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Lots of people hammer 1941 and say that it is overblown, unfunny, and wastes a stellar cast. I saw it in a theatre on opening day. I liked it then, and I still like it. It's not perfect and very uneven--and we could sit here and dwell on its flaws--but it is really funny in spots, and it's never boring. (I dare you not to laugh when Dan Aykroyd gets hit on the head and says, "I'm a bug!" or at the demise of Ned Beatty's house.) Overall, it's not Spielberg's best, but it's certainly not his worst. A lot of huge comedies--like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Word--are equally uneven, but they don't receive nearly the flack that 1941 does. It's a good, underrated, entertaining movie.
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I'm another one that likes it. The bug scene absolutely killed me when I first saw it.
But... which version is better - Theatrical or Director's - that's the question!
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Count me in as well,i really enjoy 1941 and I also find it to be really funny in parts,I picked up the 2 disc Blu Ray a while back for just 4 UK pounds which I think is a bit of a bargain!
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"A jaded, wealthy couple watch a blue movie in their castle home along with her adult son. The son is testy, so they go into town and watch a circus-like thrill ride. The daredevil woman in the show looks exactly like one of the women in the movie, so the man invites her to join them for a nightcap. Tensions among the family seem to rise. She stays overnight, and during her 24 hours in the castle, each of its three residents involves her in a fantasy. She, in turn, keeps asking, "Who has the gun?" Will there be violence before it's over?" (IMDb)
This was another interesting film directed by Radley Metzger (Camille 2000). Erotic, mystical, perhaps even groundbreaking?
The cast did a good job and Silvana Venturelli is of course very beautiful. Once again i loved the settings (old castle), the locations and the cinematogpraphy just rocks.
Recommended for David Lynch fans and open minded movie fans in general
The library scene was filmed at famous Cinecitta studios. Posts: 7054 | From: Finland | Registered: Feb 2008 | Site Updates: 7
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I am a fan of Radley Metzger a/k/a Henry Paris, one of the first directors of mainstream arty erotica. When I was in school, the late, great over-the-air pay service On-TV used to run adult stuff late at night, and I got to see most of Metzger's films like The Libertine, Camille 2000, Terese and Isabelle, and my favorite, The Image. This guy was a terrific filmmaker, all but forgotten today, as is that era of softcore arthouse porn. He actually did one straight, non-erotic film, a dullish, but professionally competent, UK remake of the ancient horror film The Cat and the Canary. I always wondered why he didn't have a career outside of porn.
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Not bad 1979 thriller starring the great John Saxon as a bounty hunter on the trail of an ex con who is beating up prison guards using a heavy duty lead riot glove,turns out the ex con is getting some payback as whilst inside the guards were using him as a human guinea pig to test the glove out on!
This was pretty good fun and for the the first 45 minutes seemed to move along quite nicely but i feel it did hit a bit of dead spot at about the hour mark before picking up nicely for the final showdown between the hunter (John Saxon) and the hunted as played by the giant Roosevelt Grier.
Quite amusing in parts whether intentional or not I'm not so sure but it did have the odd funny moment,the cast were good as well especially Saxon as the down on his luck bounty hunter Sam Kellogg,also a few other noticeable faces here - Keenan Wyn (Digger Barnes in US TV series Dallas),Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner) and the giant ex American Footballer Roosevelt Grier as the on the run ex convict Victor Hale.
Good stuff and despite the odd issue with the pacing I would definitely like to revisit this one again at some point as overall I found this one to be none too bad at all!
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quote:Originally posted by aTomiK: Haha, i should´ve known that our Crashmaster of Cinema is familiar with Metzger
Too funny! Yeah, my mind is like a grindhouse, all obscure stuff and sticky floor.
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A couple of years ago, adult video company Distribpix released beautifully restored versions of Metzger's subsequent "Henry Paris" movies on fully loaded multi-disc special editions, which are an absolute must !
The titles they released are : The Private Afternoons Of Pamela Mann (1974), Naked Came The Stranger (1975), The Opening Of Misty Beethoven (1976), Barbara Broadcast (1977), and Maraschino Cherry (1978).
The Opening Of Misty Beethoven is generally regarded as his crowning achievement of this period. My own personal favorite will probably be The Private Afternoons Of Pamela Mann.
By the way, Metzger's The Image (1975) is also available on both dvd and blu-ray from Synapse Films.
