Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
You know… I’ve only heard of this film through vague small talk and unsure conversations over Old Fashions and a joint or two. It wasn’t until Criterion released this movie, restored on Blu-Ray, that I finally got the chance to see why this thing is so bizarre and provoking to passionate fans and questioned casual movie goers.
I had no idea that Norman Mailer was in the opening scenes. Let alone his daughter. He was, from what I assumed, to…
German Expressionism man. Moody lighting, grand scenery of melancholy’s blanket off to a hillside, the works.
There’s no denying that Murnau’s version of a gargantuan work is stolen. Neither F. W. Murnau or the studio he ran asked Bram Stoker’s widow if he could acquire the rights to Dracula to make a film, or anything based off the novel.
In this Century, it doesn’t matter now. After a judge ordered Murnau’s film to be destroyed after its premiere, some copies…
I thought Timothée Chalamet did well doing Dylan. Ed Norton being cast as Pete Seeger was a huge surprise and his portrayal of the activist/singer was one of the better parts of the film. Overall, I enjoyed the film as it is. At the end though, I felt like I watched a live concert rather than a story.
Check it out.