Way Bad Stone is an S.O.V. high fantasy film, shot in the lush public parks of central Florida, cast almost exclusively of unattractive rennies, choke-full of HEMA-LARP swordplay and some surprisingly brutal practical effects. Billed as an unofficial Dungeons and Dragons adaptation, this film made an important statement about the feminine divine as an arrogant wizard is bested by a demonic sorceress whose era of dominance is on the horizon. A film that, in more ways than one, urges viewers not to play with fire (or sharp weapons) without proper training.
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Sandkings 1995
A feature-length pilot for the 90s Outer Limits reboot, Sandkings is the interesting, but common tale of a mad scientist whose pursuit of innovation ultimately destroys his life, and potentially all of human life on the planet. There is an obvious reactionary quality to many such stories, in which a scientist gets ahold of an unknown organism and is driven to nourish it and study its capabilites. Recent discourse might call this "gain of function of research" and in Sandkings,…
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A Flower 1971
The fact that a 15 year old could think En Blomst up is evidence of both that boy's genius and the sad state of the world. I can't help but to think of Melancholia when I watch En Blomst--a short about a boy who plants a flower and in the end is killed as fighter jets fly over top. Does the world end? I tend to think so. At first, images of a crane evoke the romanticist tension between nature…
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Cinema Paradiso 1988
Rewatched Tornatore's classic Cinema Paradiso with my mother, 3 days after the birth of my son - I'd assigned it in my Advanced Italian course, so I'll be discussing with the students this week when I head back to work.
I've always had a special relationship with this one because I am Sicilian, but more so, because my father's family is from Bagheria, where much of the film was shot. In fact, my father and Giuseppe Tornatore were roughly the…
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