THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. What is that from?



This is the movie that contains the line "I used to love trains."

It is uttered poignantly by the character played by Candy Clark.

I put all of the commenters in a hat and came up with Kevin Tipple.



If you email me your address, I will send along the book. Thanks for playing everyone. I know the line was obscure, but I wanted anyone who put something down to have a crack at it.



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I saw a new cut of this at the Detroit Film Theater last week and unlike my three companions, I didn't get much out of it. I understood the plot well enough, but it seemed repetitive and nonsensical at points. It seemed to be in love with its own sense of profundity. Long scenes with nothing happening prevail in this film.



After two hours, my mind wanders, my feet turn to cement. I liked the sound track more than the movie, I think.



Any fans of the movie out there? What makes it work for you? My companions felt it was poignant, sexy, and perfectly captured the seventies.



I missed it, I guess. But boy, there was a lot of naked bodies compared to films today. Anyone read the Tevis novel? I think it was set a decade earlier, which in a way makes more sense given the sixties paranoia.