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Oblivious Maximus
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Imagine if Andrzej Zulawski made an action film for Cannon starring Dolph Lundgren. It almost happened,
Żuławski’s Tiger: The Art-House Action-Adventure That Never Was.
Żuławski’s Tiger: The Art-House Action-Adventure That Never Was.
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Oblivious Maximus
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It has come to my attention that its been a while since I made this thread my personal Letterboxd and seeing as I've got nothing else going on at the moment and am full of Nyquil, fair warning for capsule review dump:
Death Warmed Up (David Blyth, 1984) - Before Peter Jackson, there was David Blyth, the original Kiwi bad boy who, 6 years after outraging New Zealand critics with his first feature Angel Mine (1978), delivered this, the first Kiwi horror film and its a doozy. A zombie movie by way of a mad scientist movie by way of a revenge movie, it was once wonderfully dubbed "an apocalypse of slaughter" by Alejandro Jodorowsky. After quite a bit of build-up, the real carnage begins in the final third when a horde of thawed out, cryogenically frozen undead (hence the title) are unleased upon the protagonists and reek havoc inside a strange clinic where the nurses wear fetishistic mesh surgical masks, which might defeat the purpose of wearing a surgical mask but nonetheless it looks sexy as hell. Marvelous gore splatter and highly stylized, Italian influenced lighting ensues. Sadly missing elements prevent this from being restored and the DVD that was released in NZ is OOP but there are grey market boot options. Really nothing else like it.
Dard Divorce (Olaf Ittenbach, 2007) Speaking of splatter. First things first, there's a massive audio fuck up at the end of this movie where the music gets way louder than the dialogue and to add insult to injury, its when the central mystery of the film is solved. How this made it out that way remains a head scratcher. Aside from that, and the occasional thick as fuck German accent on characters that are supposed to be American, this is strong stuff. Subscribing to the theory of if your going to do something then go all the way, this leaves all the edgelord torture flicks that were so prevalent at the time in the dust. Hardly a shock as Ittenbach is far from a one note filmmaker despite what some not very bright reviewers would say, and here he presents a Rashomon type tale told from multiple perspectives centering around a nasty divorce, a missing husband, a substantial sum of cash and a briefcase of cocaine and the sadistic measures those who want it back will take, this being an Ittenbach film of course it all leads to multiple scenes of truly awe-inspiring and at times fairly innovative violence. Extra credit is due to Martina Ittenbach, Olaf's then wife who plays the lead and gets the living shit beat out of her for most of the movie. She's a beautiful woman though her face becomes quite hard to look at as the film moves forward given the amount of abuse it takes. Breaking up is indeed hard to do.
Ballad in Blood (Ruggero Deodato, 2016) - The comeback film from the man behind Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The House on the Edge of the Park (1980) and it's... something. Obviously this is Deodato's warped interpretation of what went down in Amanda Knox's dorm room and some have suggested that 'ol Ruggero is out of touch with the college aged young adult of today, however despite the fact that the film takes place in Italy as opposed to America where rampant retardation on campus is a cancerous epidemic, it honestly doesn't feel all that far fetched. Tonally, the film features plenty of the misanthropy and cynicism of Deodato's most famous works, with zero likable characters to be found, each representing the worst modern day humanity has to offer but there's also quite a bit of odd quirkiness at play too which is more reminiscent of the films he did before going on his hiatus. This is largely due in part to the mindlessness of the characters decisions and other random bits of nonsense, for instance the very first words spoken in the film are "Fuck you, black cat!" and at one point the same guy who uttered that makes up a rap out of the blue for no reason at all ("Dick in ya mouth and play wit muh balls, call me Mr. Right"). Great use of "Sweetly" from The House on the Edge of the Park soundtrack at the end, even though the actual scene makes fuck all sense. Fun fact, the hot lead actress plays Melania Trump on Tracey Ullman's new show.
Le parfum de Mathilde (Marc Dorcel/Jean Rollin, 1994) - Speaking of dicks in mouths and playing with balls (man, are these segues killing or what?!). Imagine if Rebecca had been written by the Marquis de Sade and adapted into a porno. Although there is no actual sadism in the movie, the plotline of a virtuous, virginal young maiden taken to a castle of perversities is pure Sade. He may only be credited with writing the script, but the legendary French cult director Rollin did indeed co-direct this, and it seems as if Dorcel, the French porn kingpin handled all the sex while Rollin did most of the heavy lifting elsewhere as his fingerprints are all over the film visually from its gothic castle setting to the use of strange masks which actually recalls his 70's vampire classics. 90's starlet Draghixa takes the lead, though she has a tendency to disappear for long intervals and if the concept of an adult actress playing someone frigid and standoffish sounds odd, she pulls it off wonderfully but the real highlight of the film who outshines everyone else is black beauty Julia Chanel who is just perfect in every way, shape and form. Vivid put this out in the States in the mid-90's. Superb porno fantastique.
