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vineri, 27 iunie 2025

RIP Lalo Schifrin

waiting for this to happen for a while :(, I mean Lalo Schifrin was 93, he was retired for a while, after the The Hidden Dove (2018) his last score, not a notable one. He was one of the last great ones, only John Williams survives that Golden generation (Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, etc).

The Argentinian Piano man is foremost responsible of the Mission; Impossible theme. Six times Oscar nominated, no win :(: Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Fox (1968), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979) and The Sting II (1983) and for the song “People Alone” from The Competition (1980). Honorary Oscar in 2018.

His signature is on Bullitt, Mannix, Enter the Dragon, The Eagle has Landed, Dirty Harry, and its sequels, from Magnum Force to The Enforcer, the three Rush Hour films. Close collaborator of Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood. Also did the music for Carlos Saura's Tango and many jazz collaboations, with Ray Charles in 1965's Norman Jewison's The Cincinnati Kid.

obit in the Hollywood Reporter 



The last film I saw with his music now (catch-up) is The Mean Season (1985), a thriller with Kurt Russell and Richard Jordan. 








sâmbătă, 31 mai 2025

LMA Clint @95

The Clint is 95 today. Wow !!! Health and vigor !!!
Also he announced that he will shoot a new film !!!

joi, 27 februarie 2025

RIP Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, one of the greatest Actors there ever was, (it's said he could play Anyone and Antything), died on Tuesday Feb. 26th. He was 95. He died suddenly along his wife and their dog ! His wife (the 2nd, married in 1991), the pianist Betsy Arakawa, was 64 ! The Police of Santa Fe discovered all three of them....

During the last 3-4 years I re-saw /saw again some of his films with the fear he'll die any moment. So, there was him at his most funniest in Get Shorty, the neo-noir Heist, action mentoring channeling The Conversation part -Tony Scott's Enemy of the State (2 bad it had Will Smith as a lead, if could've been Denzel or Jamie Foxx it'll rock more today), more good action thriller-The Package and the comedy I caught up Heartbreakers. Forgot he had a cameo in The Mexican when I gave that film another shot (totally hated it when it came out), tried to see again The Royal Tenenbaums but remembered how he quarreled with Wes Anderson (which I find completely overrated) and paused it. It's a great part but not a lengthy on.  Also discovered some gems like The Hunting Party (1971), The Split (bit cop part) when Jim Brown died and recently, when Kris Kristofferson passed I saw Cisco Pike (1971). Brilliant wicked part for Gene Hackman, probably last seen by me. 

He was retired since 2004 after the lesser comedy Welcome to Moosesport. He was painting and writing thriller noir/ history fiction novels. 


Hackman received two Academy Awards (for William Friedkin's The French Connection & Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven), two British Academy Films Awards (BAFTA), and four Golden Globes.

My faves after the obvious characters of Popeye Doyle, Harry Caul, Little Bill Daggett and Lex Luthor are Crimson Tide, Prime Cut, The Scarecrow, French Connection II (he's better in Frankenheimer's sequel than in Friedkin's hit, it's harder bit too imo) , Bite the Bullet, Night Moves, Eureka, Under Fire, so on...

Most amusingly he played the blindman in Mel Brooks' parody Young Frankenstein, in 1974, uncredited. It's kind of a cameo but now every obit mentions it as an important part. Come on, you AI generation morons...

As a kid I saw him first in cinemas in Superman, The Poseidon Adventure, The Domino Principle, Marooned, Zandy's Bride, The Gypsy Moths (that on TV). Then later his breakthrough part in Bonnie & Clyde. 

He was a superb villain always, suave and smiling. Also he could play men in uniform, military authority at best. And grand in westerns. But his secret gift was comedy. He Is, was and will be one of my favorite Actors. And as far as I checked everyone says he  was the Best Actor that ever IS !


 "If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being."

                                                             Gene Hackman (1930-2025)



vineri, 31 mai 2024

LMA Clint@94!

 Today mr. Eastwood is 94 !

w.o.w !!!

 Happy Birthday Clint !


here's a pic from the set of Where Eagles Dare in 1968, received from my buddy Relu, his biggest fan (that I know of ;).

