Cold Heaven
In Cold Heaven (1991) director Nicolas Roeg explores again themes of the supernatural, faith and adultery, utilizing his signature brand of cross-cutting. Allan Scott, who wrote a total of five… Read more »
Tag: Nicolas Roeg
Samson & Delilah
In spite of being a TNT production, Samson & Delilah (1996) still bears a few of the hallmarks of Nicolas Roeg’s inimitable style. However budget constraints and shooting conditions seem… Read more »
Masque Of The Red Death
The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) is probably Roger Corman’s most polished film, and certainly the best of the Edgar Allan Poe adaptations that he made with the iconic… Read more »
Track 29
Nicolas Roeg is famous for the shot compositions in his films, filling the frame with tension and subversive sexual anxiety. In 1988, Roeg made Track 29 with George Harrison’s Handmade Films. The cast… Read more »
Depicting Time
The concept of duration is essential to the artificial experience of time and memory in linear narrative filmmaking. Duration within the narrative, marking the passage of time, is signified most… Read more »
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Some years ago I bought my first DVD from Movies Unlimited in Northeast Philadelphia. Last summer I had the good fortune to see that same film on the big screen… Read more »
Eureka
Nicolas Roeg’s death at age 90 can’t really be called a surprise, but the loss is still great. Personally, Roeg was one of my first “filmmaker heroes”. The first DVD… Read more »
