Starcrash
Starcrash (1978) is probably exactly what one would expect from a Roger Corman produced Star Wars (1977) knock-off; it’s cheap, campy, gaudy, and hilarious. Since I first saw this film… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
Prime Cut
Prime Cut (1972) opens in Kansas with a montage following the progress that a cow makes from the barn to the burger packing machine. Then, we following the “excess” meat… Read more »
L’Eden et après
L’Eden et après (1970) is the first of two films Alain Robbe-Grillet made from the same footage; the other being N. Took The Dice (1971). Both films tell the same… Read more »
King Kong
With Shout! Factory’s announcement today that they’ll be releasing John Guillermin’s King Kong (1976) I thought it would be fitting to discuss this childhood favorite. I must have watched King… Read more »
Justine de Sade
Blue Underground released Claude Pierson’s Justin de Sade (1972) as part of their limited edition collection Fifty Shades of de Sade along with three films by Jess Franco. This was… Read more »
Opening Night
John Cassavetes’ film Opening Night (1977) is not surreal in the traditionally filmic sense, but in many ways comes closer to surrealism than most American films that claim to do so. Opening… Read more »
General Idi Amin Dada
Of the four films I have seen by Barbet Schroeder, General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974) is certainly the most interesting and memorable. The three other films by… Read more »
Effi Briest
The influence of Protestantism and the Aufklärung cannot, as so often is the case, be neglected in the analysis of German, Hungarian, Austrian, Dutch, Latvian, Polish, Lithuanian, and Swedish cinemas…. Read more »
Valerie & Her Week Of Wonders
The Czech “new wave” of the sixties is, without a doubt, a cinematic movement unified by intent and not by style. There is hardly anything uniform between the cinematic styles… Read more »
Days Of Heaven
Anyone who has ever studied film is familiar with the various arguments either for or against the use of voice-over in a film. It’s a debate I hadn’t considered seriously… Read more »
