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Post by morrisondylanfan on Oct 18, 2019 3:23:06 GMT
Halloween Horror Month Continues... Shutter (2004) Inventive and twisty Thai horror movie that keeps you guessing all along. Some great surprises, with genuine human emotion. Shocking and scary, very much worth your time. Loved it! Shutter (2008) Just watched the Thai movie this was based on, so why not rewatch the American remake (starring a Canadian and an Australian) that I saw a decade ago, but apparently forgot everything about. This is mostly loyal to the first movie, with a few alterations, which helped to keep me on the edge, not expecting them. I actually enjoyed this just as much as the original, not something you often hear. I think that sense of dread was slightly stronger in the original, but this comes close. Can't really elaborate more because I'd hate to be that jerk that blabs the whole movie in a quick review and ruins the surprises the movie has to offer. Aenigma (1987) Kathy gets tricked by her school mates and winds up in a coma, turning green, which no one seems to notice. She's getting revenge with her mind while in the coma. It's Italian horror from horror maestro Lucio Fulci, all dubbed with an odd musical score and weird visuals, which is either your thing or it isn't. Even American actor Jared Martin is dubbed, what's up with that? All this can be overlooked if the tone and mood make up for it. This movie is entertaining but hardly perfect. It's pretty over the top at times, but I just went with it. Did I mention the snails? Yes, there is a snail attack scene, did you ever think you would see such a thing in a horror movie? Well, here's your chance! Although there have been a few stinkers, I have found some genuinely impressively made horror movies this week. Hope you all have a great movie week, see you next week! That's a awesome line-up Lebowski! With Shutter,I saw the fun Bollywood remake years ago,but for some reason have not caught the two more famous versions. You sum up Aenigma (1987) really well,which for coming during the last major wave of Italian Horror, actually moved at a pretty good pace. I was wondering if you have read Stephen Thrower's definitive book on Fulci? From when I saw the flick earlier this year. 7 Made just after he had recovered from a life-threatening illness, co-writer/(with regular collaborator Giorgio Mariuzzo) directing auteur Lucio Fulci shows that the illness had burnt out his fiery side, most notable in Fulci & cinematographer Luigi Ciccarese rapid-fire zoom-in shots to eyes, which are left to just fade away, instead of being capped by Fulci's former signature eye gouging move. Filmed in Sarajevo poorly made to look like the US, Fulci finds room between the eyes to build on other visual motifs from his credits, crunching the first stylised reflecting kill in a aerobics studio, (a reminder of Murder Rock Dancing Death (1984)-also reviewed.) melting into a strikingly weird vibe of the nightmare world from his "Hell" trilogy, crawling on screen to the face of a victim covered in snails, as the ghostly impression of the in a coma Kathy is superimposed on the school grounds, leading the students to a icy long crane final shot,where Fulci takes them all across the beyond. Inspired by Argento's supernatural Horrors and De Palma's Carrie adaptation, the screenplay by Fulci and Mariuzzo weave them together smoothly via the telekinetic powers of Kathy casting a blue-tinted menacing mood,when Kathy returns masked as "new student" Eva Gordon. Although the attempts to sketch out the bullies who played a prank that left Kathy in a coma run dry due to the dialogue being flat, Lara Lamberti/( Naszinski-changed last name to avoid being seen as using the "Kinski" family link for roles) powers the spirit of Kathy up in her performance as Eva Gordon, whose strings of sweetly innocence are pulled by Lamberti with a alluring wickedness bringing the revenge of Kathy back from the beyond.
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Oct 18, 2019 17:54:53 GMT
Hi delon,I hope you are having a good weekend & I remember you mentioning a while ago about going to a Clouzot season at the cinema,how did it go? Hi morrisondylanfan, thanks for asking. I ended up only seeing Manon (1949). There were only about dozen people in attendance, although a lot more went to see Quai des Orfèvres (1947) which was screened beforehand. I thought it was pretty great and the print we saw was suprisingly good as well. The final scenes in Palestinian desert particularly left a lasting impression and elevated the film from good to great for me. La Verite (1960) will probably be my next watch, did you see it ? Hi Delon,I'm sorry about being late with the reply,it's awesome to read you got the chance to Manon. Although I found Quai des Orfèvres to be excellent,it's always felt like one from his Number 42 era, rather than HGC's post-WWII creations. This might be controversial, but Manon is my number one HGC,from 2016: 10. "The Nazi girl." Banned from making films from 1943-1947 (when Quai des Orfèvres was made) Jean Ferry and co-writer/director Henri-Georges Clouzot's loose adaptation of Abbé Prévost's novel "L'Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" burns with an unrelenting fury. Transferring the XVIIIth century set book to the '40s,the writers attack every area of Occupied/Post-War France with a Film Noir heart,as Lescaut obsession with the consumer culture is shown to be a soulless entity which pulls Lescaut back into the darkness of the war time era. Attacking those who had made him an outcast,Clouzot's shows the former "The Resistance" fighters to be cold hearted devils,who along with accepting everything at face value,are also determined to block any sunlight from entering Dégrieux & Lescaut relationship. Hitting back at those who had tried to make him fall,(talk about getting on the wrong side of the guy!) director Henri-Georges Clouzot and cinematographer Armand Thirard seal Dégrieux & Lescaut in a merciless Film Noir world,as Clouzot subtly uses a charcoal depth of field to show that even gold can not glitter in this world,with Clouzot giving the title a chilling atmosphere of impending doom,by scattering tightly coiled tracking shots to show the dark world closing in on Dégrieux and Lescaut. Empathizing the bleak mood built in the indoor scenes,Clouzot gives the outdoor scenes a very contrasting appearance,thanks to Clouzot painting the outdoors as a stark,burning white desert wasteland,which along with allowing Clouzot to take a little dip into Adventure-movie mode(!),also gives Clouzot the chance to take a mature allegorical route in showing how wrong his critics were,as Dégrieux & Lescaut find their one moment of happiness in the promise land. Offering his heart and all the jewels that she desires, Michel Auclair gives an extraordinary,gritty performance as Robert Dégrieux, Initially appearing calm and collective, Auclair pulls everyone of Dégrieux's nerves out to reveal his vulnerability towards Lescaut,as Auclair shows Dégrieux to be a Film Noir loner, who's growing obsession with Lescaut leads him to an ocean of death. Appearing like a fragile doll,the beautiful Cécile Aubry sets the film alight as burning hot femme fatale Manon Lescaut. Striking a fine balance,Aubry gives Lescaut a sweet, joyful nature which gets under Dégrieux skin,which is countered with Lescaut's hard-edge fight for all that she desires,as Lescaut reveals to Dégrieux the real resistance. On La Verite (1960),I'll share you a story I told hitchcockthelegend . Before the recent Criterion edition came out,I found it on Amazon France with English Subs listed for the disc. I used some of my birthday to import the DVD,which sure did have Eng Subs, only problem was it was two words in English for every three sentences spoken!
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 18, 2019 19:46:36 GMT
morrisondylanfan I actually only recently have begun watching Italian horror, so my knowledge is, well, limited. Have not read that book on Fulci. This whole area of the horror universe interests me though, the fans really do love them, I'm warming up to them too.
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Post by petrolino on Oct 19, 2019 1:57:48 GMT
'Phil Spector' (2013 - 2018, Barry Levinson)
Projected biopic. Interesting, in that regard.
'Marianne And Leonard : Words Of Love' (Various)
Yacht rot.
'Bachman' (2018, Documentary - John Barnard)
Enthusiastic music documentary.
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