Quote from: martialgodmask on August 02, 2012, 01:02:00 AM
Kill List last night http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788391/ Started ok, bit of a slow burner, nice British-ness to it but fell apart 2/3 of the way through with the "twist". Became unecessary, predictable and sadly stupid. Shame. There was a trailer for Animal Kingdom on the DVD which makes me want to see that more now, and Brighton Rock. Some foreign language film as well which looked quite good but the title escapes me so I'll probably never get round to seeing it/remembering it.
Saw Animal Kingdom a while back. Thriller worth getting along to. Lot of interesting movement going on in the Aussie film industry at the moment. If my memory serves me well the producer of AK is also involved in 2011s The Hunter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703148/ with Willelm Dafoe. Decent flick as well. The writer of the novel The Hunter Julia Leigh released her directorial debut last year. The slow moving cold-dark-erotic Sleeping Beauty. Not a perfect film in all sense, but I enjoyed the visuals as well as the rhythm. Recommend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CU_gV-8esY Quote from: Peterson on August 01, 2012, 10:10:00 PM
Mostly been watching adaptations of Philip K. Dick lately. Started with Blade Runner, then Minority Report, then Total Recall. Even though the directors took a lot of creative liberties, making it all a lot more glamorous and acceptable for Hollywood, they're all still pretty good, gritty, dark, and a little disturbing. None of these, however, can match the quality of A Scanner Darkly. Robert Downey Jr.'s performance is spectacular and there's no question for me that it's Richard Linklater's best film.
Been ages ago since I read P.K. Dick. Might take him up again one of these days. Scanner Darkly is a great film. The paranoia is smiting. As for Blade Runner... no words can articulate ... Total Recall is mayor fun. Remember we where truly awed by Hollywood's adaptation when it came out on vhs. See that they are releasing a new version of Total now. Haven't bothered to read about it. Will steer clear of this version. When we are talking of Arnold... had an 80s run earlier this spring. Revisited among his Red Heat (1988). Absolutely great action-comedy fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14bjUtntk4Q. Walter Hill directs: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi and Peter Boyle; all manic cartoon figures. HA!
At the end of the song I would like to shed a light on Jean-Pierre Melville's L'armée des ombres (Army of shadows) from '69. Melville is one of my all-time fav directors. The film mentioned is presented like a combo of war film and gangster movie. The cinematography by Pierre L'homme is worth the watch alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1Dzrk-cfI Short trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on38oTESbHU&feature=related
