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Composer: Various ArtistsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2003-09-02
Music Label: Tvt
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Free Music Review: Fresh, inviting return to the 80s.
Hit: 5 Stars
Aficionados of the immensely popular Home Alone series can easily recall the film's hook, lead Macaulay Culkin, among other notable qualities. People fail to recall just what happened to cinema's Kevin McAllister. As Culkin's portrayal of Kevin earned him a garnished career in Hollywood, that career dwindled when he disappeared from the money, success, fame and glamour so highly espoused by his childishly flamboyant character in Party Monster, a daring, draining, and altogether juvenile account of the true events in James St. James's daring novel Disco Bloodbath. Directed by lovers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, Monster ostentatiously exposes the nightlife of early 1990s New York, with its decadent club scene and depreciating drug network, through the eyes of one of the epoch's most controversial party promoters, Michael Alig (Culkin). Alig, along with his entourage: a drag queen debutante, James St. James (Seth Green), a drugged-out drag singer Christina (Marilyn Manson), a sexually adventurous disc jockey, Keoki (Wilmer Valderrama), and an imprudent club owner (Dylan McDermott) move to take New York City by storm with fetish-oriented soirées and drug-oriented midnight bashes.
As Alig begins to experiment with his newfound popularity, he takes advantage of the substance abuse permeated within the culture, and ultimately aspires to gain a place in society as a famous "party kid". But, as one would like to remember, all good things must come to an end. Monster moves from the garishness of a party culture to the depreciated moratorium that becomes Alig's life; drugs have become a common pleasure/goal, his relationships dwindle, and his life finally spins out of control in a climax that is both heartbreaking and disturbing.
Culkin's performance ranks in as a less-than-mediocre rendition of a high school drama club portrayal, but perhaps Bailey and Barbato found purport in using this as a vehicle for delivering the underlying idea of the childish and illusory pleasures in decadence. There is a sense of pleasure in humoring Culkin and his pursuit of his juvenile ways. Seth Green, though utterly ridiculous at some points, adds stability to the obnoxiousness and impulsiveness of Alig's character. Some will appreciate this film as a testament to the artistic and audacious nature of cinema; others will view this as an example when directors allow their instincts to shift into a neo-90's MTV-esque overdrive.
I prefer the former.
The soundtrack is even better, with even a main cast recording that is wonderful to listen too. Literally a full hour of toe tapping (or even dancing) grooves.
Film : B+
Soundtrack : A
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