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I remember reading an article somewhere about History of Violence actually being more Cronenbergish when you broke it down a bit. But i can't remember the reasons or where i read it. It's been a while since i saw it last but as i recall it spends most of its running time teasing, hinting that there may be an action film about to break lose, then just when you think its about to show its true colours the film ends. And i suspect Cronenberg intended it that way. |
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Watched It Follows again. Well, I said I would so...... Still a great ST, but you can theorise about anything. See Room 237. I also perused We Are Still Here. I liked it? Starts off like The Ice Storm, though it doesnt end it such fashion. Almost like IF cough, it seems to have no obvious time zone, though is more conventional structurally. Recommended, if only for Fessden's tribute to Jack Nicholson.
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The Walking Dead (1936) Boris Karloff is unscrupulously framed for murder by the mob and sent to the electric chair. A mad scientist, played by Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street), revives him and the undead Karloff wreaks bloody revenge on the gangsters who betrayed him. This macabre take on the Frankenstein story from director Michael Curtiz, who would just six short years later direct one of the greatest films of all time, and my personal favourite in Casablanca, is a remarkably moving film which benefits from a superb performance by Karloff as the hollow eyed zombie pianist. Curtiz' direction is flawess, with some almost expressionistic photography and a script allowing Karloff and Gwenn to shine as well as gain the audiences sympathy. Like so many B-pictures of the time the film is short -a mere 65 minutes. However it's 65 minutes well spent with three of the finest names in Karloff, Gwenn and Curtiz, of Hollywood to come. |
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Just watched Season of the Witch with Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. Two knights are charged (by Christopher Lee no less) with escorting a suspected witch across Eastern Europe to a remote monastery to stand trial. That's pretty much it. While it's nothing special i quite enjoyed this nifty little action adventure yarn. Though I'll give Nic Cage a go in most films and Ron Perlman is always worth a watch. |
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