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Tag Archives: Filmmaking
Knife+Heart (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Who’s killing her gay porn actors?
French film “Knife+Heart” is a cheerfully gaudy and goofy mix of cheap gay porn flicks and campy giallo horror movies of the 1970s. Although it is a bit shame that the movie does not try to be something more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Filmmaking, Homosexuality, Horror, Murder, Mystery, Pornography, Serial Killing, Thriller
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Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): The untold origin story behind “Alien”
Documentary film “Memory: The Origins of Alien” gives us a close look into how “Alien” (1979) was conceived and then produced step by step. If you are already quite familiar with the long production history behind this great science fiction … Continue reading
Their Finest (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Making a propaganda film during the World War II
In 2017, no less than three movies associated with the Battle of Dunkirk came out. While Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” (2017) intensely focused on the battle itself, Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour” (2017) observed the urgent political situation in Britain around that … Continue reading
Varda by Agnès (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Her last words
I wish I had encountered the works of Agnès Varda earlier. During that wild period when I relentlessly devoured many works of various great filmmakers as your average young cinephile, I somehow missed many of her notable films except “Cléo … Continue reading
Filmworker (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Serving Kubrick
If you are a big fan of Stanley Kubrick’s films like me, you probably know about Leon Vitali, who was initially an actor but then came to assist Kubrick for nearly 20 years till Kubrick’s death. As a guy who … Continue reading
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Tagged Actor, Assitant, Documentary, Filmmaking, Movie, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Now here comes his last completed film
I feel rather ambivalent about “The Other Side of the Wind”, Orson Welles’ last completed film which was finally released on Netflix this Friday. While I am not so sure about whether it is as successful as intended, I observed … Continue reading
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): On Welles’ last completed film
As many of you know, Orson Welles’ filmmaking career was full of frustrations and disappointments. Although he drew lots of attention when he made his first feature film “Citizen Kane” (1941), it took many years for that film to be … Continue reading
Shirkers (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): In search of a stolen movie
Netflix documentary film “Shirkers”, which won World Cinema Documentary Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, is a vivid, compelling collection of personal memories surrounding one small stolen film. As following a dramatic quest revolving around … Continue reading
One Cut of the Dead (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Don’t stop shooting!
Japanese film “One Cut of the Dead” combines two least favorite genres of mine and then suddenly throws the mix into a farcical situation which turns out to be a lot more entertaining than it seemed at first. Although I … Continue reading
Brigsby Bear (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): For his favorite show
As a comedy about a young nerdy man who faces a sudden big change in his life and then attempts to handle that change via what he has been obsessed with for many years, “Brigsby Bear” is as whimsical as … Continue reading
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