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Going BACK to Tarantino films - True Romance (1993) - Written by Tarantino, directed by Tony Scott. 
 
Patricia Arquette (who Lana's expressed being a fan of) plays Alabama Whitman who starts the film as a prostitute that marries her 3rd customer, Clarence. Clarence saves her from her pimp, accidentally steals a suitcase of their yayo from him and they drive to Hollywood to sell it. 
 
Similarities: 
 
1. Elvis worship - Clarence Worley is described in the script as a "young hipster hepcat":
         
 LDR (quotes):
Elvis is my daddy Dirty Elvis Fantasy baby's breathin Elvis lyrics - etc. TR:
[Clarence talking about Elvis] I'm no fag, but Elvis was good-lookin'. He was fuckin' prettier than most women. I always said if I ever had to fuck a guy... I mean had to 'cause my life depended on it... I'd fuck Elvis. 
[Lucy] I'd fuck Elvis. 
[Clarence] ...So we'd both fuck Elvis. It's nice to meet people with common interests, isn't it?  Clarence also has his room covered in Elvis posters, talks about Elvis with strangers, Alabama uses an Elvis bust to save her life and Elvis appears as Clarence's 'Spirit guide' helping him in tough situations. Clarence and Alabama also name their son Elvis.  [Clarence to Alabama]: You like Elvis, you like Janis, you like the Partridge family
[Alabama] Actually, I don't like the Partridge family...  
2. No Kung Fu[?]
 
LDR:
The 2007 Demo EP from Lana. I don't know for sure if it's fan-made - the title 'No Kung Fu' is pretty different.. and specific. But this film is what I thought of once I heard of this demo. (If this title is indeed 100% fake, then ignore). TR:
[Clarence] [sonny Chiba] is, bar none, the greatest actor in martial arts movies ever.
[Lucy, not believing this] You want to take me to a Kung Fu movie?
[Clarence] ...three Kung Fu movies.
[Lucy, taking a drag] I don't think so. Not my cup of tea. Clarence is a big fan of Kung Fu and that's how he meets Alabama. They both have this love in common.  Lucy looks and sounds like Marilyn Monroe:
 
3. Lana/Lizzy-esque themes VS True Romance:
 
LDR: 
Lizzy had that southern charm going on, name-dropping states such as New Jersey, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi. She (and LDR) is also fond of Hollywood and Las Vegas. Lastly, she's mentioned Detroit in G&R and is alright with NYC since she was born there. The rest of you Lizzy you would know about. TR: 
The couple start off in downtown Detroit - we see a smoky cocktail bar with the marilyn monroe look-a-like. We see a dingy motel room (with yayo stashes, gangstas and guns) and we see C's daddy's trailer home and white Chevy Nova. They drive through America, going to Las Vegas and L.A. Most of the shots are of them staying at different h/motels including Motel 6, driving on the road or ordering fast food. Alabama gives her new step daddy a big kiss on the lips before they leave, surprising both men.  They then move through Las Vegas to California and deal with Hollywood big shots like actors and directors. Alabama has the idea to have Clarence meet the buyer on a rollercoaster and they refer to the cocaine as 'cola'. [butterflies part 2. coincidence? "Puts them on a rollercoaster, lures them in with Coca Cola". Or "coca-cola kid, rollercoaster child."] The couple's best friend is trying to make it big in Hollywood, the other guy is already a famous actor and is arrested for speeding and yayo possession.  Alabama is named after the state and is an all-American sweetheart with a southern accent. The clothes she wears (mainly leopard fur print) are all from Vegas, Nevada. She worked as a prostitute for a few days. Alabama's wardrobe is the perfect blend of pastels and trashy Americana; bubble gum sweet and steamingly sexy all in one. Clarence is dressed in rockabilly style with suede shoes, denim turn-ups, a white t-shirt worn under a red Hawaiian shirt and gold Elvis costume shades. Alabama is very attractive to her bad boy, thinking it's so romantic for him to kill gangstas and when he's closing a big drug deal, she passes him a love note that says he's "so cool".  The only foods that Alabama and Clarence eat (and crave) are fast foods and coca cola. Lots and lots of yayo.  Quotes VS lyrics:
 
[Lana]: Wrong, I know, killing someone. Gets a little easier when you've done it once.
[Virgil]: Now the first guy you kill is always the hardest. [...] Now, the second one...it ain't half as tough row to hoe. You still feel somethin' but it's just so deluted this time around. [...] The third one's easy. It's gotten to the point now I'll do it just to watch their expressions change.
 
