ruby stevens
22Nov11
cannot wait to hear all about it
Matt Parks: Filmography
Watching this right now.
To Sheridan as "In Dreams" is to Neil Jordan.
Movie for schmucks.
Did the version that recently aired on TCM really look that horrible, or was it Dish Network/my TV/my middle-aged eyes?
Love how, when Stack's character finds out about his "weakness", Sirk has the shadows cast by passers-by outside flit across Stack's face as he ponders the news, then he exits past the boy riding the coin-operated pony (obvious phallic symbol). Devastating and subtle at the same time.
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The comments on this film's wall could almost be a Joe Swanberg film.
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Sheepspotting.
"I'll take the tombstone if it's really mine."
I heart David Carr.
"Ulmer, surely, was some sort of saint—no director ever humbled himself more thoroughly in pursuit of his art." --Dave Kehr
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"We use the instrumental to make the music; we do not use the music to show of the instrument."
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Seeing an advance screening of this tonight.
This film is the same film as this film: http://mubi.com/films/dead-of-night--2
Recently saw the director's cut for the first time ever on Blu-ray. Definitely an improvement upon the theatrical version.
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Once again, Antal struggles mightily against bad-ish material--sort of Reservoir Dogs remade as an action film.
Saw an exclusive eight minute trailer of this tonight. Did not disappoint.
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Saw this tonight. It's good.
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Isn't that still from "Master of the Flying Guillotine"? Not the same film, Mubi.
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Going to see this tonight.
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Matt Parks
10Sep11
I actually ended up missing the preview screening, but I saw it this afternoon. It's solid Soderbergh, but if someone doesn't like Soderbergh they're not going to like this.
Mackenzie makes the most of the materials he has to work with.
Avildson's best film.
Probably destined to one day be re-evaluated and appreciated as camp.
OK, seriously, what's with the Jack Palance impersonation???
Easily Dahl's best film since "The Last Seduction."
About two-thirds of a really good horror movie and about one-third a really lousy one.
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Attending a screening of this tonight.
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Matt Parks
14Jul11
Went well. Yeah, it was a 35mm print, and I think there are only one or two prints still available to be screened. The colors were somewhat noticeably faded, but otherwise the print was in pretty good shape. Definitely worth seeing projected, and a ticket only cost me $5.50.
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Matt Parks
15Jul11
Jazz--It's rougher (stylistically) than his later films, so I'm not sure you would like it, but it's definitely worth seeing if you like some of the later stuff.
Lighting McQueen is relegated to a supporting role in at story that centers around Mater instead. Essentially, it's a pastiche of Bond films, bumbling spy comedies, and racing films like "Grand Prix" and "Le Mans." Ultimately it's pretty thin, but it's enough to keep the kids occupied for a hour and a half.
That it might aptly have been subtled "Triumph of the Will" suggests the troubling ideological underpinnings of this film. Of course, this would be easier to overlook if this were a better film. Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong liven the film up a little when they're on screen, though once things really get going, the make-up effects used on Sarsgaard suggest a giant scrotum sack in place of a forehead.
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(After a couple of very promising films early in his career) Brad Anderson continues to wander in the wilderness.
Not the best of Lang's Hollywood films by any means, but the exercise of watching it was beneficial.
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