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The Dead Zone 1983
Having loved the old USA TV show back in the day and every other Cronenberg film I’ve seen, I thought I would like this a lot more than I did. Unfortunately this a muted, low budget attempt at a mainstream blockbuster, with a somewhat unfocused, scattered plot structure. No scenes stand out in particular and Walken feels miscast as an everyman, while Cronenberg seems to be holding back, not wanting to reveal all the fixations that make him such a unique director.
Supposedly Bob Dylan is “obsessed” with this movie; I can’t see why, unless he is particularly obsessed with depictions of Maine in the early 1980s.Translated from by
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Oppenheimer 2023
A hoary old biopic processed with the cutup technique and dressed up with some special effects and bad sex scenes. Admittedly I walked out of the theater halfway through it; maybe it got better. I don’t imagine it did.
The characters all reside in biopic land, where everyone is more charismatic and enthusiastic than they were in real life, and conversations exist only for exposition of the historical record. Neils Bohr, famously shy and modest, within seconds of meeting Oppenheimer,…
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985
As a fan Paul Schrader’s work who has always been fascinated by the story of Yukio Mishima, I was surprised by how little I connected to this film. The key reason is the structure. The division of Mishima’s life into four ‘chapters,’ with the interjections of his plays, kept the film from picking up momentum. The film felt disjointed and at points confusing, even to someone familiar with the basic details of Mishima’s life and writing career. The inevitable finale…
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