| Author | Message | ||
     Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.170.177.37 |
Oh my God. I'm still a bit shakey. Again, wobbly, again clagged-on gum effects, again lighting that looks like it was done by some bloke with no knowledge of lighting whatsoever. But my Lord, if this wasn't one of the most affecting films I've seen in my entire life. Not so much because it was horrifying but because it was so damned tragic. Is that not one of the most humanly real final images ever, in any film? It felt like the scream of anyone who ever lived, felt their hearts torn apart by mere living. I'm rambling because I'm still a bit wobbly. This film has made me realise what film is, what creativity is. It's not sets or money or skill, but feeling. Those other things count, certainly, and can be worth a lot, but feeling, captured truly and clearly, counts for everything, is the bottom line. Capture that and your work will resound through time. Also, it was incredibly erotic, and the endless shots of extras looking slap bang into the camera every sinlge time only made it curiously more real... strange, isn't it? Oh, I loved this film, and I love Rollin now. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Welcome to mine and Probert's world: it's great here. Even shit films are wonderful.  | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.170.177.37 |
But they're not shite - they're right! (hey, did I just invent a catchphrase there?) | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.253.174.81 |
I'll just echo what my dear friend Zed has said above. There's no looking back for you now Tony - you're going to discover the most wonderful resonances in things other people might deem rubbish | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Tony, have you ever seen ZEDER: VOICES OF BEYOND? It's an incredibly (and oddly) moving horror film, with an amazing final image. One of my favourites. | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
I've never even heard of this one, Zed. Is it one of Rollin's? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
No, it's by Pupi Avati: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086636/ Vert tough to get hold of, but worth the struggle. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 88.202.207.22 |
I just watched The House With Laughing Windows today, Zed - so if it's anything like that one I'll probably like it. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
I absolutely love The House With Laughing Windows - did you like it, Kate? | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 88.202.207.22 |
I thought it was brilliant and extremely unsettling. The voice on the tape (My colours, running through my veins... I'm dying...) was seriously creepy. Lots of atmosphere and dread. Loved it! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I believe I hear the sound of horizons being broadened... tis beautiful music to my ears. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.186.39 |
I find Rollin a bit hit or miss, but I like these two Pupi Avati films very much. Another obscure(ish) European film I like is Sergio Martino's film All the Colours of the Dark. Also, and I think I mentioned these before on the old board, but Giorgio Ferroni's films The Mill of the Stone Women and The Night of the Devils are well worth a look for fellow Euro-horror fans. Mill is available on DVD but I don't think Night of the Devils has been released on disc yet. It is similar to the last and longest story in Mario Bava's brilliant Black Sabbath, in that it's based on the Alexei Tolstoy story about the 'wurdulak' from Balkan folklore. All are well worth hunting down. | ||
| Kate (Kathleen) Username: Kathleen Registered: 09-2009 Posted From: 88.202.207.22 |
Zed - what's your take on the very last scene of Laughing Windows, when the credits are rolling? There's the laughter and then we cut to an exterior shot of the church where a hand appears on the right, leaning against a tree. Any idea? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Kate - I'll have to watch it again (and this is a good excuse to!) and get back to you. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
too | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Nope. A good excuse to watch it again. Not too watch it again. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
could be either the way it's written. I've not had my coffee yet so just ignore me more than you usually do. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I've only seen 'Shiver Of The Vampires' (twice) by Jean Rollin and still can't decide whether it's great or rubbish. The two lesbian vampires weren't half hot though - especially the cute curvaceous blonde! Does that count as an informed film critique? | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.244.55 |
Weber: no comma , tells you it's the "to." How's the coffee today? (I can't muster the energy to care about THE LIVING DEAD GIRL, but I think it's only because of that title, which does nothing for me.) | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.170.180.196 |
Craig - ignore the title. Completely. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.244.55 |
Okay, Tony - I will give it a chance. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.156.205.23 |
Be warned; there is a lot of rubbish in it, but at heart it's got so many things unaddressed by much current horror, even by Romero, that it feels fresh. |