![]() I'm not going to pretend that the rest of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension makes a lot of sense, because itįrankly doesn't. The mad doctor to an insane asylum, where (in one of the film's goofy but undeniably funny conceits) he like to attach electrodes to his tongue in Insisting that he's not Lizardo and is in fact Whorfin has relegated Multidimensional possessor of his psyche, an alien known as Lord John Whorfin. Performance), a guy who back in 1938 also attempted to crack the eighth dimension, failing spectacularly, but coming back replete with a Emilio Lizardo (John Lithgow, completely and hilariously out of control with this Buckaroo's efforts only rile the ire of Dr. That aforementioned car is part of the film's first sequence, where we seeīuckaroo defying the laws of physical matter and penetrating into the eighth dimension, where he sees various sights, including what look like In either art or science, chances are Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) has it. The more bizarre "casseroles" imaginable.Ī text crawl actually helps to provide a little background that a planned (and evidently filmed) prologue was going to, but the upshot is if there's a skill This is a living cartoon that is part Chuck Jones, part Erwin Schrödinger, and the result is one ![]() Or successors, either in terms of content or even style. And in fact The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai really has very few Was not going to be anything like the George Lucas - Steven Spielberg collaboration, but Begelman, who was evidently one of the prime money menīuckaroo Banzai, didn't-at least until it was too late. Richter evidently realized early on that writer Earl Mac Rauch's Initially drew the now infamous David Begelman to the project. Shoot, as the new feature length documentary included in this new Blu-ray and DVD set mentions, it was actually Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark that Trilogy, but rather than a prophetic vision of a film franchise that was probably only in pre-production at the time of Buckaroo Intellectual acuity has tended to inform Weller's work as an actor, and his seemingly inherent intelligence helps to ground The Adventures ofīuckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, a film which often rambles pretty haphazardly across a swath of content that doesn't alwaysĬonsidering the film's early emphasis on a souped up car able to transmute the laws of physics and the name of Christopher Lloyd passing by in theĬredits sequence, it might be easy to assume that The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension was meant to be some kind Show business - Weller has both a Masters and Doctorate in Art History, and is a recognized expert in certain niches of Renaissance art. But one of the more unusual and fascinating aspects of Weller's life has nothing to do with Weller has also moved into directing, including In the film and television industries he has a rather impressive list of credits, including performance turns in such notable outings as Naked Lunch and Sons of Anarchy. Is probably remembered largely today for his turn as RoboCop, but His career during his life, and the fact that acting is in fact only part of Weller's life speaks volumes about his range of interests. Weller is certainly one of the more accomplished folks to have called "acting" at least Pilot, surgeon and scientist, but I wouldn't put it past him. Unlike the titular character he portrays in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Peter Weller may not be a Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, August 11, 2016 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray Review ![]() The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Blu-ray
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