roy scheider i was not family with your game..... the expression on his face at the end of the film is indescribable but perfect.
i LOVE how fosse edits his films w/ his editor alan heim. i somehow have seen lenny (1974) before this, and that film has some of the best pacing ever. all that jazz follows suit, with quick cuts and interesting sequences. there’s really no exposition for the dream scenes with jessica lange, but i never found…
noir city film festival year #3 !! watch #2 !!
in the introduction we were informed tom neal actually committed manslaughter later in life, which is insane. the introduction also noted this is best viewed at 3:00 AM, kind of loopy and dreamy lol
some moments of visual intrigue. ann savage BODIES this role. but i'm not going to lie – i was expecting more. the postman always rings twice came out a year after this film, and is better…
this movie has everything:
-al pacino speaking like five different languages
-al pacino doing a tango (and it's not scent of a woman)
-evil titties
-charlize theron's baby face
-the last 30 minutes being al pacino taking the best of his performances in the 90s, stuffing them into one role, and going batshit crazy
-goat sacrifice
-keanu reeves trying his best
-"...seven!"
-al pacino in 2 inch boots, yet still managing to be a short king
-(spoilers?) incest
-al pacino's…
CW: sexual harassment, sexual assault
first of all, please please read selma hayek's words about the making of this film here.
some things that stood out to me:
"He made me doubt if I was any good as an actress, but he never succeeded in making me think that the film was not worth making...He would let me finish the film if I agreed to do a sex scene with another woman. And he demanded full-frontal nudity."
"My body began…
