[quote=“scherpschutter, post:600, topic:1923”]It looks dated.
This is made worse by the fact that most prints available for network showing apparently are in very bad state. It was the second time I saw it on Belgian TV, and for the second time the print looked awful. I haven’t checked the showing on BBC, even later yesterday night, so I don’t know if their print was better.[/quote]
It IS dated. My DVD print looks fine…
Mighty fine.
Prints are available to all upon request 
Defiance, with Daniel Craig. Not bad.
Death in Haiti (Gian Paolo Lomi and Eduardo Mulgaria)
I imagine this one probably gets a bad wrap; but I still enjoyed it. Haiti is a very odd locale for a typical Giallo. But this aint no typical Giallo. I like Anthony Steffens role. Very take charge but kinda know it all. I also liked the plot. Very low key. It has some pretty good subjective murder scenes. One is especially brutal with a man who gets his skin burnt then is concealed in a container in a factory. The film also seems to want to be a Mondo film as well as there are many sequences that capture actually Voodoo rituals. And just in case you thought this group of hallucinogenic Haitians were acting out all there convulsions, the film has a disclaimer at the end stating all the “documentary scenes are life.”
4/5
I’ve watched “Surrogates”. Just another action movie, it fails as sci-fi.
midnight movie, weird but watchable
[quote=“korano, post:605, topic:1923”]Death in Haiti (Gian Paolo Lomi and Eduardo Mulgaria)
I imagine this one probably gets a bad wrap; but I still enjoyed it. Haiti is a very odd locale for a typical Giallo. But this aint no typical Giallo. I like Anthony Steffens role. Very take charge but kinda know it all. I also liked the plot. Very low key. It has some pretty good subjective murder scenes. One is especially brutal with a man who gets his skin burnt then is concealed in a container in a factory. The film also seems to want to be a Mondo film as well as there are many sequences that capture actually Voodoo rituals. And just in case you thought this group of hallucinogenic Haitians were acting out all there convulsions, the film has a disclaimer at the end stating all the “documentary scenes are life.”
4/5[/quote]
Seems nice, what’s the best realase of it? And not too expensive I hope ;).
Re-viewed Carlito’s Way, first time on DVD. Thoroughly enjoyable, even though it’s pretty much a rehash of De Palma and Pacino’s past glories.
some recent films
Long Goodbye
-amazing movie, it’s been a while I’ve seen anything as good as this.
Addams Family
-For Halloween night, good fun.
Drowning by Numbers
-Peter Greenaway film, didn’t like it as much as some off his other films.
[quote=“Bill san Antonio, post:610, topic:1923”]some recent films
Long Goodbye
-amazing movie, it’s been a while I’ve seen anything as good as this.[/quote]
I loved reading the novel and for sometime now I have been quite interested in viewing it. Could you please provide a more indepth review?
[quote=“John Welles, post:611, topic:1923”]I loved reading the novel and for sometime now I have been quite interested in viewing it. Could you please provide a more indepth review?[/quote]Haven’t read the novel but this is not the usual film noir but more 70’s style film making so if you’re expecting traditional Chandler based movie you’ll probably be disappointed. The mood of the film is just so cool and unique, very good actors (Sterling Hayden is very convincing as a alcholic writer).
For me The Long Goodbye is one of Altman’s best. It was a strange film at first view, but then it got better and better with every viewing. I thought in the beginning that Elliot Gould was totally miscast, but now I really appreciate him as anti-Marlowe.
Indeed the acting is fantastic, and I love the grotesque humour, and I love the dialogues and especially the way they are phrased.
And there is a pretty violent scene, which comes as a surprise and is really hurting. (now everybody will watch it)
Breaking In.
Reynolds plays a low key safe breaker and starts to work with a young man who is not very bright at times.
Charming film which has a nice gentle streak of humour running through it.
Well, I’m pretty much interested in anything Chandler related so that wouldn’t cause much of a problem.
Yep!
Deep Red (Dario Argento)
Watched this on some cheap US (I think) DVD which gave choices fr a English version and Italian version. The Italian being longer which is what I settled on. I don’t feel qaulified to judge the film yet as that version was still missing 5 minutes. Seemed a little hard to follow and a little slow as well. but definetly the best Giallo killings I’ve seen so far.
Finally you watched the greatest film (Django gets a note there too) I’ve seen so far. Was the head smashing there? And was it a bloodshed finale?
[quote=“korano, post:616, topic:1923”]Deep Red (Dario Argento)
Watched this on some cheap US (I think) DVD which gave choices fr a English version and Italian version. The Italian being longer which is what I settled on. I don’t feel qaulified to judge the film yet as that version was still missing 5 minutes. Seemed a little hard to follow and a little slow as well. but definetly the best Giallo killings I’ve seen so far.[/quote]
The old 105 min cut was the first one I saw and I still prefer it to the full 120 min version. The shorter one is better paced (all the violence is intact), although you do miss some of the interplay between Hemmings and Nicolodi in the longer one. I almost never “double dip”, as they say, but this is a special case and I think you need to have the international and full Italian cuts in your collection.
Is the 105 minute version the same as the export version? If it is, I think I prefer the original one.
Yes, it’s the original export version.
