Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Film #2: 6/5/12

This is a bit older and should have been published, but here you go :)  I need to get caught up.
Last films viewed:

1. Cross of Iron, Peckinpah, 1977, 10.0
What more can be said? This film used high-tech editing and cutting before the ADHD generation snorted crushed-up oxycontin to it. James Coburn is amazing. It's hilarious, brutal, and masterful. It's the best war movie this humble movie reviewer has ever seen.

2. Breaking the Waves, von Trier, 1996, 7.6/10
Dark, obsessive, von Trier in so many ways.  I don't want to ruin anything about this film, but I highly recommend it to daring viewers.  The twisted positions that put us in a twisted mindset.

3. Suspiria, Argento, 1977, 6.2/10
Corny and over-the-top, complete with pre-80s music (I love the Goblin soundtrack actually), and neon blood.  

4. Fanny & Alexander, Bergman, 1982, 9.0/10
What to say?  For bringing us into a world which we will and could never know - especially in 21st century USA, we truly become enmeshed in this film.  The priest is chilling and the scene with him and the two brothers is after one viewing one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.

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