SHAM020 - Footprints

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by elizabeththefirst

If you're looking for a weirder Lynch try Carnival Of Souls - the movie Lynch would have mad if he was a. old enough and b. smart enough.

Carnival Of Souls is an odd one - I hated it the first time I saw it, but then gave it another go and did a complete volte-face, realising it was a masterpiece!

[elizabeththefirst]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu

Carnival Of Souls is an odd one - I hated it the first time I saw it, but then gave it another go and did a complete volte-face, realising it was a masterpiece!

I fell in love with it straight away.

[GPR79]

Love Carnival Of Souls (it's in my top ten zombie flicks! http://midnightspecialfttf.blogspot....ie-flicks.html )

[elizabeththefirst]

Originally Posted by GPR79

Love Carnival Of Souls (it's in my top ten zombie flicks! http://midnightspecialfttf.blogspot....ie-flicks.html )

It's a hell of allot more interesting (both visually and intellectually) than the mainstream Romeroesque Zombie movie anyway but...back to Footsteps!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by elizabeththefirst

I fell in love with it straight away.

Maybe I wasn't in the right mindset when I first saw it, I dunno. Some films need you to be in the right "headspace" for you to get them and I think that Carnival of Souls and Footprints are in that category. They're not easy films to watch and you need to engage with them to get the most out.

[GPR79]

Originally Posted by elizabeththefirst

It's a hell of allot more interesting (both visually and intellectually) than the mainstream Romeroesque Zombie movie anyway but...back to Footsteps!

True indeed but I'm really not expecting/looking for a whole lot of intellectual satisfaction from most zombie flicks!

That said you've made me think of the excellent French flick Les revenants (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378661/ - really must give that a watch again some time.

[re.form]

Watched this last night. It is awesome. It's one of those rare movies that manages to be hypnotic, almost dreamlike. It should be boring, but the way each scene is shot and the way it's put together is amazing. If this movie was directed by a famous arthouse director it would be viewed as a classic piece of European cinema.

10 out of 10.

[Almar@Cult Labs]

100% agree with that!

[Amertume]

Interesting thread, and a very long one...

I've thought about buying Footprints for a while now, but have heard some talks about an annoying kind of "intermittent telecine wobble" in the film print? How bad is it and what's the reason for this?

Cheers!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

There quite possibly is one, but I can't say I noticed it when I last saw the film, so it isn't that big an issue.