His new film !!!, Juror # 2 will be out later this year. Venice maybe ? 


miercuri, 18 octombrie 2023

Saw X (2023)

Tobin Bell is for the 1st time the lead in SAW X, the tenth film of the infamous porn torture gimmick McGyver franchise started in 2004 by Aussies ex-pats James Wan and Leigh Whannell. This is a smart sequel, set after Saw and before some events from that film and before Saw 2, and considered to be the best of all in the series, except the original, cos' yep, that was the 1st.

Bell is John Kramer, better known as Jigsaw. Now in Mexico in the seek for a cure for his brain cancer.

Bell is a great veteran character actor who's career has been turned up to cult status and stardom with the Jigsaw character. He is 81 now, and also a very good balladeer. See here. He looks fragile now and somehow reminds me of Clint Eastwood. He's also the reason I went to see this film, with great precaution, being ready to leave the theater if i get too bored or offended. But the screening was like a heavy metal concert of sorts. Dumb but loud, and sometimes fun. 


A strong asset of this Xth entry is blonde Norwegian actress Synnøve Macody Lund, as Cecilia Pederson, a worthy adversary for John.
 Pulsating score again by Charlie Clouser (ex Nine Inch Nails), the creator of the film signature theme, that brought a lot of thrill and production value to a very B first film. Also Shawnee Smith returns as Amanda, and another surprise cameo which I won't spoil here will turn up on the mid end credits. 


Directed by the editor of the series, Kevin Greutert, who is also the editor here. He directed also Saw VI and Saw 3D in the franchise.

Here's a history of the Saw franchise. 

or video- the films 1 to 9 explained on youtube here.

and the ratings of imdb for each film.

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Never thought I will see another Saw film in a theater, I guess I saw only the first Saw in the cinema, and then also another title from the franchise, can't remember which one, probably no. 2 or 3, and saw Jigsaw and Spiral (#8 & 9) at home but wasn't impressed. Skipped at least half of the films. Now, as far as I can guess, the Saw franchise and spin-offs are far to be done and will come back with more bloody gimmicks and R rated traps. 

3 out of 5. 6 out of 10. 



luni, 31 mai 2021

LMA Clint @91 !!!

Once he was The Man with No Name, but he made a name for himself, and, what a nameee...Clint Eastwood is 91 today ! Still working and done with a new film, Cry Macho, and which he also acts! A modern western no less ! His fortieth feature (40th) ! Amazing ! LMA ! Happy Birthday !!!


And some sad news, Buddy Van Horn, Clint”s buddy, stuntman, double, second unit director and best friend died at 92 on May 11th 2021. The news came up just today, uncanny. Buddy also directed Clint in three of his features,Any Which Way You Can, Dead Pool and Pink Cadillac, a simillar case of Burt Reynolds/Hal Needham, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood best buddies friendship of a time golden, silver & gold, now gone bronze...RIP...



