Self Described as the anti-Tarantino film, Funny Games is perhaps Director Haneke’s most direct assault on American cinema. Taking the initial format of a home invasion thriller, Haneke seemingly never misses a beat when turning the audience’s expectations of top of their heads. An indicative example of this is early in the film is when […]
Archive for September, 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (or America, Fuck Yeah!)
Published by September 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsFirst of all, I’ve got to tip my hat to American Cinema. I left it for dead, but my god have they bounced back this year. All the tired old Hollywood archetypes have been polished with admirable efficiency and originality: Zodiac (the most awesomely anal retentive and exhausting procedural I’ve perhaps ever seen), The Bourne […]
Fascinating exploration of what it really takes to be an artist — pitching the aggressively intellectual yet artistically hollow Henry against the painfully reserved closet poet Simon. The two draw out the best in each other: Henry bullies Simon into opening up and committing his strong thoughts to paper, while Simon helps Henry focus his […]
Hey! My hair looks nothing like that Paulie Walnuts fanook!
Cronenberg, Viggo, Russian Mafia… considering all the talent involved, this was a horribly wasted opportunity. Excellent example of a great, provocative director at serious odds with an unfocused script. The dialogue wavers obnoxiously between cheap comedy and bland sermonizing — I’d like to sit down and […]
Yeah, this is the second straight movie I’ve reviewed that features horse love… Maybe I should get some Ron Howard flicks next time round. So… this is a movie about bestiality. Scratch that, this is more a movie inspired by bestiality. No graphics, no insights. If you want an organized, informative film on the subject […]
Went in expecting uber-ambitious (i.e. pretentious) Tarkovsky-like meditation on life — one of those polarizing opuses they used to make in the 70s that either makes you retch or quit your job and move to India for ten years — and pretty much got most of that, but there were some pleasant surprises along the […]
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