Ernest Dickerson on “Chinatown”
Dec 27, 2010
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One of the greatest of all film noirs came at the very end of the cycle. A troubled production whose cinematographer and composer were replaced at the last minute (Jerry Goldsmith had only ten days to write and record his classic score). Writer Robert Towne (who won an Oscar) initially envisioned this as the first of three films, but only a sequel, The Two Jakes, was produced. He and director Roman Polanski disagreed about the ending, with the director writing the final scene the night before he shot it.
Joe on Game of Death
05/24/2013
There's a fascinating essay on the complexities of this film in The American Reader by Tony Tulathimutte which can be accessed here: http://theamericanreader. om/the-curses-the-fates-the-races-the-fakes-the-faces-the-names-of-the-game-of-death-or-the-game-of-death/
Victor Jones on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
I first heard of this movie my first semester in college when my French instructor used her having seen it on TV the previous weekend to form an example sentence. I think I probably saw it on the same show a year or two later (although not uncut) and agreeing it was pretty good for an early '70s low-budget sci-fi movie, certainly a step above something like Track of the Moon Beast or The Blood Waters of Dr...
Phil on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
The link to the full film doesn't work. But this flick was recently on Netflix Instant, and may be...
Victor Jones on Poison Ivy
05/22/2013
I had the fortune of seeing Poison Ivy in the theatre (albeit a second-run dollar theatre) during its original release. I think I saw a trailer for it at a showing of Bill Duke's Deep Cover, and I think Poison Ivy only played for a week first-run...
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