luni, 6 iulie 2020

RIP Ennio Morricone

July 6th 2020. A sad sad day for all film and music lovers !
Ennio, il maestro Morricone is no more...
He was 91 (born November 10th 1928). He even conducted a concert in Rome this January !
I wrote a LMA piece on his carrer and influence by the time of too long awaited Oscar and the score of The Hateful Eight  in the Sunete magazine! Time to republish soon.
I saw him with my buddies Andrei & Relu in 2004, live in Budapest.  The Arena Concerto series. 
Saw him again in 2012 in Cannes, at the anniversary projection of restored Once Upon a Time in America.  The best partnership ever, Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, unmatched even by the Prokofiev-Einsenstein collaboration, or the Bernard Herrmann-Hitchcock, or Nino Rota with Fellini. 
He did great scores for many directors, three for Brian De Palma (Untouchables, Casualties of War, Mission to Mars), three for Gillo Pontercorvo (Battle of Algiers, Burn/Chiemada, Ogro), for Polanski (Frantic), Joffe (the Mission), John Carpenter (The Thing), Warren Beatty (Bugsy), oh so many, and so many perfect brilliant ones. The giallos, starting with the first Argento films, to Spasmo and The Black Belly of Tarantula, gli polizioteschi, from Revolver to les  French -Le Clan des siciliens, to Peur sur la Ville, to Chi Mai in Le Profesionnel, Le Marginal. Last score of his I heard was in Jose Giovanni, Le Ruffian (1983), that I cought-up with last month.
Love his psychedelic score for The Exorcist II  (The Heretic) !!! Love the parodic score for Ochhio a la Pena ! (Buddy Goes West/ Atentie la pana de vultur!), which wierdly he did for Michele Lupo (ans Bud Spencer, and Amidou!). Or the original parodic My Name is Nobody/Mio nome e nessuno.  The beautiful Il Grande Silenzio for Sergio Corbucci. Pop-ish Danger Diabolik for Mario Bava ! And of course the dramatic TV series La Piovra !
Finally after forgiving him of using-remashing up -his music and themes he made some music for his fan, Quentin Tarantino in /for The Hateful Eight. That uncanilly got him his only Oscar of his career ! He got a Honorary one in 2007 after many nominations, first of which only in 1979 (!)  for Malick's Days of Heaven ! Last score for his friend, another T-as in Tornatore, for whom he was an attached composer, for La Corrispondenza, in 2016.  Unarguably he did some of his finest music for Tornatore, from Nuovo Cinama Paradiso to Malena to Legend of 1900.
The most influential film score composer of all time, over 500 films, my favourite film composer and one of the best musicians EVER ! 
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“If you scroll through all the movies I’ve worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies and so on. So in other words, I’m no specialist, because I’ve done everything. I’m a specialist in music. 
                                                                  Ennio Morricone
Here's a post from Film Stage which contains his best 20 scores -in their opinion -almost agreed
-and here's Rolling Stone Top Ten Morricone scores-even better !
Metallica: R.I.P. Ennio Morricone
Your career was legendary, your compositions were timeless. Thank you for setting the mood for so many of our shows since 1983.
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Brilliant composer Ennio Morricone has passed away. A friend and collaborator, his talent was inestimable. I will miss him








miercuri, 24 mai 2017

Cannes 70: The Beguiled

Sofia Coppola face remake sau re-ecranizare la THE BEGUILED, dupa romanul southern gotic din 1966 al lui Thomas P. Cullinandar mie filmele mi se par foarte similare si imi pare rau, dar Colin Farrell o fi bun in Killing of The Scared Deer dar sa vezi doua zile la rind filme cu Farrell si Nicole Kidman mi se pare aiurea...
Beguiled ul nou arata extraordinar, e filmat superb de Phillipe Le Sourd, si are set design perfect -prea shiny costumele ca doar nu e bal la Versailles, si muzica de trupa franceza Phoenix (le mari de Sofia), bazata pe Monteverdi.

voila, o fotografie elocvenata din filmul din 1971, Clint in bratele Geraldinei Page, o ipostaza de Christ sacrificat. Oricit o fi ea de Sofia de Coppola, Don Siegel e DON SIEGEL si subiectul atunci era indraznet iar pentru Clint un contraemploi si e un rol extraordinar...

voila si pe Farrell azi, spicuit si barbierit, ca din Mindrie si prejudecata (a mea ?)
deci, mon opinion-vedeti originalul !!!

vineri, 9 decembrie 2016

In a Valley of Violence (2016)

Westernul anului / Western of the year
In a Valley of Violence  has shades of Lucio Fulci and Clint Eastwood's High Planes Drifter in this unexpected homage to gritty westerns and the whole spaghetti genre, from the opening credits to the great music score (by Jeff Grace). Ti West's (The Sacrament, House of the Devil) most accomplished film, with elements of humor and horror. Travolta is great fun again for once, and Ethan Hawke is forgiven for the sin of Magnificent Seven. Taissa Farminga has the best performance, that after the genius dog Abby (Jumpy) that steals every scene she's in. Somehow weird, this film has the same premise that John Wick has.
3 1/2 out of 5. 7 out of 10 !

vineri, 11 septembrie 2015

Algiers (SOTD, & video)


Algiers, filmat in oraselul cu acelasi nume din New Orleans !
great video, too ! directed by veteran music video director Phil Harder, contine un omagiu lui Clint la High Plains Drifter, re-citat de Quentin T. in Django ! Greg Dulli on a limo ! Revenge by the flick ! lyrics here ! De pe
Do to the Beast ! Discovering The Afghan Whigs (it's never 2 late 2 learn)
In this new day of 9/11 on which BDP is 75 ! and i'm on the way to Rattle that Lock ;)

duminică, 8 februarie 2015

American Sniper (2014)

