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Well said ...
And I can only imagine Jaqueline Bisset wearing my pajama top and offering to make me breakfast.
I'm sure you're aware of it, but note the McQueen style that surely influenced Moore in LALD:
Oof, I forgot this even existed. I guess it'd keep up his streak of unnecessary and inferior remakes though.
With Bradley Cooper, "expected to follow Bullitt on an entirely different exploit than the McQueen original."
The latter bit's at least promising, I don't know why anyone would've bothered trying to remake that one.
Spielberg has always been into nostalgia, so there's another ... and now I wonder, did Bullitt influence Duel or even The Sugarland Express, his two very early automobile centered films? Probably there'll be massive call backs to the political corruption & conspiracy thrillers of the era, a territory still ripe for exploration in our own.
But good luck trying to top the Schifrin score ....
And of course it might be argued that he's almost always been remaking, directly or indirectly, the movies of his youth. What was Jaws but a more sophisticated "monster movie" with a name cast, literate script, bigger budget, greater technical acomplishments [the mechanical sharks aside], and his own movie love and highly creative talent.
Obviously there are many notable exceptions, and I do admire "grown up" fare of more recent years like Bridge of Spies & The Post. But even they're set in the past.
Still haven't seen The Fabelmans, except for that scene with David Lynch as John Ford, something he'd often shared earlier as an anecdote in interviews and documentaries ....
Agreed. And though I liked Oppenheimer a lot, I would have given best picture Oscar to it. Its wonderfully entertaining!
I'm always shocked by the similarities it has to "HEAT" in the final act, the chase through the airport. I saw Heat first and was like "wait what" when I finally got to Bullitt.
Oh, you're quite right. I hadn't noticed it, and I've watched both countless times.
Loved it for the same reasons, my friend.
The last film I saw was Dune part II, and I must say, despite loving Villeneuve and the first film so much I went on and saw it twice at the cinema, this one left me a bit tired by the end of it. I guess it takes someone like Lean to make a desert themed film last for four hour and not be boring or repetitive for one second. I found the wide legged slow motion walks of the lead to be just so, boring and repetitive. And the cinematography was very good, despite very uniform, or too much uniform, in the colour palette, I mean. The comparison with Lawrence of Arabia (my favorite film), feels flat when one consider's the colours and grandeur of the first. And the acting chops of its lead. Unfortunately, Timothée Chalamet is yet to convinced me, as I find him massively overrated in every sense when in leading roles of this nature. But I still enjoyed it. Just not as much as the first one. The world building in the first one was insanely good. And the juxtaposition of elements from the firs planet to the second, served the film's imagery well.
I really thought it was perfect from start to finish. One of my all-time favorite experiences in a movie theater, such a blast.
Nice to see so many fellow Poor Things fans! Emma Stone did deserve her Oscar, as did the Production Design. I would have narrowly given Barbie the Best Costume Design, but that’s me. I’m glad it still won.
I should say I love both Heat and Bullitt and don't think any less of Mann or anything if that was his inspiration. And I'm glad I wasn't the only one sort of diffused by Dune 2. It was very pretty to the eyes and ears, just did not feel like a lot was happening. You're quite right about the dissimilarity to LoA when actually put face to face. I can sit down for LoA at any moment and be entertained by every element of it, the acting, the pictures, the sound, the camera work, etc. where with Dune 2 I feel like I'm searching for something it doesn't have.
Poor Things was great. I’m a fan of Alasdair Gray’s writing and Yorgos Lanthimos’ films, so this hit the right notes for me (honestly, a part of me wants to see what Lanthimos would do with Lanark, if anyone’s read that. It’s even crazier than Poor Things. Might miss an element of Scottishness from the original book though, which I guess is a criticism some have about Poor Things, but still…).
I had heard that this one was sleazy, and while there is some sleaze, there is so much more going on. There's some giallo, 80's slasher and occultism thrown in too! Not too mention Naschy reprising some characters that he had played previously, as well as some new ones.
