters are interesting, the songs are unmemorable, the jokes bad, and the message nice… but hamfisted. Think I’m wrong? Let's go through memory lane together, then we’ll see who’s wrong.

Deep inside the FernGully rainforest live the fairies. Mankind and fairies lived together once upon a time, but a malevolent spirit named Hexxus (voiced by Tim Curry) drove the two species apart. When fairy Crysta (voiced by Samantha Mathis) accidentally uses her magic to shrink a logger named Zak (voiced by Jonathan Ward) down to fairy size, they must set aside their animosity to prevent Hexxus from escaping from his prison and destroying FernGully.

This is yet another children’s film trying to capture the magic of Disney's Renaissance era without understanding what made those films great. Why is there a love plot in this film? Is it a love story? No, it’s a lesson about the environment but since it features two protagonists of the opposite gender they must fall in love. It doesn’t matter that they have no chemistry or interests in common. Why is it a musical? Because the biggest-grossing animated films are musicals! So what if none of its songs are memorable, good, or even reinforce the message; The Little Mermaid did it, so we have to do it too.

To be fair, the message is nice and children will probably learn something from it, even if the delivery is so over-the-top it alienates the audience. Hexxus isn't a greedy corporate fat cat that started off as a regular guy and then over time became corrupted by greed, like the Lorax. He’s an evil spirit that eats pollution and lives to destroy the environment. Does that sound like someone you could teach a lesson to? The fairies and the rainforest aren't much better. There’s no subtlety and every character is as thin as the sheets of paper used to bring them to life. It's like the film did no research at all, going so far as to blame the logging industry for cutting down the rainforest when farmers and the cattle industry are responsible for its destruction.

Those aren't necessarily reasons to dismiss a film but bad writing is. The characters are not compelling and the events they live through are predictable. Crysta undergoes no change or growth. She simply meets up with Zak and a pop culture joke-spewing Bat named Batty (I bet they had to slave for hours to come up with that one) voiced by Robin Williams. It's followed by typical rom-com stuff with some fish-out-of-water comedy thrown in. You know Zak’s lies will be exposed at some point, that it will cause the couple to "break up". Thank goodness Hexxus shows up to bring them together once more. His arrival should be terrifying. Crysta has been wasting all this time falling in love and from his appearance, you can tell the death cloud monster is a mighty opponent. Except their conflict means nothing. The two have never met before. She hasn’t been searching for some new strategy to defeat the monster while he approaches. Zak being there doesn’t mean a whole lot either. She doesn’t learn why people cut down trees, what she or anyone in the audience could do to stop it from happening and the two civilizations will not be any closer once the film is over.

When I see FernGully, I see people who were so busy patting themselves on the back they didn’t bother second-guessing any of the choices they made. The animation is fine but it's nothing spectacular. You'd never listen to the soundtrack on its own. Oh, Tim Curry sings a memorable song you say? Does he really? Or would you rather just listen to rejected outtakes of I Can Make You a Man.

If you want to teach your children about the environment, go outside and read The Lorax. FernGully: The Last Rainforest is no substitute. It's the kind of picture you remember liking and think will hold up but doesn't. (On VHS, March 18, 2016)

Youth ∞ Grouplove

directed by Christopher Blauvelt

starring the amazing Grace Zabriskie (love her so much!!!!) 

xoxo

Cine: Mi mundo privado (1991)

El aclamado director Gus Van Sant (”Drugstore Cowboy”, “Elefante”, “Milk”) utiliza una obra de William Shakespeare (”Enrique IV”) para adentrarse en la vida de Mike Waters (el inolvidable River Phoenix), un joven inmerso en el submundo del robo y la prostitución masculina que padece las consecuencias de su narcolepsia (es decir: se queda dormido de manera inconsciente y sorpresiva) a la vez que ejerce su peligroso oficio con hombres y mujeres. Su colega y mejor amigo Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), proveniente de una familia adinerada que espera heredar una fortuna ni bien cumpla los 21 años, lo acompaña en su travesía más personal: buscar el rastro de su madre adonde lo lleven sus reticentes recuerdos o los de su padre (James Russo). 

Bien ganado tiene el traje de “película de culto” merced a su estilo, que deambula entre el coming-of-age y una road movie, y a su retrato descarnado sobre el bajo mundo y las vidas jóvenes que carecen de otras posibilidades más que entregarse a la delincuencia, la venta de su propio cuerpo, las adicciones y, en fin, la clase de decadencia moral que sólo pueden esperar quienes no tienen mayor esperanza. Pero también vence por la contundencia de las actuaciones, ya legendarias, de Phoenix y Reeves, acompañados por un elenco notable que incluye a Tom Troupe (Jack, padre de Scott), William Richert (Bob Pigeon, mentor en las malas artes de Mike, Scott y otros muchachos), Grace Zabriskie y Udo Kier (Alena y Hans respectivamente: dos de los clientes sexuales que contratan los servicios de los protagonistas), Chiara Caselli (Carmella, la joven italiana de la que Scott se enamora) y Flea (sí, el integrante de los Red Hot Chili Peppers), Rodney Harvey y Michael Parker (Budd, Gary y Digger, tres integrantes del clan de Bob, que comparten el camino de delito, sexo y drogas que éste les ha inculcado).    

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Horror Movie Marathon (2020) October 19th 46. Child’s Play 2 (1990) Directed by John Lafia #childsplay2 #alexvincent #jennyagutter #gerritgraham #christineelise #braddourif #gracezabriskie #bethgrant #greggermann #chucky #charlesleeray #donmancini #johnlafia #graemerevell #stefanczapsky #bluray (at La Casa De Sweeney) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGh1E08ATGb/?igshid=meb692zm8t4i

David Lynch & Grace Zabriskie

#wildatheart #1990 DIR #davidlynch CAST #gracezabriskie #harrydeanstanton #calvinlockhart #crime #drama #comedy #movie DP #frederickelmes (à El Paso, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkyounIrwV/?igshid=12m9rypxt2v1z

Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...Child's Play 2 (1990) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #childsplay #childsplay2 #DonMancini #chucky #braddourif #alexvincent #ChristineElise #gerritgraham #jennyargutter #gracezabriski #BethGrant #peterhaskell #edangross #vintage #vhs #90s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

#GraceZabriskie cumple 77 años √ https://musicacinetv.com/gracezabriskie-cumple-77-anos-%e2%88%9a/

The First ‘Polaroid’ Trailer Scares Up a Haunted Camera and a Creepy Creature!! Check It Out!!

The First ‘Polaroid’ Trailer Scares Up a Haunted Camera and a Creepy Creature!! Check It Out!! #Polaroid, #KathrynPrescott, #MitchPileggi, #GraceZabriskie, #TylerYoung, #KeenanTracey, #SamanthaLogan, #PriscillaQuintana, #MadelainePetsch, #JavierBotet

Synopsis – A teenage loner named, Brad, stumbles upon a vintage Polaroid camera that houses a terrible secret: anyone who has their picture taken by it will suffer a violent and tragic death.

Directed – Lars Klevberg

Starring – Madelaine Petsch, Kathryn Prescott, Javier Botet

Check out the trailer:

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#Repost from @twinpeaks. 25 years later, as the story continues, life still has meaning in #TwinPeaks. Every life. . . . . . . #twinpeaks2017 #newtwinpeaks #may21 #agentcooper #dalecooper #kylemaclachlan #sarahpalmer #gracezabriskie #michaelhorse #deputyhawk #tommyhawkhill #deputytommyhawkhill