Lunetistul american e povestea lunetistului Navy Seal Chris Kyle, mort la 39 de ani, si e nominalizat la 5 premii Oscar. Acum, daca tot am scris de cam tot ce e la Oscar (mai am de vazut FOXCATCHER si THEORY OF EVERYTHING cind vor intra), oups, mint, nu am interjecat nimic de Birdman, dar let's us talk about Gunman...
Succesul extraordinar al filmului, e legat si de noul val de amenintari teroriste si hipermediatizarea lor....si controversa polemica nu se leaga deloc de modul cum facut/arata/e jucat filmul ci de acuratete sau tendentiozitate
Clint Eastwood are 83 de ani, si deci vedeti secventele de actiune, tip BHD (Black Hawk Down) sau The Hurt Locker si, kudos. In plus, daca il facea Spielberg, cum trebuia initial, era mai emotionally fucked. E greu sa simpatizezi cun un individ care si-a ales meseria de a ucide, prin bataia pustii, 162 confirmed kills, si care zice ca nu are remuscari, ca de fapt a salvat vieti ! Si e anormal ca orice om sa se inroleze dupa filmul asta ! Dar americanii cica o fac..
Duelul intre Kyle si sirian e gen cellui de la Salingrad din Enemy At The gates...e o licenta cinematografica cu mai multa carne decit relatia sa familiala, cusuta cu ata hollywoodiana... dar cel mai bun reper mi se pare ca in viata reala acest "asasin oficial", proffessional, a murit, inainte de gloria sa postuma, fiind impuscat intr-un poligon de tir in imprejurari ciudate, de catre cei cu sindrom post-stres de razboi...si mi se pare o acolada thoughtful, chiar daca filmul prezinta pe final parada texana in onoarea lui...Clint sustine ca e un mesaj anti-razboinic, el e fan NRA si nu cred ca vrut sa il glorifice pe Kyle si cu toate astea sunt sigur ca mii (Suficient sa fie sute, chiar zeci?), de americani se vor inrola dupa ce au vazut filmul....e problema cui ?
filmul e ok, si chiar virtuos, in luptele filmate in Maroc, in muzica bazata pe tobe (al treilea soundtrack recent de acest tip, dupa Birdman, si Whiplash), in rest..partea de famile e telegrafiata si vinduta ca o telenovela sau ilustrata hallmark.
Bradley Cooper face cel mai bun rol al sau de pina acum, si, ce daca, n-o sa ia Oscarul, in rest e la latitudinea noastra sa distantam ceea ce e, pina la urma o poveste stupida, de gloria si onoarea..., la fel de stupide, monezi/ede ale filmului de razboi ! Remember the opening credits on BHD:
"Only The dead have seen the end of the war". :( Platon parca. Here goes nothin'

TBC
3 din 5, 6 din 10 !

un interviu rar cu Michael Cimino (primul in America din 2002, deci de 13 ani incoace) il glorifica pe Clint ! Iata ce zice Cimino:
"Every first-rate film about war is an anti-war movie. You think of All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone. There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive and people don't. Individuals emerge who become special, but it's brutal. All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific. I think American Sniper is anti-war. It demonstrates the agony of the decision-making that goes on. When do I pull the trigger? Do I pull it on a 10-year-old kid picking up a bazooka or not? Do I shoot this woman or not? It's agony."

luni, 10 noiembrie 2014

Ken Takakura RIP

A murit "ultimul samurai": Ken Takakura, supranumit Clint Eastwood-ul japonez, s-a dus intr-un ultim apus, pe 10 noiembrie 2014. Avea 83 de ani.
A jucat in filme americane despre Japonia, The Yakuza (Sydney Pollack, 1973)si referential, Black Rain (1989) al lui Ridley Scott, rolul meu preferat al sau. Si Too Late the Hero (1970), al lui Robert Aldrich.
Un film excelent, din care s-a inspirat Speed, Shinkansen daibakuha -The Bullet Train (1975).
Golgo 13 (1973). A jucat in filmul elegiac al lui Zhang Ymou, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

