Do they still teach this book? They taught me this book and it was a book. For me and for many others and this screen adaptation takes spirited shot at conveying the tone, satire, and aims of said book.
A satire by way of choreography and caricature. Visual comedy, and it’s requisite cues, colors, and use of space. Careful attention paid also to the glittery consumer brands of the day, although Greta Gerwig in that perm somehow brought me the…
At around the last half hour mark I realized I’d been smiling-for-who-knows-how-long without realizing it. That sums up the experience here so I’ll be rooting for The Daniels big time now that the film is in wide release.
A wild visit to the theater but to the film’s credit, also not a sensory overload like I thought it might be from the trailers. Just fun, funny, and perfectly cast. And damn I’m glad I finally watched Ratatouille recently or I…
DANCE Y(OUR)SELFS CLEAN.
As good a mantra for our current dilemma as any (along with social distancing + actual cleanliness), and also the appropriate LCD track to open with when making a concert film about band’s fabled show at the Garden in 2011.
This doc took me back and left me radiating with all kinds’a nostalgia and warmth and appreciation for a band so important to my young adult experience. Loved the focus on the Sound or Silver sections of the…
The most alien visual in this movie is Wilford Brimley without the mustache. That and Kurt Russel’s awesome pilot sombrero, which it appears they switched in favor of a more functional walk-around hat in the finale.
Great to revisit this one after many years. In addition to the body horror + his trademark gore prosthetics galore - Carpenter really can compose/cut a scene.
