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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/7 2:37pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Stand By Me" (1986) - Date Edited: 7/7 2:38pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Rogue1-and-a-half
	Manhunter is a great film, if flawed. Red Dragon is a flawed film, if great. Chew on that. Peterson is a great Will Graham; he is the titular character and thus the focus. Fiennes is a great Dolarhyde; he is the titular character and thus the focus. Mash them up into one movie and you'd really have something. Cox, by the by, is a great Lecter; completely different from Hopkins'; he's not at all fey or feral, just brutal - Hopkins' Lecter feels things - I'm not sure Cox' Lecter does, except angry. I think they're interesting contrasts; for sustaining an entire film, you need Hopkins (Silence wouldn't have flown with Cox, I know that), but for a quick, sharp, smart cameo, Cox is fabulous. My main problem with Red Dragon is Norton (who isn't nearly wounded enough) and the lack of energy (they muff the "kill them all" sequence criminally); my main problem with Manhunter is Lang (who's barely in the film, which is the best thing about his performance) and the pumped up climax (which I think Boba always references as Will Graham meets Jason!). There is, poised somewhere just between the two, the absolutely perfect version of this story; until we all attain Zen and download it into our collective consciousness, we'll have to make do watching both versions as they stand and dreaming about perfection. I must say though, there are two scenes that stand with all of cinema for me, one from each film: 1. In Manhunter, Will Graham understands the mirrors, entering the bedroom of a murder victim and catching on with a weirdo zoom shot into vision of a woman with silver eyes; gave me literal vertigo the first time I saw the movie. 2. In Red Dragon, Francis confronts his namesake in the person of an archival sketch by William Blake. Confronts and then devours. And that is how you own a movie, people. I seem to recall leaping out of my chair first time I saw the movie. On to Stand By Me, I really dig this one. The kids are almost uniformly good, which is such a rarity as to bear extreme comment. The film doesn't exactly have energy, but it is fun. And Kiefer Sutherland is a great villain; we knew that, right? -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/8 9:11pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Stand By Me" (1986)
	Next: "Blue Velvet" (1986) USA, 120 mins. Colour Director: David Lynch Producers: Fred C. Caruso Screenplay: David Lynch Photography: Frederick Elmes Music: Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern I haven't seen this one, but I know Rogue admires it.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/9 3:57pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Blue Velvet" (1986)
	I don't 'admire' it as much as it 'horrifies' me. It's a hellish little movie, a right boot to the head. Hopper's performance here is his best, I think (he won an Oscar that year. For Hoosiers. Yeah.), one of those pure force of nature evil creations, a villain for the ages. Great score by Badalamenti, great cameo by Dean Stockwell and the Roy Orbison scene is something you'll never forget. Gruesome, grim, horrible, brilliant. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/10 10:28pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Blue Velvet" (1986)
	For "Hoosiers?" Next: "Hannah and her Sisters" (1986) USA, 103 mins. Colour Director: Woody Allen Producers: Robert Greenhut Screenplay: Woody Allen Photography: Carlo di Palma Music: James V. Monaco Cast: Mia Farrow, Barbara Hersey, Carrie Fisher, Diane Wiest, Woody Allen, Michael Caine Apparently this film has, like most of Allen's, some factual basis. Before he seduced her adopted daughter, he apparently took a dry run on one (or two) of her younger sisters. This film argues that such things are inconsequential and the ending is a happy one. Yeah, right.
