Watched Non ho sonno aka Sleepless last night. A horror movie directed by Dario Argento and starring Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi and Chiara Caselli.
"An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus." (IMDb)
In 2001 Argento still knew how to create atmospheric scenes and the score, composed by the legendary group Goblin, certainly helps. Especially the train scene is brilliant.
Once again Sergio Stivaletti has created the awesome visual effects, some very nasty kills in this one.
So, April seems to be the Dario Argento month for me
It's ok, but my least fave Argento.
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
"Non ho sonno" a/k/a "Sleepless" is good enough. What I liked about it was that of my favorite directors who tried to do comeback retro flicks as homages to themselves--DePalma with "Raising Cain" and Carpenter with "Ghosts of Mars"--Argento's actually works the best. It's certainly better than his "Trauma" and "Phantom of the Opera." My vote for weakest Argento is the mess that is "The Mother of Tears."
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by Crash: It's certainly better than his "Trauma" and "Phantom of the Opera."
Is it hell
Mother of tears is a fun mess Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
LOL. If Argento hadn't made some of my favorite horror films ever, I might've found amusement in "Mother." It is a disaster that only a great filmmaker can make, like DePalma's "Bonfire of the Vanities," Carpenter's "Village of the Damned," Coppola's "Jack," the directors involved in "Four Rooms," and on and on... Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Oh no, don't talk to me about Village of the damned Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: Oh no, don't talk to me about Village of the damned
Leave Village of the Damned alone! Leave it alone!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Don't worry, I'm not going near it Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
ROFL. You two are too funny! Did you want me to say "Ghosts of Mars" instead of "Village of the Damned"? That one is not good either, but unlike "Village," at least it moves along and is a little entertaining. Seriously, here is my argument. "Village" doesn't work at all for me because it's just not a Carpenter movie; it feels like it was directed by someone else. It has the dullest visual style of any Carpenter film--it looks like a made-for-TV movie. The acting is serviceable at best, and Carpenter brings nothing to the table to make it different from or better than the classic original. I can appreciate a defense of it because it's not the worst film ever made, or not even really a terrible film. It's just a disappointing misfire coming from a master like Carpenter. If it makes you feel better, I also don't really like DePalma's "Raising Cain," which is like a best-of DePalma highlights reel done by somebody other than DePalma. (People always complain about DePalma's "borrowing" from Hitchc-o-c-k. That never bothered me. His stealing of Argento's shot in the last scene of "Tenebrae" did. It was indicative of how little energy DePalma put into "Cain.")
I shan't mention it again. Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Agree with everything on Village. Of all the Carpenter films I've seen that and Escape From New York are the only 2 I really don't like. I've not been able to get past about half an hour of Ghosts of Mars. I feel like watching his best, Assault On Precinct 13, to wash away these memories now lol
Hehe, Cain is enjoyable for me Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: Don't worry, I'm not going near it
Someday... someday... your little bag of tricks will be mine!
quote:ROFL. You two are too funny! Did you want me to say "Ghosts of Mars" instead of "Village of the Damned"? That one is not good either, but unlike "Village," at least it moves along and is a little entertaining. Seriously, here is my argument. "Village" doesn't work at all for me because it's just not a Carpenter movie; it feels like it was directed by someone else. It has the dullest visual style of any Carpenter film--it looks like a made-for-TV movie. The acting is serviceable at best, and Carpenter brings nothing to the table to make it different from or better than the classic original. I can appreciate a defense of it because it's not the worst film ever made, or not even really a terrible film. It's just a disappointing misfire coming from a master like Carpenter. If it makes you feel better, I also don't really like DePalma's "Raising Cain," which is like a best-of DePalma highlights reel done by somebody other than DePalma. (People always complain about DePalma's "borrowing" from Hitchc-o-c-k. That never bothered me. His stealing of Argento's shot in the last scene of "Tenebrae" did. It was indicative of how little energy DePalma put into "Cain.")
I shan't mention it again.
I agree with everything you say about all the movies; 'Cain', 'Mars', 'Damned'. Damned is a weak movie... but it's Chris Reeves last movie! That, and it's an all too rare 'John Wyndham' adaptation (which we really should see more of).
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
A friend of mine gave me the BBC TV adaptation of "Day of the Triffids," which I need to watch to get my Wyndham fix. He really was such an influential science fiction writer. I love the original "Village," the sequel "Children," not so much.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
i liked bonfire of the vanities, but i never read the book, what it is about it you guys dont like?
