I second the recommendation on the Manson eps of You Must Remember This. It was my primer going into seeing Once Upon A Time In Hollywood last year and was the perfect tuning fork to get into the era and culture of what Tarantino was going for.
I felt compelled to watch Soylent Green yesterday, which one can only surmise that it was my subconscious speaking to me given the current state of affairs. Admittedly, I feel like early 70s cinema is a bit of a mixed bag (outside of the obvious highs), but I think this one still holds up really well.
It's sci-fi without having to lean on too much of the special effects aspect of the genre, and rather outlining the "vibe" of dystopian sci-fri -- and it's noir without leaning in too heavily to esoteric characters and smoky (or in this instance "green-y") imagery.
Besides this, the message is obviously what holds up best. The fact that one character partook in
assisted suicide because he couldn't stand to see the truth for what society truly was
is obviously what we're smack dab in the middle of right now. And then there's the whole over-population / climate change / pollution issue at hand. Then of course there's the famous last lines which actually is what piqued my curiosity in the first place.
All-in-all, solid flick. While some may say this is a "classic", I still feel it would actually benefit from a well-crafted remake put into the hands of a respected director. Perhaps put more of a psychological spin on it vs. action-spin (i.e. how Total Recall remake completely flopped).
I felt compelled to watch Soylent Green yesterday, which one can only surmise that it was my subconscious speaking to me given the current state of affairs. Admittedly, I feel like early 70s cinema is a bit of a mixed bag (outside of the obvious highs), but I think this one still holds up really well.
It's sci-fi without having to lean on too much of the special effects aspect of the genre, and rather outlining the "vibe" of dystopian sci-fri -- and it's noir without leaning in too heavily to esoteric characters and smoky (or in this instance "green-y") imagery.
Besides this, the message is obviously what holds up best. The fact that one character partook in
assisted suicide because he couldn't stand to see the truth for what society truly was
is obviously what we're smack dab in the middle of right now. And then there's the whole over-population / climate change / pollution issue at hand. Then of course there's the famous last lines which actually is what piqued my curiosity in the first place.
All-in-all, solid flick. While some may say this is a "classic", I still feel it would actually benefit from a well-crafted remake put into the hands of a respected director. Perhaps put more of a psychological spin on it vs. action-spin (i.e. how Total Recall remake completely flopped).
Definitely needs a new hook in the sense that everyone knows the twist in Soylent Green, so you have to make the preceding 100 minutes somehow worth watching because no one will be surprised if there's nothing new to it.
True. Though I had no idea I Am Legend and The Omega Man were based on the same book until a couple years ago. So maybe change the name from Soylent Green to Make Room (since it was based on the novel Make Room! Make Room!)
I guarantee there'd be folk walking out of there still surprised if it was marketed well. Now granted those in the know would still know it's coming but if David Fincher can make Zodiac an interesting piece for 2.5 hours then I've no doubt there's some gold buried in here. It's not about the ending as they say, but the jooouuurneeeey maaaan
They pre-announced the 2nd movie for tonight's airing of The Last Drive-in...
It's Cannibal Holocaust. This movie has some disturbing on screen animal killing....so I get why they let people know. It is also good to know that the all animals killed were also used as food by the indigenous people in the movie.
The Grindhouse Releasing bluray comes with a "cruelty-free" version of the movie.
They pre-announced the 2nd movie for tonight's airing of The Last Drive-in...
It's Cannibal Holocaust. This movie as some disturbing on screen animal killing....so I get why they let people know. It is also good to know that the all animals killed were also used as food by the indigenous people in the movie.
The Grindhouse Releasing bluray comes with a "cruelty-free" version of the movie.
It's not "great"...but as one of the original "found footage" movies, I can see its importance in cinema history.
Yes...the animal killing was bad...but I also think it got a bad rap because it was also thought they actually killed real people and that it was a real Snuff film - specifically the impalement scene.
The director was actually charged with murder at one point, with the courts thinking the actors were actually killed.
Primer and Upstream Color auteur Shane Carruth was set to make a sci-fi epic called A Topiary with the help of Steven Soderbergh and David Fincher, but unfortunately the project never materialized. Now, the director has shared the project's sizzle reel.
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Also I’ll just go ahead and say, there’s basically no news here, as usual when it comes to Carruth. But hey, it’s still nice to hear from him.
Just came here to post this. I know the script has floated around forever, but I’ve never read it. It’s a shame that he couldn’t get this made. Shame we’ll probably never see The Modern Ocean, either, unless that’s the “last project” that he’s still working on, but that seems unlikely after so many delays.
I do wonder at this point if we’ll even see a final project. I really hope so. And if not, I’d like a very in depth interview with him chronicling all the stuff he’s been going through to try and get things made. I loved Upstream Color and was really thinking/hoping his next film would be getting off the ground easier because of the sorta success and interesting distribution of UC.
Shirley was a hella cool film. For those who have Hulu, you can watch it there, or rent it elsewhere. Elizabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson was one of the performances of the year (so far). I was pleasantly surprised to see that it had the same wild visual flair of the director's previous film, Madeline's Madeline.
Finally got around to watching my free rental of Just Mercy last night.
It was a really emotional trying moving. It's worth the watch. It just angers me so much how much surpression of evidence and witnesses happened to the black community and false testimony from a white guy trying to get a deal can land a guy on death row who is innocent. And then when they have evidence that he is innocent, having their appeal denied over and over again.
Brand New!! This gorgeous poster by artist Aaron Lea was commissioned for the 2016 theatrical release of the stunning Phantasm Remastered. Mr. Lea paid homage to all the elements of the original 1979 Avco-Embassy poster, including Spheres, Hooded Dwarf Creatures, the luscious Lady in Lavender...
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