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 7/10 10:39pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Blue Velvet" (1986) - Date Edited: 7/10 11:03pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	Rogue1-and-a-half posted: I don't 'admire' it as much as it 'horrifies' me. It's a hellish little movie, a right boot to the head. Hopper's performance here is his best, I think (he won an Oscar that year. For Hoosiers. Yeah.), one of those pure force of nature evil creations, a villain for the ages. Great score by Badalamenti, great cameo by Dean Stockwell and the Roy Orbison scene is something you'll never forget. Gruesome, grim, horrible, brilliant. I'd pretty much agreee with all that...and besides The Elephant Man (which is of course a completely different kind of movie) this is my favorite Lynch. The DVD background features for this are wonderful and give great insight not only into Blue Velvet but into Lynch himself. The section on the cinematography is especially illuminating, pardon the pun. Lynch's collaborators all say he is fantastically creative on set, changing things up, intuitively reacting to problems and coming up with both practical and creative solutions. After all, this is a director who personally HAND BUILT ALL of the interior sets for his first feature, Eraserhead. He's literally "hands on." Don't get me going on Hannah. Woody is a talented man, and I admire some of his movies. But he's got "issues." -----signature----- Namaste.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/11 11:29am Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Hannah & Her Sisters" (1986)
	Hopper is actually fairly good in Hoosiers, as in Hackman; the movie is a great basketball movie, far better than most. But it's the perfect example of the Academy realizing that Hopper's performance in Blue Velvet was a timeless 'great' performance, but being so terrified of the film itself that they couldn't bring themselves to recognize him for it. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/12 8:19pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Hannah & Her Sisters" (1986)
	Next: "She's Gotta Have It" (1986) USA, 84 mins. Colour Director: Spike Lee Producers: Spike Lee Screenplay: Spike Lee Photography: Ernest R. Dickinson Music: Bill Lee Cast: Tracy Johns, Tommy Hicks, John Terrell, Spike Lee Haven't seen this one.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/13 11:09pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "She's Gotta Have It" (1986)
	Next: "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986) Canada, 101 mins. Colour Director: Denys Arcand Producers: Roger Frappe, Rene Malo Screenplay: Denys Arcand Photography: Guy Dufaux Music: Francois Dampierre Cast: Dominique Michel, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Pierre Curzi, Remy Girard, Yves Jacques The consequences of elevating sexual satisfaction over every other value in life is explored in this movie. You are warned.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/14 8:09pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986)
	Next: "The Fly" (1986) USA, 95 mins. Colour Director: David Cronenberg Producers: Stuart Cornfeld, et al. Screenplay: David Cronenberg, et al. Photography: Mark Irwin Music: Howard Shore Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis Jeff's DNA is fused with that of a house fly. It's played for high tragedy, and almost makes it there.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 7/16 2:27pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Fly" (1986)
	Yeah, like a lot of great Cronenberg, this one is about the frailty of the flesh; the parallels are drawn with great starkness between the 'horror movie' transformation Goldblum undergoes and the real world transformation brought on by any debilitating or terminal illness. The ending isn't quite up to what's come before, but I'm not sure it could have been. Goldblum is outstanding. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Jabbadabbado Title: Senate Floor Manager Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 7/16 3:11pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Fly" (1986)
	Definitely, and good call on the ending. Come for Goldblum's sculpted physique and Davis's unique sexuality but stay for the acid vomit lunch and fingernail popping. -----signature----- "As a Chicago sports fan you get used to disappointment."
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 7/16 3:25pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Fly" (1986) - Date Edited: 7/16 3:26pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	The arm wrestling scene in the bar is highly unsettling. The line that chilled me to the bone was "no, I'm getting better." A Mel Brooks Production, by the way. -----signature----- Namaste.
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Django211 Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 7/17 7:01am Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Fly" (1986)
	Jeff Goldblum was in two of the best remakes ever, "The Fly" & "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". I guess if you want to make a successful remake start by getting Goldblum.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/28 11:18pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Fly" (1986)
	Next: "Aliens" (1986) USA, 137 mins. Colour Director: James Cameron Producers: Gale Anne Hurd Screenplay: James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill Photography: Adrian Biddle Music: James Horner Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henricksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein The book calls the first a horror story, and this one a Western--the besieged fort. But as Bellatrix Lestrange could tell you, it's not wise to mess with the child of a crazed and potential violent maternal figure. One of the very greatest sequels, second only to ESB.
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Sith_Sensei__Prime Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 7/29 3:06pm Subject: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Aliens" (1986)
	I thought Aliens was a good movie, but I really haven't watched it mutiple times. I just didn't think it was as scary or as gripping as the first movie. I remember hating Paul Reiser's character and thought the scene where Bishop did that knife game thing on Bill Paxton was pretty cool. Come to think of it, most video games play out like this movie. -----signature----- Dubbed "Paige I have More Porn Than Hustler" of the Knights of the JCC Sarcasm Table Mod Edit [Previous word deemed inappropriate] I will have my Sarcasm in this life or the next.
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