Decided to give this a spin as it’s on Prime and I haven’t seen it since the theaters. Much older now, and saddled with a better understanding of Scorsese’s and Schaefer’s thematic obsessions, I can say with great faith that Bringing out the Dead is a phenomenal achievement. A electric marriage of the desperation and urban hell of Taxi Driver and the profound soul searching in Last Temptation of Christ. If I were to bust out a Scorsese top ten, this has got to be included. Love the repetitive use of Van Morrison’s “TB Sheets.”
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Excalibur 1981
Bought the Blu-ray a few days after seeing The Green Knight in the theater. I was raised on Boorman’s cinematic vision of Arthurian legends, and I’m happy to say that this is a masterwork of ethereal fantasy, shocking violence, and otherworldly eroticism that’s bound to survive the ages.
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An Actor's Revenge 1963
Oh. My. Gay. God! This is the strangest and most exciting discovery I’ve made since Oshima’s Empire of Passion. Ichikawa’s masterful mix of theatricality and heightened cinema never ceases to astonish. The score is playful and thrilling. A lavender draped ode to Greek melodrama, with heavy shades of Noir. Kazuo Hasegawa is revelatory in dual roles. Everything in this movie is big and gorgeous! The ravishing delights of An Actor’s Revenege will not soon be forgotten.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
An outrageously violent parody of gunslinger flicks, and a cheerfully nihilistic warmup to the proceeding tales.“Near Algodones.”
The bloodiest, funniest Indian attack I’ve ever seen in a Western. I love Stephen Root.“Meal Ticket.”
Holy fuck, this one is dark. Beautiful, sad. Harry Melling is a revelation. That face, those eyes!“All Gold Canyon.”
If anybody’s walking away from this shit, it’s Tom Waits.“The Gal Who Got Rattled.”
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