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What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)

Not seen Civil War but my experience of journos was that if you want to know what's going on, you should talk to the snappers, not the print boys.
 
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Saw this forgotten early '70s robbery flick mentioned on some Youtube film channel and bought the DVD.

Robert Mitchum, the other Sandman from Logan's Run and Peter Boyle.

Gritty, bleak and captures that grim look of early '70s USA.

Grim, but I liked it.
 
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Saw this forgotten early '70s robbery flick mentioned on some Youtube film channel and bought the DVD.

Robert Mitchum, the other Sandman from Logan's Run and Peter Boyle.

Gritty, bleak and captures that grim look of early '70s USA.

Grim, but I liked it.
Watched this a while back, absolutely superb
 
They Live

A decade before The Matrix, John Carpenter made this beauty - a kind of "wake up sheeple" paranoid sci-fi b movie.

An enjoyable cheesy action flick with dollops of anti-capitalist sentiment. Although the fighting is more wrestlemania than martial arts bullet time.
 
More Alex Garland, this time Men. I think I would have bought into it completely, except perhaps for the last ten minutes, were it not for the carping spouse next to me asking what the fuck all this was supposed to be about, and why we were wasting an afternoon watching it, and why these cheapskates were reusing Rory Kinnear for so many roles instead of paying Equity rates for a full cast.
 
The Dark Man, a 1951 British noir mostly shot on location on the south coast - Hastings, Camber Castle and Dungeness (pre nuclear power station) all feature. The titular character murders two people and then pursues the only witness. The camera doesn’t mind lingering on the rather attractive witness, played by Natasha Parry, one scene with a flowing dress as she gets on a bus stands out. Later on there’s some snazzy editing as the killer spies on her on a beach. The finale is pretty good - a chase across the firing ranges and the Dungeness landscape, the director must have had some military connections due to the equipment and manpower used.

Despite its plot limitations, quite fun especially if you know the locations.
 
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The Dark Man, a 1951 British noir mostly shot on location on the south coast - Hastings, Camber Castle and Dungeness (pre nuclear power station) all feature. The titular character murders two people and then pursues the only witness. The camera doesn’t mind lingering on the rather attractive witness, played by Natasha Parry, one scene with a flowing dress as she gets on a bus stands out. Later on there’s some snazzy editing as the killer spies on her on a beach. The finale is pretty good - a chase across the firing ranges and the Dungeness landscape, the director must have had some military connections due to the equipment and manpower used.

Despite its plot limitations, quite fun especially if you know the locations.
Yes, a rather nice British noir
 
The Roaring Twenties

One of the greatest gangster films. Raoul Walsh directs the rags to riches tale from 1939. Cagney and Bogart again with a superb supporting role by Gladys George.

An influence on Once Upon a Time in America and the Godfather, possibly.
 
great ending that krtek a houby as I recall

On the recommendation of redsquirrel i watched What’s Up Doc, which is a screwball comedy of the classic 30s style, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and is on iplayer now. Very heavily leans on Bringing up Baby for its inspiration, and also I thought some influences from It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

Anyway I laughed a lot, and I thought Barbra Streisand’s performance was particularly good. The sort of film I could watch again next week and enjoy just as much.
 
Us. Watched with the boy, it's been a while since we had a film night and this didn't disappoint, fantastically resonant entertainment - lacking the crunchy terror of Nope but brilliantly made as always, and I loved the imagery (although the rabbits did remind me of Father Ted a bit :D ).
 
great ending that krtek a houby as I recall

On the recommendation of redsquirrel i watched What’s Up Doc, which is a screwball comedy of the classic 30s style, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and is on iplayer now. Very heavily leans on Bringing up Baby for its inspiration, and also I thought some influences from It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

Anyway I laughed a lot, and I thought Barbra Streisand’s performance was particularly good. The sort of film I could watch again next week and enjoy just as much.

Tried to watch What's Up Doc some years ago (ok, in the 80s) and just couldn't get into it. Maybe will try again, as quite enjoyed Bringing Up Baby when saw it a year or two back.

Is The Hudsucker Proxy a screwball comedy? Absolutely love that one.
 
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