Posted by amaranth (Member # 8882) on :
I havent seen Raising Cain for years but i remember it being really disturbing and John Lithgow being really creepy in it. Love Village of the damned LOL whats not to like kids white hair killing their adopted parents yeehaa!
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
sleepless,i really liked that one atomik,my wife really digs argento movies,that along with phenomena are her favourites,talking of depalma's raising cain when i first saw it i hated it with a vengeance,many years later i saw it going really cheap on dvd and for some strange reason went and purchased it and really enjoyed it! maybe the first time i watched it i was not in the right mood for its twisty turny plot! as for village of the damned,i to think it is one of carpenter's worse,i also feel it is shot in the style of a made for tv movie rather than a theatrical release but i still find it strangely rather entertaining and must admit to owning it! i suppose carpenter at his worse is still a million times better than many other directors!
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Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Good Package: i liked bonfire of the vanities, but i never read the book, what it is about it you guys dont like?
The movie is just a hollow, shallow rendition of the book, one of the best of the last 50 years. The big things that I don't like about the movie: (1) Horribly miscast. Tom Hanks cannot play a cad, and this is probably his worst performance; (2) Acting that's all over the place. Many of the performances are so over-the-top that I wanted to scream. F. Murray Abraham, Kim Cattrel, and Saul Rubinek were apparently encouraged by DePalma to just chew scenery because they all give career-low performances; and worst of all (3) Completely wrong tone. The book is a brilliant, witty, sharp social satire. DePalma and company treat it like it's a zany comedy (You know that the film is in trouble when the funniest line is about AIDS) about a hit-and-run. In the late 60's and early 70's DePalma did some wonderful social satires, but here he's just adrift, the wrong guy for the job.
While "Bonfire" is not the worst film ever--and not as bad as most people think--it was doomed from the start.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
oh, i see what you mean, i read crichton's the lost world and was totally non plussed about the movie
hey by the way what is a "cad" ?
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
"Cad" is a guy, unlike a gentleman, who doesn't care about anyone else, like Tom Hanks' character in "Bonfire."
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
so he would be a cad in the begining of the movie volunteers
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
Yes. And he's not great in that one either. Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
From Sleepless to Volunteers, this is how i like it. Interactivity at itīs best, keep it coming guys Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:hey by the way what is a "cad" ?
I never thought I'd see the day.
Posted by Bernie_Lomax (Member # 8571) on :
I never heard of a cad either to be honest.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
i learn something new everyday
Posted by Jack Gannon (Member # 9144) on :
I thought Cad was how people from Boston prounced Cod.
"I spent some time up in Cape Cad, thare Namy"
Somtimes, Deads Better!
Posted by Jack Gannon (Member # 9144) on :
Then agian my Brain has gone sour. The Indians knew it, that's why they stopped asking me questions.
Posted by Jack Gannon (Member # 9144) on :
Star Trek 2.5: Children of the Khan
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
down by the bah, not to fah, from the cah
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jack Gannon: I thought Cad was how people from Boston prounced Cod.
"I spent some time up in Cape Cad, thare Namy"
Somtimes, Deads Better!
ROFL. It's like those old Saturday Night Live sketches with Dan Aykroyd doing a Bahs-ten accent. "Do you want some chow-dah?"
This is now officially the weirdest/funniest thread on here. It started with a second-tier Argento film and has now transmogrified to funny accents. Posted by Jack Gannon (Member # 9144) on :
Which Actor has done the best Bahs-ten accent?
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
not my opinon of best bahs-ten but:
kathy bates dolores claiborne
one of us is going to the bone-yahd
i always liked that line, scene and her delivery.
it was the first that popped in my head when i read your question
Posted by Jack Gannon (Member # 9144) on :
Everybody will most likely mention, one or two other Stephen King stories.
Posted by The Good Package (Member # 9492) on :
its inevitable
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
quote:Originally posted by aTomiK: From Sleepless to Volunteers, this is how i like it. Interactivity at itīs best, keep it coming guys
That's what made me laugh so much the topic went from argento's gory horror sleepless to the tom hanks comedy volunteers.
Classic!
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whats not to like kids white hair killing their adopted parents yeehaa!
