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I didn't get the compilation you mention, though. Were those Horsey flicks by Wolfgang Buld? ie 'Penetration Angst' etc.? They're pretty wild aren't they, lo-fi twistedness that doesn't really hold together but makes you glad for slightly warped indie cinema. That guy should make more movies, as should that gal. |
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Yes, Penetration Angst, The Chambermaid and The Twisted Sisters are the three in the box set. I meant to review them but each one started off fairly straightforward and then veered off in every direction possible. Taking in almost every horror scenario posssible. All three were low budget, but the ideas involved were so expansive. If someone were to come on here and say i knew exactly what would happen in The Chambermaid for example, and how it would end, then i'd say they were lying or worked on the film. I'll be rewatching them soon i think. |
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There were two poor films i won't revisit but the rest all had their merits and four or five were excellent. All Your Music have it at £2.78 plus the usual postage on Amazon.co.uk. |
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Hope so... just bought the set at that price! |
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Only God Forgives Those expecting Drive 2 will be disappointed, because Nicolas Winding Refn's languid latest is the spiritual successor of his divisive, Herzog channeling Valhalla Rising. An hallucinatory cocktail of violence and karaoke, with Gosling barely muttering 20 lines throughout, wrapped up in a good old fashioned revenge plot - it's so arthouse that Time Out labelled it "pretentious" (a moment of jaw-dropping pot-calling-kettle-black journalism if ever there was), but unlike them I loved it. Refn works once again with British cinematographer Larry Smith (Bronson) and every frame of this movie is a visual delight - it's certainly Ryfn's best looking film yet. Like Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void - another film this shares common ground with - Refn's Thailand is a purgatory of neon lit grubby sidestreets and clubs. Cliff Martinez once again provides the score; an unsettling wave of delicate, eastern tinged pop, punctuated by heavy synth and vertiginous drone/doom. Gosling can play the virtually silent anti-hero in his sleep, but it's an almost unrecognisable Kristin Scott Thomas who stands out here, sure to go down as one of the most reprehensible onscreen mothers of all time. And there's an utterly chilling performance from Thai actor Vithaya Pansringarm. This is some of the most suffocating and stifling cinema I've seen in a while, and for that I applaud it. Refn ends with a dedication to Jodorowsky, an apt dedication as the final scenes of atonement long resonate after the credits roll. |
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Despite some quite horrendous reviews, I loved 'Only God Forgives' probably my second favourite film of the year after 'Stoker'. Only God Forgives is a film that lingers on the mind long after the credits have rolled, I've seen it twice already and I'll be picking up the Bluray on release day. It's a completely different film to 'Drive' which may explain some of the backlash, but Julian and Driver share a lot of characteristics, and the films share a few metaphysical aspects. Kristin Scott Thomas is fantastic, an unrecognisable performance and quite a brave one. Just a great film. |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who actually enjoyed Only God Forgives, all of my other friends who are into film absolutely loathed it. While I don't think the film for me was quite as good as either Bronson or Drive which are some of the only modern films in my general top 100 list, OGF I still found to be one hell of an entertaining and warped 'trip' movie. Considering it's tributes I'd describe the film as a mashup of Santa Sangre, Irreversible and Kickboxer. Totally agree with the above reactions from you guys.
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