And Tarantino's CINEMA SPECULATION keeps on giving! Earlier, I said I had finished it, but I left the chapter about ROLLING THUNDER until I had watched the movie (which I found is only available on the MGM channel in Australia—get that 7-day trial!).
What a surprise... A tight, hyper-cinematic film from a script that, despite the thorough rewrite, still carries the Paul Schrader signature. Like in THE OUTFIT, John Flynn's direction is so effective that I now also have to…
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Outland 1981
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Not really a remake of High Noon, but the final 40 minutes are certainly inspired by it.
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Blonde 2022
Enough has been said about this film. It's a failure in many aspects.
This review says most of it:
youtu.be/VwFkhLBes4oFrom a story craft perspective, the film's narrative doesn't work for me.
I tell my students that once you've anchored the POV, the story plays out with EVENTS happening to your main character, to which this character responds with ACTION. This is how you reveal character.
If you ignore this, you run into trouble:
A lack of events leads to…
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