today's influence, tony scott's directorial masterpiece (in my eyes) 'true romance'. this has to be the most romantic film of all time, forget all that ps i love you crap! it's perfect from beginning to end and the relationship between clarence (christian slater) and alabama (patricia arquette) is so sweetly sincere that you can't help but fall in love with them. the difference here though is that this film is packed full of violence. shooting, prostitution, drugs...taking 'true romance' as far beyond a chick flick as possible. the beauty of it is that both guys and girls will appreciate it in equal measure. if it was on at the cinema now i'd say it was the perfect first date film!
in summary, clarence and alabama meet and instantly fall in love with each other, get married the next morning and accidentally find a suitcase full of narcotics. they decide to sell it and use the money to start a new life together in paradise. however, unbeknown to the pair the drugs are mob contraband and both they and the police are on their tail. basically it's a modern version of the search for the american dream.
alabama is one of my all time favourite movie heroines, she's adorable, wears cute clothes but she's hard as nails! there's a scene in the film where she's alone in a hotel room and one of the mobsters finds her and basically beats the crap out of her because she refuses to tell him where the clarence and the coke is. a true testament to her love for clarence. here are a few pictures of the beautiful alabama, loving the ray-ban wayfarers by the way.
all beaten up
this is what she is wearing the first time she meets clarence in the cinema
so if you've not seen this film yet what are you waiting for? i just told you how good it is! it's violence meets romance, perfection...but that's just my opinion...x
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