Wonderwall (1968)

un curio, o raritate si unul din cele mai interesante filme pshihedelice to get out of Swinging London. Regizat de Joe Massot (of The Song Remains the Same fame), cu muzica de George Harrison (si contributii de la Eric Clapton la Ringo Starr si grupul Remo Four), cu primul soundtrack care a fost scos de Apple.

Story de Gerard Brach, scenariu de G. Cabrera Infante, romancierul cubanez care a scris si The Lost City, adaptat de Andy Garcia, si Vanishing Point ! Wonderwall e zidul despartitor al profesorului mad scientist Oscar Collins (Jack MacGowran, excelent, excentric, maad !!),

unde s-a mutat un top model; Penny Lane (Jane Birkin, hot!) care traieste viata de party a Swinging London. Fotograful cu care are o relatie, creditat ca Young Man, este Iain Quarrier, care a jucat cu MacGowarn in Cul-de-sac si Fearless Vampire Kilelrs, filiatia Polanki-Brach fiind cea care l-a adus pe MacGowran in film. Dudley Moore a jucat o variatie a rolului in Ten, sau Seven Year Itch sau tipice Peter Sellers (I love you Alice B.Toklas) dar aici comedia se suprapune cu tragedia, satira si psihedelia, far out man !

DVD-ul remasterat, cu director's cutul lui Massot contine si un filmuletz al sau de 11 min despre Swingin London, Reflections on Love, cu un nou soundtrack de Kula Shaker.

restul extraurilor sunt cam scurte si cam cioace, plus un poem ciudat de John Lennon, care nu stiu ce legatura avea cu productia.

Dar dvdul e out of print anyway, so, noroc ca l-a facut cinematik movie of the week !
7 din 10, 3 1/2 din 5 !



si ca veni vorba de Jane Birkin, actrita care o juca in biopicul lui Serge Gainsbourg cu Doug Jones, s-a sinucis in timp ce eram la Cannes ! Lucy Gordon was her name, just another Penny Lane !!!

French police have opened an investigation into the suicide of actress Lucy Gordon.

The British actress - who appeared in movies including Spider-Man 3, Frost and Serendipity - was found dead at her Paris apartment on Wednesday, just two days before her 29th birthday.

The Times of London reported on Thursday that Gordon hanged herself. Her body was found at her apartment at la Rue des Petites Ecuries after her boyfriend, who was reportedly asleep in the apartment when Gordon killed herself, alerted a nearby shopkeeper.

The actress is believed to have been devastated after the recent suicide of a close friend in the U.K.

Gordon's father, Richard, spoke out on Friday, to put an end to speculation over the circumstances of 28-year-old Gordon's death by confirming two suicide notes had been found at her Paris home - one written to her parents and the other outlining her wishes for the disposal of her estate.

He said: "There is no question of foul play. Lucy committed suicide."

Gordon recently finished filming on a biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg in which she played British actress Jane Birkin. Trailers for the movie were shown at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week

George Simmons Funny Guy

n-ati auzit de George Simmons, marele star de comedie, din Mer-Man, Re-do, Astro-Not (in space no one can hear you clean), Sayonara Davey (I want Fock), My Best Friend is a Robot, etc

iata situl lui oficial,
si daca nu v-ati prins e Adam Sandler in noul film al lui Judd Apatow, Funny People pentru care Sandler are trailer si secvente false din cele mai idioate filme false posibile, nu ca nu se fac in fiecare an la Hollywood d-astea...premiera 31 iulie al ei si 25 septembrie la noi
un fragment din Mer-Man care nu e pe situl Simmons aici
trailerul aici pe situl oficial, si duap ce l-am vazut, ma declar total nemultumit si cred ca ai stick cu the fake Simmons bio and filmography

Prime Cut (1972)

inainte sa faca comedii debile si mai putine debile, Michael Ritchie a facut filme importante, deosebite, Downhill Racer si Candidatul cu Robert Redford, Smile, The Island despre care am scris deja aici, si acest film, cel putin ciudat, ruda indepartata cu Get Carter si 99 and 44/100% Dead (acelasi productor si scenarist, un alt curio pe care l-am vazut prin 1986 si-l caut si nu e pe dvd), crime melodrama in care un irlandez Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin, excelent, direct din Point Blank ) vine la o ferma din Kansas City sa se rafuaisca cu Mary-Ann (Gene Hackman as his meanest), si fratele sau psihotic Weenie (Gregory Walcott of the Plan Nine from Outer Space fame), urmarit de redncksi blonzi cu pusti care nu trag numai in turkey shoot. Un generic excelent in fabrica de carne din care ies crenvursti mai speciali, apoi o scena de vinzare de femei ca de vite, o gramada de culoare locala la un tirg cu tot cu fanfara in uniforma, lapte, vite, o urmarire in cimp antologica cu o seceratoare, si un shoot-out in lanul cu floarea soarelui. Un curio, sec si dur si destul de sleazy, pe care l-am vazut prima data, alb-negru din intimplare pe o caseta video prin 1988, si mi-a ramas in cap, film rar pe care l-a scos pe dvd Paramount in SUA in 2005 -in 1972 a iesit film produs la Cinema Center Films(independent) de Joe Wizan ! si in editie europeana UK (cronica excelenta dvdtimes aici). Pe dvd e dat si titlul frantuzesc Carnage, si un track audio in franceza). Cronica franceza zice ca Ritchie i-ar fi fost luat filmul din mina, ca
s-a refilmat si ca montajul nu-i apartine, dar aceiasi croncia zice ca e 1.85 si nu 2.35 ceea ce e pas vrai ! In alta parte nu am gasit nici o informatie despre asta, am si eu o probelma cu finalul gen fairytale dar am simitit o tenta ironica acolo !

si nu Sissy Spacek, nu apare deloc in aceasta tinuta hippy-pop !!!



iata ce zice netul:

Veritable orgy of drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion, loan sharking, fisticuffs and gangsters getting ground into mincemeat. Sleazy but well-made crime melodrama has its followers.

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Prime Cut is a strangely likeable if decidedly oddball thriller from 1972. A happy collision of gangster genre grit (validated by Lee Marvin's granite-faced lead performance) with a strain of shameless (though shrewd) exploitation not unfamiliar to screenwriter Robert Dillon (X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes), plus the kinetic, semi-documentary wit of director Michael Ritchie (The Candidate) makes Prime Cut both a straightforward noir and a satire of itself.

Best known as debutul lui Sissy Spacek, care apare goala si dezgolita si tinuta in brate de Lee Marvin, tough guy with a softie for a blonde pre-Carrie !!!
imagine excelenta de Gene Polito in Panavision si muzica atmosferica de Lalo Schifrin ! Eddie Egan, prietenul lui Hackman, unul din politistii reali din French Connection, apare si el in film !
extras: niente, dar sunetul remixat in 5.1 si track audio francez
8 din 10, 4 din 5

Inglorious Posters

bastardi italiano

espagnol

si cica baga la loc scena cu maggie Chung as Yvette Mimieux, deci ar fi filmul la 2h40, daca nu i-l forfeca frate;el Weinstein si aia de la Universal pt SUA-care varianta va veni si la noi pe 4 septembrie