[Lana]: My man walked in like a slow motion movie, I said, "you're so cool".
[Alabama's monologue]: that three words went through my mind endlessly... you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool. 
 
[Lana]: Baby, I'm a four alarm fire and I'm what you desire.
[Clarence] Isn't she the sweetest goddamned girl you ever saw in your whole life? Is she a four alarm fire, or what?
 
[Lana]: Live fast, die young, be wild and have fun.
[Clarence]: [Elvis] In [Jailhouse Rock], couldn't give a fuck about anything except rockin' and rollin', livin' fast, dyin' young, and leaving a good-looking corpse.
 
[Lana]: Not since Bonnie and Clyde was two kids, so good at being bad bad bad
[TR tagline]: Not since Bonnie and Clyde have two people been so good at being bad
 
[Lana]: French vanilla ice-cream, just the way I like.
[Clarence]: Do I look like a beautiful blond with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice-cream?
 
 
Lyrics vs. Picture:
 
[Lana] Sit back in my pink cadillac (Alabama drive in their pink-purple Cadillac through - and eventually out of - America).
TR: 
 
[Lana]: Your red Hawaiian shirt and you hair jet black, hanging 'round with your friends by the track
TR:

Did anyone else also get emotional at the Shades Of Cool live performance or just me? 

PERFECT! Her voice sounds better than ever. And it seems like she looked at the camera! Glad that you enjoyed the show, you're such a good Lana fan

So far:
 
Cruel World
Cola
Body Electric
Blue Jeans
West Coast (which I can't wait to see the full version of, judging by the vines)
Born to Die (live trip hop beats are back)

Is anyone here going to tomorrow's show?! I am!

if jessica lange sings sad girl before lana...  

Sad Girl? 
 
God is real

Sad girl confirmed.

My all-time favorite Lana song, so heartbreaking and so emotionally real. It makes me tear up very often.

I think its just the US where she feels like singing in front of people is a drag...

She looks so different! So fresh and she also seems excited, I'm happy for her

Who wants to meet up at this show?? I'm planning on going early ps. I'm a 21 year old dude so hopefully there is some people around my age on the site lol

All I can say is God is real and He heard my prayers.

I get a Nirvana vibe from this and from CW.

Actually I was looking for a dress to wear to my cousins wedding but somehow I took the wrong direction I think. It's pretty strange where I ended up...and I still have no dress for the wedding.
 
 
Shades Of Cool Swimsuit
 
 
 
Tropico Roses Bra & Panty
 
 
 
Rolling Stone Hawaiian Shirt

 
 
Polo shirt dress (from Lana's House of Blues performance)
 
 

137. She could have died right there. ('Cause he was right beside her)

135. Her boyfriend is cool but not as cool as she is.

Starry Eyed

I don't know why but what I do know is that I usually can't stand the backing vocalists at concerts. It seems like they're always screwing things up somehow so I'm glad she doesn't have them.

This actually made me sad, even though his wasn't my fav at first it really wasn't that bad a cover, and compared to some other entries it really should have made it, I'm sorry @

While we're living in a fantasy world, how about a DVD with the tour documentary that Chuck was shooting.

you better run

I've been on both sides and it is hectic. In terms of Lana, she is nowhere near a "illuminati puppet", she does not display being a monarch victim like Britney Spears or anything ridiculous like that. Most of Conspiracy Theorists forget that what they are talking about is that, a THEORY. There is no concrete evidence of whatever topic they are talking about (US Government did 9/11 for example) but there are clues that do back up their THEORIES .But some people like to mix up and change those clues and what you get are annoying idiots like this Mark guy and Alex Jones, who makes all of the Conspiracy community look like tin-foil freaks.
 
Also, a big misconception in terms of celebrities, actors, singers, etc. being in the illuminati is wrong. The only ones considered in the "illuminati" as well as the Masons are wealthy politicians and bankers. If you think of Jay-Z, he's not "in" the illu. but has connections with them. The illu. uses subliminal messages to show everyone who they are and what they want to be at one point in time. Some artists (lets say Britney Spears) may look like they know what they are doing but all they do is being told what to do, what songs to sing, what specific things to do in music videos, etc... that's a puppet, which many singers are. There is a possibility that some artists do "sell" their souls with a special contract to make it to the top (the weirdest one i;ve heard is that you sign your name with your own blood). But once they realize what they have done, there's no going back, and if they fight or show who is controlling their careers to the mass audiences, they'll be stopped no matter if killing them is the only way .
 
Again, this is a theory, and if it turns out real what are we going to do? Not really worth working over about it.