I refuse to believe that the car chase in Bullitt was speeded-up. There are still some sacred cows left!
As for that immortal discussion, perhaps the greatest discourse ever, surpassing Platonic dialogues with ease, a stunning mobilisation of the minds (how’s that for hyperbole?), it can be found here: [url]http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/topic,1943.0.html[/url]
Just watched Pale Flower (1964) by Masahiro Shinoda which I loved. The camerawork and the direction were very good, only the storytelling was a bit messy in the middle, it was slightly hard to follow the plot, not a major flaw though. And it has stunningly beautiful ending. 8/10
Watching Before The Revolution (1964) by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starts out a little like something pretentious and muddled, hope it will get better.
Without the up-speeding of the action in Bullitt (and in every other action film) the sacred cow would look like a pretty lame cow.
A fast pagan cow is clearly preferable.
(Running cows are criminally underrated anyway)
[quote=“Stanton, post:8980, topic:1923”]Yes, that’s it.
i…i…idiot was responsing in fact to the speeding-up in Bullitt, which we discussed a few centuries earlier.[/quote]
I’ve missed you guys 
Just rewatched…
A Quiet Place In The Country.
Franco Nero plays a painter who starts getting confused what is reality and what is not. Nero is great, with an unusual score by Morricone. Some interesting scenes but lost interest in the end really.
“Hot Fuzz” - funny stuff…
Filmed in the City of Wells, the smallest city in England, and near where I live.
On Friday I saw the Dada-inspired Dreams that Money Can Buy (1947). It works in places and has some interesting ideas. One might have expected more from such an illustrous list of avent-gard artists; Man Ray’s “dream” is underwhelming. Hans Richter, Max Ernest and Fernand Léger do the best stuff. A curio then, but not without rewards and pretty much essential for anyone interested in the artists and the movements they were linked to.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) by Sidney Lumet.
Wonderful stuff, surprisingly more funny than suspenseful. Phenomenally crafted, superbly acted… loved every minute of it.
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[size=12pt]Resident Evil: Retribution[/size] (2012, Paul W.S. Anderson)
The fifth installment in the series starring Milla Jovovich as Alice, the last hope in the war against the evil empire of Umbrella, the company that created the virus that could well mean the end of civilisation as we know it.
The virus has decimated the population of the planet and Alice is held prisoner in Umbrella’s underground laboraty. During a short circuit she manages to escape and this is the beginning of a long cat-and-mouse game involving some of the most beautiful, and dangerous, women in the world. Luckily the virus didn’t kill these babes.
I watch anything with Milla, but the series (which started well) has begun to look rather anemic.
Some nice action, a beautiful production design, but little atmosphere and no story to speak of.
[size=12pt]The Death collector/Family enforcer[/size] (Ralph de Vito 1976)
Still in B movie territory, this time on a mob trip
And quite surprise this unknown flick was, not a lost gem or something of the kind, but if you take in consideration Goodfellows or Casino, were made more than 10 years after this low life wiseguys tale, it makes you think, someone must have notice this forgotten flick. By the time it was made Godfather was the role model, but we are far very far from Copola sofistication it’s a B movie no more than that.
I liked the story, typical mafia bussiness with everyone whacking everyone, some wiseguys never learn that is not a good ideia to put on the boss thinking twice about them.
The acting is good form the main actors and we have the great Joe Pesci in an important but not a main part, and yes he doesn’t make it to the end, there’s some familiar faces from Scorsese films, and even from the Sopranos go wonder, the guy whi played the boss was also very… believeble in his part really liked.
I never been there myself but for those who live on the region the film was filmed in seventies (New Jersey), must be nice to check out ou the landscape has changed over the years.
The action scenes are well made, and we even have the some cool dialogues, and I ahe the impression that QT must have watched it somewhere along the way.
I was surprised that the director only made this work, the film its just too good to be a one hit wonder, so decided to check out on the guy, find out he was killed (homiciede never solved), so maybe life meets fiction or the other way around, he must have known something, to filmed so well the live of these smalltime mob troops
Went sleeping with the fishes I guess
Anyway a good film considereing its limitations, but to be honest essential viewing for those who love mob flicks, got the all package death sex and violence, cool lines and even Joe Pesci
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre - Really enjoyed this (only the second film I’ve ever seen with Bogart in) adventure about three mean and their quest for gold and how the precious metal can change people, greed and thoughts of killing soon sets in. The best character was played by John Huston’s father, they really did sound alike.
On the disc there is a really good documentary called John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick which surprisingly runs over two hours, featuring plenty of interviews with Huston, his actors and hosted and narrated by Robert Mitchum.
The Legend Of The Owl - Quite a crazy film, not quite what I was expecting but it was fun.
I love Humphrey Bogart - he is certainly one of my favourite actors. He was a lot more versatile than was given credit for. When he played a romantic hero in Casablanca the Raymond Chandler-ism “shop-soiled Galahad” springs to mind and when he was a bastard like here, In a Lonely Place or The Caine Mutiny he was awesome to behold. His unique appeal, neither handsome (he started his career playing gangsters who would die before the last reel) nor ugly, has never been truly replicated.
Bogard was great in The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep.
“From Russia With Love” - on a Bond kick, but only with Sean Connery - don’t think I’ve ever seen a Bond film without him…no interest…
Try some Roger Moore ones… some of them aren’t that paltry (and if even they are poor, some cheese has never killed anyone yet ;D). Craig isn’t too bad as well.
“From Russia With Love” is probably one of the best Bond flicks, if not the best.
Indeed he was. He had a great gnarled face that allowed him to play many diverse parts in a lot of different movies, none better than his Film Noirs. If physically he doesn’t resemble either Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade or utalise their mannerisms, he made the parts his own (although Dick Powell is for me the most accurate portrayal of Marlowe).
Keep Your Head Down:
"From Russia With Love" - on a Bond kick, but only with Sean Connery - don't think I've ever seen a Bond film without him...no interest...While this is the best Bond film and Connery is the best Bond, I would recommend [b]On Her Majesty's Secret Service[/b] with George Lazanby and the three Danial Craig has so far made; all very good stuff and well directed.
From Russia is overrated compared to other Bonds. an ok Bond. No match for the Lazenby Bond and Daniel Craig
I’m partial to “Goldfinger” myself, but “Russia” does have some great scenes…
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