Greaser's Palace (1972)

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Greaser's Palace (1972) ** (out of 4) I know that there are people out there who really, really enjoy this movie as its cult following appears to get bigger and bigger each year but I can't say I'm one of them. After hearing so many things about this film I had to try it for myself but I never really got drawn into the movie so for the most part it left me bored. The film is pretty much a stoner's (or alternative) look at the life of Jesus Christ but set in the Old West. A zoot suit wearing man is going through a small town where he heals the sick and brings the dead back to life. This doesn't sit too well with the town bad guy. That's pretty much the only bit of "plot" that I could pick up because this movie certainly succeeds at being strange and surreal. I think the likes of someone like Bunuel would even have a hard time following everything that goes on in this thing. The humor isn't in your face funny but more often than not it's just laid back and really comes off without having to use any punchlines. Something, or almost anything, will happen and you either laugh or you don't. The film really doesn't push too hard for laughs so I think it's really going to depend on whether or not the viewer can really get into the film from the start. I was unable to so that certainly explains why I wasn't really going along with the thing. I certainly respect the attempt but it just wasn't my cup of tea. Look quick for Robert Downey, Jr. playing a molested boy.

exploring the richness of "greasers palace" (which i also saw packaged as ,i believe , " got the boogie on my fingers" ,back in the 1980's, is a delightful experience,indeed.so i would like to throw in my 2 cents of praise.1.the speech about " bingo gas station ,with a side order of aircraft noise,you be gary indiana " ,given to the befuddled masses of humanity ,who are begging for the meaning of life ,has got to be the funniest bit of cinema ,i've ever seen......amen2.the poor woman who gets repeatedly shot with an arrow while climbing a sand dune ,after her husband and son are murdered ,and who then gets mercifully shot ,with a bullet,by god,so she can sooner join them in heaven ....what a heartbreaking and ,at the same time ,side-splitting spiritual pantomime of the highest (no pun )order...AND3.perhaps one the funniest concepts in modern cinema ,that being the character of, spitunia ,oh my poor belly from laughing) and the assault on the human-ness of Jesus,the desperate ,depraved surburban couple....

I saw this movie after midnight on a movie-channel, in a dark room. I really wasn't expecting much but somehow this strange and surreal film has a mood to it that very few movies have. Don't try to make sense of it ( I don't know if there is any ) Just relax, and take it in, and you'll see what I mean.Nothing in this movie is spelled out. It is a mystery. It's very funny, and it just leaves you with a feeling of having seen something very important and meaningful about life and death, but you're not sure what...My favourite spot in the movie is when "our" man is asked to give something to the followers, upon which he starts to hum a continuous tone. The "disiples" soon catches on and sings the tone to. He then leaves them, and they dare not stop this gift they have been given. Throughout the rest of the movie you can always hear them in the background or nearby, off camera, as the movie goes on with other things!And the closing scene with the setting sun, and the music/sound just had me mesmerized!I saw it only once, in 1986, and even today I often think about it. I wish I could buy it, but I haven't seen it anywhere. I really want to see it one more time.A MUST see !

Yeah, what those comments above this one say. It's really weird. Even if your not out to see the symbolism which is included in everything this movie does, you won't be able to turn away. At times it resembles a car crash; something in you says maybe you should look away, or just go about your business, but are somehow unable. A must see.