UK, 117 min
Archive for the ‘1979’ Category
Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979)
March 28, 2011Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)
April 12, 2009This is I think the third time I’ve seen it- I think it’s my favorite movie. The color palatte, which ranges from monochromatic to luscious greens and blues, is amazing. The sound is a work of art in its own, like a brilliantly mixed field recording over which the rather heavy dialogue is layed. The composition of the shots has a great amount of variety and ingenuity- the shots both create the vibrant atmosphere and allow the actors to use a great deal of subtlety in the facial expressions and body language. The dialogue is complex, and full of mystery- much of which is never fully resolved. The pacing is marked by moments of stillness and contemplation. And finally, the concept- the screenplay was written by the authors of the novella Roadside Picnic, the original source of the idea. The details of the story are different but the overall idea is much the same.
Everything comes together for me perfectly with Stalker, it is easy for me to get lost in its complex fantastic world.
The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)
March 11, 2009
Woyzeck (Werner Herzog, 1979)
March 10, 2009
the Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
February 5, 2009CA, 92 min
middle-period Cronenberg. this is generally hailed as a classic, but i’m not sure i see what all the fuss is about. true, it has great atmosphere, and crazy bitches are always fun, but the kid’s a fucking zombie, and i prayed for her death. meh. should i not have watched it drunk? reel‘s shitty one-line synopsis:
A woman seeks treatment at an experimental psychiatric clinic, where she learns how to transform her rage into the form of mutated children.
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