Robert
Smith often named Kubrick (especially for 2001), Lynch, Almodovar amongst
others as favorites... The oldest reference to a movie was when the band
dedicated Meathook (on the London, March 11th 1979 show) to an actor from
the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The lyrics could be a bit related to that
film after all. Also the line "I'll watch you drown in the shower"
from Pornography may refer to Hitchcock's Psycho.
The following year (1983) maybe on Steve Severin's influence, horror movies were a way to experience an intense alteration of the senses differently. Films from that time included Bad Timing, Evil Dead, Inferno... Actually, for the next following years, Robert had a real taste for such graphic films. He would often rent videos to watch at home or played them in the tour bus (to the annoyance of the band's girlfriends).
With the Cure's growing fame, a few film directors then requested Robert Smith for a role. But it didn't happen. Tim Burton was one (for an appearence on Pee Wee's Big Adventure). Another offer was co-staring with Natassia Kinsky, which Robert declined declaring "she's not my type of woman". And yet, the actress was part of the "favorite" list on the Head Tour programme ! But then he admitted that he wished he had appeared on Eraserhead as a weird family member.
The most obvious Cure related movie is certainly Edward Scissorhands still by Tim Burton, a self-confessed fan of the band, that asked several times for soundtracks themes. But again, it unfortunately coincided with busy times and therefore no Cure song ever illustrated his films.
Others had better luck with "Burn", a track especially written in 1993 for the movie "The Crow". The Hanging Garden was originally planned but Robert prefered a brand new song in the same spirit. Several other songs or remixes would be part of soundtracks from now on.
Mike Leigh used 1983/84 songs on Career Girls in 1996. Something Robert was proud of at first. A scene showed the women (Cure fans, when younger in the film) looking at a poster advertising The 13th single and expressing their surprise to see the group still existed.
Several times there were mentions (in interviews) of Robert Smith writing a movie script and writing the music to it with Steve Buscemi (the "best") for the main part! That was probably one of these "half joke-half wish" kind of ideas. Writing a film score always seems possible (even if it's time consuming), recently there was a project of a "Charlotte Sometimes" movie in which the band was supposed to work on.
The following year (1983) maybe on Steve Severin's influence, horror movies were a way to experience an intense alteration of the senses differently. Films from that time included Bad Timing, Evil Dead, Inferno... Actually, for the next following years, Robert had a real taste for such graphic films. He would often rent videos to watch at home or played them in the tour bus (to the annoyance of the band's girlfriends).
With the Cure's growing fame, a few film directors then requested Robert Smith for a role. But it didn't happen. Tim Burton was one (for an appearence on Pee Wee's Big Adventure). Another offer was co-staring with Natassia Kinsky, which Robert declined declaring "she's not my type of woman". And yet, the actress was part of the "favorite" list on the Head Tour programme ! But then he admitted that he wished he had appeared on Eraserhead as a weird family member.
The most obvious Cure related movie is certainly Edward Scissorhands still by Tim Burton, a self-confessed fan of the band, that asked several times for soundtracks themes. But again, it unfortunately coincided with busy times and therefore no Cure song ever illustrated his films.
Others had better luck with "Burn", a track especially written in 1993 for the movie "The Crow". The Hanging Garden was originally planned but Robert prefered a brand new song in the same spirit. Several other songs or remixes would be part of soundtracks from now on.
Mike Leigh used 1983/84 songs on Career Girls in 1996. Something Robert was proud of at first. A scene showed the women (Cure fans, when younger in the film) looking at a poster advertising The 13th single and expressing their surprise to see the group still existed.
Several times there were mentions (in interviews) of Robert Smith writing a movie script and writing the music to it with Steve Buscemi (the "best") for the main part! That was probably one of these "half joke-half wish" kind of ideas. Writing a film score always seems possible (even if it's time consuming), recently there was a project of a "Charlotte Sometimes" movie in which the band was supposed to work on.
