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Originally posted by Matt H. View PostWow. Did it change your opinion of the film at all?Rock! Shock! Pop!
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Originally posted by Marshall Crist View PostYeah, damn man, Marissa Mell. If anyone is on the fence about watching this due to it being “lesser Russell,†just go for it.
Followed this up with Billion Dollar Brain. Decent piece of espionage cinema, again with only minor Russel flourishes. Have not seen the other two films about the lead character played by Michael Caine, but this works just fine as a stand-alone experience. Heard the Kino Blu-Ray is missing a scene, which sucks if true.
I need to watch FRENCH DRESSING again. It's been so long since I've seen it that I can barely remember a thing about it. The coastal setting is up my alley as I too was raised in a grotty coastal town.
THE DEVILS is a top 10 film for me. Sadly I've never seen it projected. (My mother saw it on its first release in the UK. I'm jealous.) I could wax lyrical about THE DEVILS for hours... It's an incredible film.
I revisited GOTHIC last week, via the German Blu-ray. I'd not seen this in full since the days of VHS. (I remember the Virgin VHS release of this vividly.) I think my admiration for this grew with this viewing. As an adult and parent, the thread that ties the film together - and projects into FRANKENSTEIN - is the death of Mary Godwin's child. It's a film of hysterics - and my God, Tim Spall is like a rampant badger in this - and I'm not sure I was on its wavelength, or it on mine, last time I saw it.'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'
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I've got to give The Devils another watch. I don't mind a bit of Ken Russell but I recall on the one occassion I saw The Devils I got absolutely nothing out of it. I'm just watching the trailer now and it's not even ringing any serious bells. Given everyone elses feelings on it though I must track it down again."Never let the fact that they are doing it wrong stop you from doing it right." Hyman Mandell.
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Russel had the most creative and outrageous set pieces in his films. even in the smaller ones he did for Vestron, I love those, as mentioned Gothic, The Rainbow, White Worm, and the provocative Salome's Last Dance. I need to see that again it may have been too much for even me. it was long ago.Out here on the perimeter we is stoned...immaculate
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Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostKino has announced that they're working on a Blu-ray release for Whore.Why would anybody watch a scum show like Videodrome? Why did you watch it, Max?
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I did finally watch Mahler and while it was far from my favorite Russell film, the stuff with Wagner's widow was fantastic, almost like something out of Russ Meyer. Watched Tommy for the first time in it's entirety a few minutes ago and was absolutely floored despite having seen bits of it all over the place in the past. Viewed the Blu-ray projected on a wall and I suspect the size of it helped. One tinny drive-in speaker but still a very good time.
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