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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 369225" data-attributes="member: 23">Something Wild (1987) <img src="https://www.filmonpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SomethingWild_quad_UK-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 693px" /> This came up as a suggestion off the back of Desperately Seeking Susan, but I actually have a vague memory of reviews of another Eighties Madonna fil  pointing out its uncanny likeness to Something Wild, so I was interested to see it on this level. As Something Wild began, the similarities between its premise and that of Who's That Girl were glaring*. Even the tone felt very similar at first. Not knowing much about the film beyond its initial premise, and some written comments about it being Hitchcockian. In executions, Something Wild's turns were still surprising - and at times even shocking. Of course, I knew Jonathan Demme's association with darkness with his history Columbo episodes and going on to direct The Silence Of The Lambs. Somehow, though, I just didn't pre-empt this quirky film going into that same psychologically unsettling territory, nor having the level of graphically bloody violence it eventually got. Probably the first clue I got to the film's more earthy nature was when Melanie Griffith's tits carried a lengthy scene or two by themselves (a point at which the Victorian in me briefly contemplated bailing). But, of course, Ray Liotta's name should really have clued me in far earlier than this. I'd also previously read some comments on the film which alluded to it being Hitchcockian. It's an interesting film, if for no other reason that I found all its main characters rather unlikeable in different ways. Jeff Daniels's character probably gets off the lightest in this regard, but (unless I missed something) only fairly late in the film is it revealed that he's not a cheating skank. Living up to its name, this really is a wild ride, going to some places I really couldn't have envisaged beforehand. That makes it a success, for my money. All the same, it's not an easy or comfortable ride, nor is it enjoyable most of the time. It challenged me in many ways so, while it wasn't a wasted experience, I can say hand on heart that I have no desire to ever watch it again. * As a big Madonna fan back then, I did watch Who's That Girl a number of times in the mid-late Eighties. And I actually enjoyed it, (though I had admittedly probably made up my mind to do so ahead of time). These days, my main memory of the film is of Madonna doing that turtle-mouthed thing a lot in an attempt to look comedically screwball. I also vividly remember it was the first time I noticed the American pronunciation of the word "mall" when Madge said "Hey - a maul" and I had no idea what she meant (shopping malls weren't really a "thing" in Britain at the time). Thinking about it, I would have almost certainly have heard the term in this context in Back To The Future before this, but I didn't really pick up on it at the time.</blockquote>

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