The Otherworld (Richard Stanley, 2013) - Feature length documentary from the seemingly cursed director of Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992) centering on Montségur, a commune in the south of France near the Pyrenees where Stanley has lived for the past several years. More specifically, it focuses on a specific region of Montségur known affectionately as "The Zone", where, according to many is the home of many a strange supernatural phenomena and is even said to be the location of parallel realities. It's structured in an interesting way, beginning with Stanley addressing the screen telling the story of, as he puts it, "the strangest thing that's ever happened to me" before giving a nice overview of the region with various interviews and testimonials with locals and regular travelers who've had their own unique experiences in The Zone then circling back to Stanley recounting his most recent encounter with a spirit in the ruins of the Château de Montségur fortress. Now clearly the hardcore skeptic types will immediately roll their eyes but this is a fascinating watch. Although the history of the area discussed in the film isn't comprehensive, there's enough there, particularly as it relates to the Cathar religion, to give context to the bizarre occurrences described and all the interviews are plenty entertaining, the man who makes the most appearances (almost always shirtless) is a real hoot and could objectively be described as a total loon. A trip to The Zone is now on the proverbial bucket list.
Death Warmed Up (David Blyth, 1984) - Before Peter Jackson, there was David Blyth, the original Kiwi bad boy who, 6 years after outraging New Zealand critics with his first feature Angel Mine (1978), delivered this, the first Kiwi horror film and its a doozy. A zombie movie by way of a mad scientist movie by way of a revenge movie, it was once wonderfully dubbed "an apocalypse of slaughter" by Alejandro Jodorowsky. After quite a bit of build-up, the real carnage begins in the final third when a horde of thawed out, cryogenically frozen undead (hence the title) are unleased upon the protagonists and reek havoc inside a strange clinic where the nurses wear fetishistic mesh surgical masks, which might defeat the purpose of wearing a surgical mask but nonetheless it looks sexy as hell. Marvelous gore splatter and highly stylized, Italian influenced lighting ensues. Sadly missing elements prevent this from being restored and the DVD that was released in NZ is OOP but there are grey market boot options. Really nothing else like it.
Dard Divorce (Olaf Ittenbach, 2007) Speaking of splatter. First things first, there's a massive audio fuck up at the end of this movie where the music gets way louder than the dialogue and to add insult to injury, its when the central mystery of the film is solved. How this made it out that way remains a head scratcher. Aside from that, and the occasional thick as fuck German accent on characters that are supposed to be American, this is strong stuff. Subscribing to the theory of if your going to do something then go all the way, this leaves all the edgelord torture flicks that were so prevalent at the time in the dust. Hardly a shock as Ittenbach is far from a one note filmmaker despite what some not very bright reviewers would say, and here he presents a Rashomon type tale told from multiple perspectives centering around a nasty divorce, a missing husband, a substantial sum of cash and a briefcase of cocaine and the sadistic measures those who want it back will take, this being an Ittenbach film of course it all leads to multiple scenes of truly awe-inspiring and at times fairly innovative violence. Extra credit is due to Martina Ittenbach, Olaf's then wife who plays the lead and gets the living shit beat out of her for most of the movie. She's a beautiful woman though her face becomes quite hard to look at as the film moves forward given the amount of abuse it takes. Breaking up is indeed hard to do.
Ballad in Blood (Ruggero Deodato, 2016) - The comeback film from the man behind Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and The House on the Edge of the Park (1980) and it's... something. Obviously this is Deodato's warped interpretation of what went down in Amanda Knox's dorm room and some have suggested that 'ol Ruggero is out of touch with the college aged young adult of today, however despite the fact that the film takes place in Italy as opposed to America where rampant retardation on campus is a cancerous epidemic, it honestly doesn't feel all that far fetched. Tonally, the film features plenty of the misanthropy and cynicism of Deodato's most famous works, with zero likable characters to be found, each representing the worst modern day humanity has to offer but there's also quite a bit of odd quirkiness at play too which is more reminiscent of the films he did before going on his hiatus. This is largely due in part to the mindlessness of the characters decisions and other random bits of nonsense, for instance the very first words spoken in the film are "Fuck you, black cat!" and at one point the same guy who uttered that makes up a rap out of the blue for no reason at all ("Dick in ya mouth and play wit muh balls, call me Mr. Right"). Great use of "Sweetly" from The House on the Edge of the Park soundtrack at the end, even though the actual scene makes fuck all sense. Fun fact, the hot lead actress plays Melania Trump on Tracey Ullman's new show.
