The Trial is amazing at placing you in the shoes of its main character. Josef K, played by Anthony Perkins is accused of a crime and has no idea what it is. He has no idea how he’s being prosecuted, no idea how this government or criminal system works. And neither to the audience. Orson Welles manages to craft a twisty, disorienting film that makes no sense to anyone and it works because it accomplishes that goal.
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Winchester '73 1950
Winchester ‘73 is an interesting exercise. Anthony Mann directs a psychological western. The other Mann western I have seen is The Furies which absolutely is psychological in nature. He doesn’t really do the sort of mythic western yet the plot device of Winchester’73 is presented as mythical in nature. A cursed weapon that brings doom to everyone who claims it with the exception of the one who was worthy to win it.
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Wonder Woman 1974
I’ll be honest, I found this kinda fascinating. Fascinating that this was the direction was picked for the first live-action portrayal of Wonder Woman, based on an era that was controversial at the time. I agree that going in the more classic direction with Lynda Carter was the correct path, but there is something intriguing about Diana as a spy. The tv film itself is mostly traits you’ll see in a Bond film or a Mission Impossible episode, but I…
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The Passion of the Christ 2004
The Passion of the Christ is a moment of genius marketing. In 2004 the biblical film doesn’t carry the box office weight it did back in the 50s. So how did this become a blockbuster? Because Mel Gibson managed to leverage human curiosity with morbidity. It’s amazing when I think about it.
There are films like The Robe, Cecil B. DeMille’s King of Kings, the 1961 King of Kings, Martin Scorsese’s Last Temptation of Christ. These are films that offer…
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