Our third cameo compilation episode concludes Song by Song's journey through the film work of Tom Waits, with Leigh, Martin and Sam touching on the last decade of his screen appearances. This week considers Twixt (2011), The Laughing Heart (2003/2012), The Simpsons (2013), Citizen (2016), The Moon's Milk (2018), The Ultra City Smiths (2021), Licorice Pizza (2021) and a few others. Please pick up any spilled popcorn as you leave folks…
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Tom Waits - The Acting Years, Leigh Singer supercut (2019)
Twixt Trailer, via YouTube (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 2011)
The Laughing Heart, from Bukowski: Born Into This, via YouTube (dir. John Dullaghan, 2003)
Bukowski: Born Into This (full documentary), via YouTube (dir. John Dullaghan, 2003)
The Laughing Heart (animated short), via YouTube (dir. Bradley Bell, 2011)
A Brief History Of John Baldessari, via YouTube (dir. Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, 2012)
Website of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, director of Citizen (2016) - clip of Waits in the pilot here.
The Moon's Milk, via YouTube (dir. Ri Crawford, 2018)
The Distance Of The Moon, Italo Calvino short story (1965/1968)
La Luna, Pixar short animation, via YouTube (dir. Enrico Casarosa, 2011)
Ultra City Smiths Trailer, via YouTube (dir. Steve Conrad and David H Brooks, 2021)
Licorice Pizza Trailer, via YouTube (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)
Excerpts from Licorice Pizza featuring Tom Waits, via YouTube (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021)
(Meet Me In) Paradise Alley, Paradise Alley OST, Tom Waits (1978)
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