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Which Cronenberg film was it? I have not checked the films on there for a few weeks, I think The Fly was made by 20th Century fox? I would be very surprised if Rabid was on there lol
The Fly 😁
The quintessential product of German Expressionism in film, Dr Caligari is also considered one of the very first true horror films. Its influence on the visual style of many of Tim Burton's films is, I believe, obvious from the start.
Since it is a silent movie, I allowed myself to replace the "soundtrack" with a remix of Mica Levi's soundtrack for Under The Skin. Truth be told, this experience of the film was more unsettling than ever before.
Werner Krauss, a despicable man in real life, gave a brilliant performance as Dr Caligari, while Conrad Veidt, the proto-Joker himself, turned Cesare into a pretty scary sleepwalker.
It remains one of my favourite horror films, a descent into madness, a film that despite its age can still turn my stomach, probably because I take the story as a feverish premonition of the rise of Hitler and his gruesome fascism. Though well over a hundred years old (!), this weirdly shaped nightmare, when viewed with the proper appreciation for its photographic and other technical limitations, can still be somewhat upsetting. Since Robert Eggers, whose expressionist style turned both The VVitch and The Lighthouse into unusual but fascinating modern excursions into the elevated horror genre, seems interested in remaking Murnau's Nosferatu, I hope he will also consider a remake of Dr Caligari. Something tells me Eggers could revive this story and its visual narration for modern times, without the goofiness of Burton, effective and scary.
Brings back great memories I was in my first year of 6th form when this was released the whole world ahead of me lol
Wow, this turned out really bad. The first one wasn t good, either. But this is on another level.
I watched it for the first time last week, the whole premise is awful regarding Steve Trevor and it gets progressively worse.
This must be aimed at very small kids.
The shopping mall scene would suggest that, its a stark contrast to warrior/killer Wonder Woman in the Snyder films.
Superman after being infected with smilex Gas.
My favourite of his also. Saw it at the London Film Festival 93. Met Tarantino outside and got his autograph 😁👍
Gradually this becomes interesting and exciting, after a rather slow and boring start. Typical Allen tragedy, and in retrospect it feels like something I have seen before.
Pretty strong stuff, and the majority of critics seem to have hated it, but I find it is brilliantly made and portrays both 1970s Germany in general and the low-lives and losers of Hamburg-St. Pauli in particular quite accurately. I wouldn't call it a horror movie, but only because (except for a bit of artistic licence in details) it shows historical facts. I still remember what was in the newspapers in mid-July 1975. During my legal training, I even saw the rip saw that Fritz Honka used for dismembering his victims (at the "Kriminalmuseum" of the Hamburg police in 1988). If the story were fiction, I'd agree it might be considered a horror flick. But it is this background in reality that makes some scenes even harder to bear.
I could add a lot of praise for direction, cinematography, art direction and, possibly most of all, the actors, especially then-22-year old Jonas Dassler as the fortyish and disfigured, uhm, "protagonist" Fritz Honka. With a lot of prosthetics, he looks frighteningly like the original killer, who died in 1998.
I definitely recommend this movie, but don't bring food to the viewing.
Nice I bet it was a great meeting Tarantino , there must have been a lot of buzz for the film prior to the event.
There certainly was. Although not until nearer the showing. I got my ticket easily enough well in advance. I'd heard about the film through Shivers magazine and it looked really good. How true that turned out!
Still have Tarantino's autograph 😁
Robert Eggers' second film, his follow-up to THE VVITCH, is an amazing piece of art. The black-and-white, 1.19:1 experience works fantastically well for this story. Pattinson and Dafoe are brilliant! This was my third viewing, and the best so far. Midnight, lights out, headphones for the perfect sound and gallons of caffeine in my blood got me in the right mood. Excellent film. I am very much looking forward to seeing more of Eggers' work.
It was literally the beginning of his career, I know he Co wrote True Romance, think that was a year later. If I recall prior to Reservoir Dogs he was working in a Video Store.
This one really got under my skin, @DarthDimi!
Willem Dafoe is always great, and it looked fantastic, but I found it extremely boring and silly.
Echos my thoughts on it! Very impressive visually but a bit of a chore to stay with. It promised more than it delivered!
That must be why you like to hang around this site, too.
"Madness" is a basic requirement for modship.
Fantastic monster movie spectacle holds together a paper thin plot, but the MonsterVerse isn't supposed to be thought provoking. I enjoyed the world-building, though more would have been nice. Not a bad way to spend two hours.
Independence Day : Resurgence.
I haven't seen it yet, but the film is getting fairly good reviews. Nothing to make you forget Citizen Kane or Vertigo, but people seem to be enjoying it for what it is. I plan to see it sometime next week and I am currently working through a Godzilla mini-marathon as a lead in. I've been a big "G" fan since I was about six years old.
It will be very interesting to see how this does at the box office, and what that may tell us about the prospects for NTTD (if anything). Mainly, how badly do people want to actually attend movie houses again? In China, the answer seems to be YES, in the US....we'll have to see. Plus, we have about six (6) months before NTTD opens, and a lot can happen between now and then.
#TeamGodzilla
I've been a big fan of Godzilla since I was a kid. Like the Bond films the quality of the Godzilla films varies. This one looks like a lot of fun and I am going to see it in the theater.
On a nit picking fanboy note, while I like the basic design of this Godzilla, particularly after the adjustments made for the last film, but I cannot fathom what they've made his head so tiny; for me it is extremely distracting and ruins a nice design.