I'm glad I'm not the only one who hated the soundtrack. That bad, huh? Uhm, yep. It's such awful, over the top pre-Michael Bolton^ drivel, making it hard to sit this one out. I just found out that this guy's name is Richard Baskin and he is quite a well-known and respected artist... I can only judge him on what I saw and heard here - as I just did.
The rest of the film is a rather dull and soapy (intended to be deeply quirky, I'm sure) couple of days in the L.A. life of prodigal son Carroll Barber (and a few others, among whom I discovered good old Uncle Jesse from 'The dukes of Hazzard'), played by a confident Carradine with a pre-grunge^ goatee. Some dialogues and incidents are okay and interesting, but some others are just awful in offering a slice of life no one wants to taste. Perhaps it was made with the best of intentions, but 'Welcome to L.A.' comes off as an unceremonious exercise in omphaloskepsis (had to look that one up myself).
The most fun I had was (once again) with Sissy Spacek, vacuuming (almost completely) nude in 'paradise'. 3 out of 10.
^ This film seems to be dubiously prophetic in some ways... -edit- correction: Michael Bolotin was at it in '75 already.
The rest of the film is a rather dull and soapy (intended to be deeply quirky, I'm sure) couple of days in the L.A. life of prodigal son Carroll Barber (and a few others, among whom I discovered good old Uncle Jesse from 'The dukes of Hazzard'), played by a confident Carradine with a pre-grunge^ goatee. Some dialogues and incidents are okay and interesting, but some others are just awful in offering a slice of life no one wants to taste. Perhaps it was made with the best of intentions, but 'Welcome to L.A.' comes off as an unceremonious exercise in omphaloskepsis (had to look that one up myself).
The most fun I had was (once again) with Sissy Spacek, vacuuming (almost completely) nude in 'paradise'. 3 out of 10.
^ This film seems to be dubiously prophetic in some ways... -edit- correction: Michael Bolotin was at it in '75 already.