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I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III

Refn's masterpiece! After the post-Tarantino shenanigans of Part One and the 'Loachian' character study of Part Two, it almost makes sense that the final instalment should descend into a full-on horror movie. The themes carried right the way through the trilogy are perfectly brought together in the closing scene, with Milo staring at the empty swimming pool, encapsulating the respective journeys of these three very different characters as something futile and entirely destructive. The tension throughout is incredible.

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johnsonisjohnson

27May12

Lights, my friend, 4 stars for US: Regeneration! Let me guess: you didn't expect the film to be so good. ;)

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Jack Lehtonen

27May12

Oh yeahhhhhh
Lights in the Dusk

27May12

Well, it came highly recommended by all the right people, so I was expecting something a bit special. :) But I loved it for its visual approach - which is like a John Carpenter riff on Tarkovsky's Stalker - and for the single-take fight sequences (Hyams showing Greengrass how a close combat face-off should be done), the sense of physicality and its melancholic mood.
Lights in the Dusk

27May12

I started watching Dragon Eyes as well, but was too tired to finish it. I'll give it another try tonight.

my nigga totoro

26Apr12

damn, 5 stars for Gattaca? I gotta get on that.

Lights in the Dusk

26Apr12

I can imagine a lot of people not liking it to that extent, but I've got a real fondness for retro-futurism, Michael Nyman soundtracks and Slawomir Idziak's colour-tinted cinematography, so the film ticks a lot of these boxes for me.

CJ Roy

25Apr12

I was browsing Kino's blu-ray releases when I found this Jean Rollin guy, so I did some mubi research and found you have him a few high ratings. What's his deal man? He seems pretty interesting.

Lights in the Dusk

25Apr12

I've only seen a small handful really, just scratching the surface. Jeremy Richey is probably the guy to talk to for all things Rollin, he runs the blogs 'Moon in the Gutter' and 'Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience' (he's also on MUBI). You should definitely check out his work, he's written extensively on Rollin and was really the person who got me interested in exploring his films.
Lights in the Dusk

25Apr12

From the ones I've seen, I really love La Vampire Nue and La Rose de Fer. La Vampire Nue is characteristic of the Rollin I've seen: gothic, abstract, decadent, sometimes sleazy, but strangely poetic and dreamlike. Though working within the realms of pure exploitation, it's clear his influences are Feuillade, Murnau and Franju, with all the masks and the secret societies reminding me of a grindhouse take on Rivette. La Rose de Fer is similarly plotless - a couple get locked in a cemetery overnight and much strangeness ensues - but it's even more lyrical and atmospheric, more like a filmed-poem, with images instead of words. I'd certainly recommend La Rose de Fer as an introduction, since it's the film where he had the most creative control.
Lights in the Dusk

25Apr12

Requiem for a Vampire and The Escapees are less successful (though I owe both a re-watch) but still interesting. In Requiem, I love the image of the two girls dressed as clowns, running from the scene of a high-speed shootout and ending up at Dracula's castle, but it's definitely the sleaziest of the Rollin films I've seen, and the fairy tale element of the plot doesn't always gel with the cruelty of the main characters. The Escapees is as close to a conventional drama as I've seen from Rollin, but still full of bizarre cabaret acts, larger than life characters and a feeling of spontaneous invention (as if the plot, which follows Alice in Wonderland, only in a 'real-world' context, was being made-up as they went along).
Lights in the Dusk

25Apr12

Not sure if any of this was helpful since I still need to see a lot of his key-films myself, but definitely have a word with J.R., and if it sounds interesting, possibly check out La Rose de Fer as an introduction.