28th September 2012, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe Here's some things I've seen recently and my thoughts upon said things
The Killing - Not the Danish one with the lady in the jumper, but the early Kubrick - it's pretty good apart from a dumb voiceover telling you whats going on (Eminem spoofed this in the Guilty Conscience video I now realise) and a racehorse being shot. Not dissimilar to Riffifi with the same fatalistic, we're all doomed (especially criminals) vibe.
Hotel - Yet again, 3rd time in a year. What is it with this movie? Saw through it's technique this time - every shot is simply held for about 20 seconds longer than necessary - yet it still spooks me. There's a scene which simply shows the lead actress in an old fashioned dressing gown bending over, except the framing cuts her head off and it seems shot in a weirdly elongated way - inexplicably shivery.
Paranorman - 3rd cinema visit in as many weeks and it's still all good. I loved this, although its probably scarred my mates kids for life. Never thought I'd see Cannibal Apocalypse referenced in a kids movie. Either we're living in strange times or i'm getting old - probably both. One moan - why didn't they follow through on the 'seeing dead people' angle - those early spectres were hilarious, especially the mobster still in his concrete 'boots'!
Strip Nude for Your Killer - Hmmm. I've been on a 'classics' kick lately so thought I'd add a bit of roughage to my diet and watch this piece of shucht. All i remember is a succession of luridly coloured underpants and breasts. Lots of breasts. They don't make them like this anymore, thank Christ.
Wages of Fear - Now you're talking, what a film - just oozes atmosphere for the first hour and tension for the second. I think it's all a descent into hell, complete with inferno and devilish twist at the end but you'll be too gobsmacked to notice at the time. French actors & directors circa 1950s were incredible - Les Diaboliques, Les Yeux Sans Visage, Riffifi and now this - any other recommendations most welcome.
Barfly - Mickey Rourke's performance here is something else, I can't decide whether it's his best or worst. Looks like he's got a mouthful of cotton wool in his gub, a la Brando and he adopts a weird stooped gait for the entire movie - and what's that accent about? Jack Nance is in it! So is Frank Stallone! Catfight between Faye Dunaway and a snobby blonde bird at the end briefly stirs the torpor. Actually I quite like this film for all its drunken tottering. | Rourke does a fairly good impression of Charles Bukowski, the author of the film through out. Sean Penn was originally up for the role, Bukowski preferred him. The book "Hollywood" by Bukowski gives his version of the making of "Barfly" and what a knob Rourke was during it.
The film also contains one of my favourite insults: "Your Mother's c*nt stinks like carpet cleaner"
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