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Friday, May 27, 2016
Friday, July 31, 2015
Silent Horror: Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
This is an absolute early horror classic--much in the same vein as Nosferatu, only much more tabu (taboo) and underground--more akin in it's surreal and occultic nature to The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari than it's famous Murnau vampire cousin, also a film from 1922. Also, many people think this is a German film; in fact, it is Swedish. One of my all time favorites. Word about the print here. It's Criterion Collection--restored to full glory!! The music is terrible. So I am viewing it with the soundtrack to Dario Argento's classic 1975 witch horror Suspiria by goblin--very effective!
Friday, July 24, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
Lone Star (1996)
This John Sayles' film have so many bad/conflicted (and lying) fathers and father types--really no point in naming them. Although it's McConaughey's character (that barely comes into visibility) that forms the backbone of the film's historical legacy. Fathers though, are everywhere...some are conciliatory, some are just brutal! And, this one comes so close to the real life experience that some of us have with our father's (parents). I was fortunate to make things okay with mine before it was too late, which is why I find this film so important right before Father's Day. RIP Elizabeth Pena!!
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