Talk:Xanadu (film)

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1980? Then why was it not until about 1983 that the movie was released? Maybe I have this wrong.. I had the LP for a year befor ethe movie was released in Texas, --Rofthorax 07:38, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

I removed the image that was attached to the article. It was dismal in quality and had no information as to source or declaration of use. Using such an image is usually fair use, but it was such poor quality and cropped so badly that it was more a blotch than an asset to the article (stub or not). If someone wants to replace it with a decent image (with appropriate sourcing), please do so. —Frecklefoot 19:10, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC)

This article read like a commentary. Scientology and the film genre preferences of the gay are community are generaized. 199.212.129.2 12:54, 30 December 2005 (UTC) McKell

[edit] some insight into the importance of this film

Xanadu is so thick with meaning depending on who's watching it and at what point, how open they are to understanding it.

I was being wooed (or was I setting them up?) by a Santara named Kasey Stetson who wanted me to worship and ritual the way they do... seven glasses of water and white flowers, a white cloth and a candle (they had other sick shit that I didn't bother with... honey in the river, eggs with red palm oil at intersections...) ...total voodoo.

I tried the candle business their way, heard from some nasty family members... Rita Cagney and James Clinton,Sr., went to a 25th Anniversary screening of 'Xanadau', threw their Santeria shit away and decided to make my own. I bought a candle at the .99 store, downloaded a copy of the poster with Olivia on it, glued the image on and lit it every night.

It goes in and out of meanings. My characters are the muse Olivia plays and the new waver hitch hiking on the bar, in one, like Neo and Trinity. It is about my story of leaving NBC to follow my heart, my father (played by?... Gene Kelly)'s love for me, inspiration, an artist who gets a message and believes it and trust's it and fucking moves on it.

Then, one day while driving and listening to 'Whenever You're Away From Me'... I realized he was singing to me and I felt how much he missed me and didn't want me to be sad any longer. "... sonny, m'alone w/o my David"

I worked at Fiorucci in Bevery Hills for a while and at Apropos in Woodland Hills at the same time. Fashion and Nature.

Ultimately, the big meaning, is about the marriage of the witch Medusa to the architect of the nightmare of the male the split mind... (male Pisces...\; the fish, the jesus complex...\; Gemini...\; two fish, Pisces split in two...\) Vincent van Gogh and Jesus Christ (a Pisces). It's Zeus' bait and switch. It's about what happened to Eva Peron, Marlene Dietrich, Margaret Devine, Marilyn Munroe, Frances Farmer and so many other women... the USO, the Red Cross, the VA hospital. "... 1945". Hiroshima... \ Nagasaki... \ Eisenhower...\ Pearl Harbor...\

Montgomery, Jackie, Elvis, Audrey (1966). River Palms dinner theater...\ Don Laughlin and his sick empire...\ River(both)sides resort and casino...\ Gretchen's... Frances' mother...\ Olivia DeHavilland...\. If you look in the Bullhead City, AZ phone book and look up Gretchen's Motel, then turn the page, you'll find Xanadu Condos on the other side of the ad. Gretchen is a German enigma of a woman that's a Nazi mindset creation, metaphoricly characterized in 'Blade Runner'; Darryl Hannah's character, that has evolved into an energy bulletin... it's what happens with creations born out of Michael, they become brutally acute as time goes on... does that make sense?

The spear of destiny carried to Los Angeles at the end of WW2 for me to pick up where the holocaust left off because it was about to start again. (see 'Constantine').

Robert Greenwald is the director of this film, he has an amazing roster of films under his belt including 'Outfoxed: Robert Murdoch's War on Journalism'. I had a little showdown with what's his name... Bill O'Reilly. A real time internet / tv match and he lost... "let's just get things back on track here... we're handling child molesters, we've got the war on terror under control, and our borders blah, and... who is this guy anyway? blah blah blah." What does that tell you about the network here in Bullhead City? (Ted Turner, Walmart, Hogarth, Sam's Club, UCLA (APLA/CMA), Argentina, Robert Murdoch, etc, etc, etc.)... and btw all the money from the slot machines goes straight to that airport, loaded on blue and yellow planes headed straight to South America that's where you're money goes ('Sorry').

Do you ever wonder why the London Bridge was rebuilt in Havasu City?

Reference the film 'The Machinist' which is about Clarence Kottman (who also poisoned Julius Caesar) and his murder of Karen Silkwood and others, including terrorizing Helen Caldicott and Olivia Newton-John for their anti-nuclear and environmental activism.

'The Lord of the Rings' is the next chapter of the 'Matrix' Trilogy. The part I saved your asses from. Trona, Kona, Crystal Geyser, genetic mutants, the rise of the machines, Southern California Edison ("... no 'ONE' factor contributed to our decision to abandon our plans for the site in Laughlin, Nevada), major etc.

What about Tom Ford's ranch in New Mexico near the Trinity test site and Olivia's 'Gaia' in Australia? could they be Helen and Zeus? Check out Olivia's 'Come On Over' album cover and Tom Ford's 'American Express' and 'Absolute' ads.

"...please don't say forgive me" -Madonna (Magdalena).

The con of Man so dark.

-damianclinton

Sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place for opinion like this. I propose that this article be substantially cleaned up so unsourced interpretation and other POV be removed.NYDCSP

And can I delete the unsigned "-damianclinton" missive above from the talk page? it's not germane and doesn't belong on WP.NYDCSP 06:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separate section for Bway musical version

I am removing the reference to the broadway production under development and creating a new section, which can then be moved into a daughter article should the production open and take on its own relevance as a separate article.NYDCSP 06:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)