Le parfum de Mathilde (Marc Dorcel/Jean Rollin, 1994) - Speaking of dicks in mouths and playing with balls (man, are these segues killing or what?!). Imagine if Rebecca had been written by the Marquis de Sade and adapted into a porno. Although there is no actual sadism in the movie, the plotline of a virtuous, virginal young maiden taken to a castle of perversities is pure Sade. He may only be credited with writing the script, but the legendary French cult director Rollin did indeed co-direct this, and it seems as if Dorcel, the French porn kingpin handled all the sex while Rollin did most of the heavy lifting elsewhere as his fingerprints are all over the film visually from its gothic castle setting to the use of strange masks which actually recalls his 70's vampire classics. 90's starlet Draghixa takes the lead, though she has a tendency to disappear for long intervals and if the concept of an adult actress playing someone frigid and standoffish sounds odd, she pulls it off wonderfully but the real highlight of the film who outshines everyone else is black beauty Julia Chanel who is just perfect in every way, shape and form. Vivid put this out in the States in the mid-90's. Superb porno fantastique.
The Otherworld (Richard Stanley, 2013) - Feature length documentary from the seemingly cursed director of Hardware (1990) and Dust Devil (1992) centering on Montségur, a commune in the south of France near the Pyrenees where Stanley has lived for the past several years. More specifically, it focuses on a specific region of Montségur known affectionately as "The Zone", where, according to many is the home of many a strange supernatural phenomena and is even said to be the location of parallel realities. It's structured in an interesting way, beginning with Stanley addressing the screen telling the story of, as he puts it, "the strangest thing that's ever happened to me" before giving a nice overview of the region with various interviews and testimonials with locals and regular travelers who've had their own unique experiences in The Zone then circling back to Stanley recounting his most recent encounter with a spirit in the ruins of the Château de Montségur fortress. Now clearly the hardcore skeptic types will immediately roll their eyes but this is a fascinating watch. Although the history of the area discussed in the film isn't comprehensive, there's enough there, particularly as it relates to the Cathar religion, to give context to the bizarre occurrences described and all the interviews are plenty entertaining, the man who makes the most appearances (almost always shirtless) is a real hoot and could objectively be described as a total loon. A trip to The Zone is now on the proverbial bucket list.
CiG
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CiG
Harbinger of Metal
Will do, the other Ozploitation DVD I bought was Fair Game and that was really cool, with one of the most intense final death scenes I have ever seen.
Also featured one of the coolest movie vehicles ever.
Also featured one of the coolest movie vehicles ever.
RadicalThrasher
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Been a while, but I have seen Fair Game. Who made the dvd you have? Umbrella? Most of their stuff is region free. Might track down a copy if thats the case
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CiG
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Yeah man, Umbrella.
So I just finished Run, Chrissie, Run!
Pretty good, though not really anything like what the trailer tried to portray it as. It was basically a drama/thriller with some action elements. Richard Harris was the main villain which was awesome, he always rules. But to me it was related much more to something like Magnum Force or The Enforcer than anything like Turkey Shoot or Mad Max.
I thought Fair Game was just a little more entertaining and cool than this one.
Watching now:
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Saw Black Panther tonight.
The people claiming that it's an "alt-right" film clearly didn't actually watch the movie. It's about a wealthy isolationist country realizing its responsibility to the world.
The people claiming that it's an "alt-right" film clearly didn't actually watch the movie. It's about a wealthy isolationist country realizing its responsibility to the world.
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One could easily agree with the isolationist ideology being correct and regard the decision to open up to the world the beginning of its downfall.
Viewers don’t have to agree with the movie’s final lefty message. They can say “see, Wakanda was doing great only taking care of its own, now they’re gonna fuck it up”
I was nodding my head to Kaluuya’s character when he said “bring the refugees in and they take their problems with them and Wakanda becomes like everywhere else”. The movie provided a voice for right wingers that sounded reasonable. *and they never made it look completely wrong*. They went left in the end for no concrete reason, just being nice
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CiG
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All this drivel really makes me care even less about seeing this film.
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CiG
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Nice, I just saw that Manhunter is available for pre-order on blur ray recently, which rules because I've only ever seen it over here on VHS.
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Get on it man! Awesome crime flick, my favorite of the Lector stuff.
CiG
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I definitely plan to! I dig Brian Cox and Tom Noonan, I hear Cox is a really good Lector.
Edit: oh it's actually available to buy now.
Little expensive still.
Edit: oh it's actually available to buy now.
Little expensive still.
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