Alex and Hector Doriani (Paul Naschy in a dual role) are twins, and both became actors. While Alex become a popular horror movie actor, Hector took the highbrow route and became a Shakespearean actor, but never reached the same level of fame as his late brother. Alex committed suicide years earlier. Hector, meanwhile, is deranged, living on his estate, with his nephew Adrian whom he physically and verbally abuses, his butler Eric (formally in the employ of Alex) and his cook Carmen (Caroline Munro) who he lusts after. Alex likes to have women brought to him, so he can take part in various kinky shenanigans while dressed up as various people (Rasputin, Fu Manchu, Bluebeard etc...). Once he has finished with them, he has Eric kick them out. Adrian speaks to his father, who comes to him in the form of the various characters he played such as Frankenstien, Dr Jekyll and of course... Waldemar Daninsky. Deep breath, because this isn't all that is happening. Eric is dabbling in occultism, in an attempt to bring Alex back from the dead. And Carmen is fending off the advances of a priest that she had and affair with previously.
It's an odd film, feeling quite meta at times. At one point, Adrian is watching one of his favourite films starring his dad, which happens to be Panic Beats.
1. Panic Beats (1983)
2. Night Of The Werewolf (1981)
3. Werewolf Shadow (1971)
4. Human Beasts (1980)
5. Horror Rises From The Tomb (1973)
6. Crimson (1976)
7. The Beast And The Magic Sword (1983)
8. Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)
***9. The Howl Of The Devil (1988)***
10. Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968)
11. Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll (1973)
12. Exorcismo (1975)
13. Vengeance Of The Zombies (1973)
14. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
15. Hunchback Of The Morgue (1972)
16. 7 Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)
Southland Tales 2006 an underrated masterpiece a satire that is way ahead of its time, I try to watch this film annually very thought provoking. The remaster looks fantastic.
I'm sorry, I've never seen the film, but is that Sarah Michelle Gellar drinking from a can that contains a picture of Sarah Michelle Gellar?
It is lol the film foreshadows a lot of the things we see in today's world.
Ha, well that one image has sold me on it, so thank you.
Check out the ratings curve for it though; you really might end up thinking it's the worst film ever or a genius masterpiece, or a semi-dud in the middle:
https://letterboxd.com/film/southland-tales/
The reviews are the same on IMDb, the film is multi layered and very much love or hate it. I have watched the film numerous times over the years and always see something new or gain new perspective on the idea's being presented on each viewing.
I still have not watched Mother, I did think Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain was good in fact it is one of the most intense films I have ever seen it never lets up.
If you like Mother (I know what its about) you may enjoy Southland Tales.
I still need to see The Fountain. Almost checked it out when it hit DVD years and years back, never did, and now it's one of the only Aronofsky films I've still yet to see.
Do check out mother! sometime if you feel up to it, because as always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
I have The Fountain on Bluray, if anything it is visually very good.
I meant to watch Mother on release just totally forgot about the film, it is a movie I need to buy.
A worthy follow-up to the original Yorga movie, and something tells me that the little boy may have influenced Damian in The Omen.
After the parodic The Raven, Corman and Price are back in full form with this one, even if technically, it's not really a Poe movie, but rather a Lovecraft one. And a good one it is, but with a cast and a technical crew like that, that isn't a surprise, is it ?
Add to that the last four episodes of Grendizer, the last four episodes (so far) of the documentary series Apocalypse, and the fourth season of La Guerre des Trônes (this time about the reign of Louis XIV), and as you can see, my plate was quite full. I really should try to watch more of the various movies and series I own, but sometimes I don't have the time, and sometimes, I don't have the will.
Sir, I too love Mother. Whatever the film is, they went all in!
I'd love to get the latter on 4K. I don't buy many physical releases these days like I used to but it's a stunner, and any time I do want to rewatch it, it never seems to be streaming.
@peter, glad you're in the same boat! Once it "clicked" what story was being told and who the characters actually were, I was blown away.
Despite buying a digital film a few minutes ago lol I have gravitated back to physical media especially since I got a new 4K player at Christmas.
I have quite a few 4K films and boxsets on disk though still buy DVD's and Blurays, even DVD's on occasion look great upscaled with my set up.