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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - Criterion
7/10
Having not seen this in ages I almost felt as if I was watching it for the first time.
The amazing pictorial upgrade is the main selling point.
The sound has been significantly improved Maybe a bit too much. Amplified sfx and the often inappropriate library music often distract and detract from the experience.
Objectively, the movie is certainly flawed.Acting is amateurish for the most part and the talky scenes slow things down..
But....
The final act of the film ,starting with the appearance of the posse, till the end of the credits, is pure genius and is what raises the film to 'classic' !
Brm
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I just heard the straight to DVD worthy unscary nonsensical shitfest that was Get Out won best Oscar for writing. So I'm going to rewatch something actually good. Bodysnatchers 78.
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Apocalypse Now - Redux (1979 / Francis Ford Coppola) 9/10 (Blu-ray cut of the Redux version, which seems different from the DVD version)
Simply stunning. The production of the movie was deeply troubled, but the result is a brooding, existential masterpiece. A mesmerizing journey into dark and darker territories and the evil that follows (and surrounds) man. Apocalypse Now was never really about the Vietnam War, not even about war in general. The story (disillusioned army Captain is set to go deep into the jungle to terminate renegade Colonel in an undercover mission) ist just the thread on which hangs an episodically told descend into madness.
Interestingly, almost every time I see this movie, it seems to be a different version. The theatrical cut on VHS, TV cuts, Redux cut from the 2001 DVD and now the Redux version on the 3-disc Blu-ray set, clearly my favorite cut so far. It restores Coppola's original intent in that the movie has absolutely no opening and no closing credits (it's really disorienting... one is just not used to it... the movie just begins and ends, no titles, no end credits). The pictures of destruction over the end credits (often falsely assumed to be the destruction of the Kurtz compound) that were added to some cuts of the movie are gone again.
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I just heard the straight to DVD worthy unscary nonsensical shitfest that was Get Out won best Oscar for writing. So I'm going to rewatch something actually good. Bodysnatchers 78.
Yeah, that screenplay Oscar is checking off a little PC box somewhere at the Academy this year.
Think of it as
"protection" payments to the Diversity Mafia.
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I...... So I'm going to rewatch something actually good. Bodysnatchers 78.
Is that a sequel to BOCCACCIO 70?
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I watched To Kill a Mockingbird for the first time since I was in junior high school. To say that the move is a 10 is an understatement. The score...this is (so far) the one Bernstein score that makes me understand just why he was so great.
A real classic.
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) -- 10/10
Revisited one of my favorite all-time comedies, never tire of watching it. John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria -- a brilliant cast at the top of their game. Wonderful soundtrack. Sweet and funny and whimsical, it's a movie that doesn't try to prove anything to anyone, just coasts in relaxation on a wave of perpetual amusement and witty, sharp, unexpected dialogue.
Revisiting High Fidelity (2000) next, another John Cusack/DV DiVincentis/Steve Pink collaboration.
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New York Ripper (Fulci)
This is only the second time I've been able to watch this through, as this movie disturbs me in a way that's hard to describe.
I must admit, the duck thing seemed really creepy during the killings...in fact I was a little disappointed when I saw the killer (I liked it better anonymous, as if you couldn't guess lol!).
I'm hoping to watch Lizard in a Woman's Skin someday, especially interested because of Morricone's experimentation with the score.
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Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8.75/10
I liked it a lot. Interesting premise, great acting with each character getting nice moments - even side characters like the bespectacled older cop and the 19 year old zoo girlfriend (who had perfect comic timing). By turns grim and funny, much like the director's other films. Well worth a watch.
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A couple of Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes films.
Pursuit to Algiers 8/10
The Scarlet Claw 8/10
I could watch Rathbone Holmes films all day. Claw has him quoting Churchill about the qualities of Canada at the end of Claw, which was set in Quebec (populated by cockneys and Scots), which I assumed was for American audiences about how they should get behind the war effort?
The music accompanying the Universal logo at the start is very similar to a few bars of Superman.
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My father and I used to love those rousing, patriotic speeches at the climax. A source of endless laughs - in an affectionate way!
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Always amazed at how condescending Holmes can be to Watson.
He called him "idiot" on more than one occasion.
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Ive been watching about 10 "Basils" in the last few weeks on tcm uk. Scarlet claw, dressed to kill, secret weapon etc
In one scene he says to the doctor "Watson, you really are a incorrigible bungler"
Watson shrinks, cant think of a reply and looks wounded.
After a long moment Holmes smiles and playfully smacks Watson on the shoulder and Watson beams.
There are many similar put-down moments but they go to great lengths to show holmes affection for his warm hearted but. Often-incompetent friend.
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