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I hope that someday Metzger gets rediscovered. He deserves it not just from a historical perspective but because he could teach these Hollywood hacks a thing or two about directing. Another arthouse erotica guy from that era, Joe Sarno, is on the cusp of rediscovery because of an excellent documentary about his life and career, A Life in Dirty Movies (2013).
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Oh man, don't get me started.. I have lots of Sarno stuff in my collection ! Posts: 2176 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jun 2011 | Site Updates: 0
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No, i haven't. To be honest, i didn't even know there was a documentary. I should definitely check into this.
Sarno's Abigail Leslie Is Back In Town and Laura's Toys are very good, but i have lots more.. including some early 80s hardcore stuff which he directed under various different pseudonyms.
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Yeah, I haven't seen a lot of Sarno's stuff, and some folks slam the documentary as being biased because it pretty much glosses over his later, non-Bergmanesque hardcore years. I think that you'll like the documentary. It tells the story of Sarno and his wife, two very different people, who were married and committed to each other for decades until he passed away, both working in a very unusual profession: making dirty films. I found it to be pretty touching actually. And so what if the documentarians glossed over his declining years. I never got the impression that the film was supposed to be a chapter-and-verse history of every film in his entire career. What you see is really fascinating. And it also affirms what I've heard and read anectodally for years: that people making porn are some of the nicest people in the business. Mr. and Mrs. Sarno sure seemed like cool folks who would've made nice neighbors!
I think that I like offbeat, weird, fringe cinema so much because of folks like Metzger and Sarno. Sure, you want your films to make money, but you can still be artistic and commercial at the same time. I'll take something by one of the guys over Hollywood hacks like Brett Ratner and Michael Bay any day.
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This was a good Deliverance style backwoods horror film. Five doctors have their annual meeting and D.J. (Gary Reineke) has decided that they will go hiking deep in the Canadian wilderness. But like one of the taglines says: If you go down in the woods today, you're in for a big surprise
Low budget movie but quite atmospheric and Hal Holbrook gives a nice performance as Harry. He´s a Vietnam vet and soon takes control while he tries to lead the group back to civilization alive. Good stuff!
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I actually do have Rituals on dvd. It was released on the Code Red label several years ago. It's somewhere on my "still-to-watch-anytime-soon" pile of dvds.. Posts: 2176 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jun 2011 | Site Updates: 0
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Rituals is a small legend. An obscure Canadian classic, fondly remembered by the few of us that saw it way back when, for years, it was only available on bootleg DVDs which looked like they had been copied from a projection of the film onto a sheet on the wall. I understand that the Code Red DVD went out-of-print almost immediately so that version is a keeper.
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Hey, what happened to Young Warrior's Eskimo Nell review ? It seems to have vanished into thin air.. Posts: 2176 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jun 2011 | Site Updates: 0
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No I went to make some alterations to it concerning the plot and made a bit of a pigs ear of it so deleted it but will do another for it at some point!
Might get the wife to watch it to see what she thinks off it but I myself thought it was really funny!
Have you ever seen it Johnny?
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I haven't, no.. but i considered getting that blu-ray when it was released last year, but somehow forgot all about it.
I know about this movie from a book i have called Keeping The British End Up ; Four Decades Of Saucy Cinema.
Well, that title pretty much says it all.. It's an excellent book about sexy British films, with lots of reviews, biographies, and original artwork. This Youtube clip gives a real good impression of what it looks like :
I do have all 'Adventures Of...' and 'Confessions Of...' movies, as well as a bunch of Mary Millington flicks, so Eskimo Nell would fit in nicely in my collection ! Posts: 2176 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jun 2011 | Site Updates: 0
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If you've got the Confession series as well as the Adventure's Of I'd definitely get it then Johnny as it would most certainly fit in with those,i reckon chances are you would laugh at it!
It's good fun!
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California Dreaming (1979). TT moves to California from Chicago to live the California experience. Stars Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassell, and Glynnis O'Connor. First off, I was disappointed when Impact had this listed as a 1980's movie (1988 I believe) on VOD. Second, I don't know what decade this was supposed to take place- late 1970's, or a movie filmed in the 70's but trying to take place in the 60's and not really succeeding?! I thought the whole movie was a mess. Anyone have any thoughts?
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Bit off topic but Pittsburghgirl did you get to Ireland and if so did you have an OK time?
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