I saw the 2006 re-release of L'Armee des ombres and it was my introduction into Melville and French film. The movie starts off slow and progressively picks up steam, always keeping the viewer on their toes and never knowing who to trust. Melville's L'Armee des ombres is a dreary and lonely look at resistance and revolution.
Continue reading ➞ L’Armee des ombres (Army of Shadows) (1969)
The concept behind this movie is one that sounds good on paper, but to fully capture that idea leads to unforeseen problems. The decision to take the "handy-cam" approach to fully immerse the viewer into the moment can be compelling and also disorienting to the point of exhaustion. If you exclude the scenes where the
Steven Shainberg's 2002 film, Secretary, touches on some risqué subject matter that just dives deeper and deeper as the movie progresses. The cyclical format of the film persists from the start until just before the end. This seems to play on the use of both classical and operant conditioning found in the film. The ever
A spectacular movie that shows what North Korea is really like on a day to day basis. Daniel Gordon takes the viewer through the day after day regiments and daily life for gymnasts that train all year for a chance to perform in the Pyongyang Mass Games. These games are a large spectacle that are
Takeshi Kitano's Brother brings a member of the yakuza to L.A. where he runs into the mafia. While not Kitano's best film, namely Zatoichi, Sonatine, or Kikujiro, I still applaud his attempt to bring his style to an American audience. In the end, the story has been done before and the acting is silly at times.