joi, 11 septembrie 2014

Brian G.Hutton RIP

mda, total neobservat, aflu din pura intimplare, pe 19 august s-a dus si cel ce ne-a dat Where Eagles Dare (1968) si Kelly's Heroes (1970), doua din filmele mele (si ale lui Tarantino :, de unde si ideea filmului guys on a mission, devenita Inglorious Basterds). Ambele cu Clint. Si The First Deadly Sin (1980, cu Frank Sinatra) si High Road to China, ultimul sau film in 1983...Brian G.Hutton (G de la Geoffrey) avea 79 de ani si a fost actor inainte de a se apuca de regie, a jucat in westernuri precum Gunfight at OK Corral si Last Train from Gun Hill.
necrolog in Hollywood Reporter

duminică, 20 iulie 2014

James Garner RIP

The original Maverick is gone :( The Scrounger too....Legendarul actor american James Garner (Marea Evadare, Grand Prix, Marlowe, Support Your Local Sheriff! & Support Your Local Gunfighter, Tancul, Space Cowboys, serialele Maverick, The Rockford Files),a murit pe 19 iulie la Los Angeles. Avea 86 de ani. Considerat un exponent al "actoriei invizibile", old-school Hollywood. In 1973 John Wayne l-a numit "cel mai bun actor din Hollywood".
Star de cinema in anii 60, apoi star TV in anii 70 si 80. Pilot de formula unu, veteren de razboi, calaret de mare clasa. L-a jucat pe Wyatt Earp de 2 ori, in Hour of the Gun (John Sturges, 1967) si Sunset (Blake Edwards, 1988), in care Bruce Willis este Tom Mix. Tot pentru Blake Edwards a facut un rol superb in Victor/Victoria (1982). Nominalizare la Oscar pentru Murphy's Romance al lui Martin Ritt (1985), alaturi de Sally Field. Preferatul meu cultissim, 36 Hours (1965, thriller de George Seaton).
Tribut din The Guardian
Hollywood Reporter aici
si imdb aici
si twitter de catre toti cei din Hollywood aici: "Tip of the hat to James Garner. Charm, humor, but most of all - class." (-Bruce Campbell
"I have long thought Jim Garner was one of the best actors around. He is often overlooked because he makes it so easy, and that is not easy to do. I don't know anyone in the business with his charm and charisma who can act so well.”
Robert Altman in 1979.

"Garner opened the door for people like Steve McQueen and myself”.
Clint Eastwood

"I’m a Spencer Tracy-type actor. His idea was to be on time, know your words, hit your marks and tell the truth."
James Garner: 1928-2014

sâmbătă, 10 mai 2014

African Queen la Cinemateca Patria !

Astazi la ora 17.00 la Cinemateca Patria in seria Golden Classics, nemuritorul film al lui John Huston, Regina Africana /The African Queen (1951). Pentru rolul sau, Humphrey Bogart a luat premiul Oscar.

Filmat in locatie, in Africa (ahead of its time), in conditii salbatice, este si unul din rolurile cele mai bune ale Katherinei Hepburn. Imagine superba in Technicolor de Jack Cardiff. Am vazut prima data filmul la Cinemateca Eforie, cind eram in liceu, dus de tatal meu in vacanta la Bucuresti. Era unul din filmele sale preferate, si s-a zbatut sa faca rost de bilete, pentru ca daca nu erai din Bucuresti nu puteai intra la Cinemateca (in anii '80 i mean). Bineinteles ca ce avea Arhiva de filme era alb-negru, asa ca am ramas surprins cind, decenii dupa, mi-am luat dvd-ul restaurat si am descoperit un superb Technicolor.
White Hunter, Black Heart, filmul lui Clint Eastwood din 1990, e inspirat din aventura acestei productii tumultoase.

joi, 1 mai 2014

Cannes Classics 2014

Pentru un pumn de dolari...dupa 50 de ani...
Oshima, Truffaut, Rosellini, Mastroianni, Capra...
Sophia Loren...guest of honor...
si Paris Texas dupa 30 de ani !!!
selectia completa aici


PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI / A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
/ POUR UNE POIGNEE DE DOLLARS by Sergio Leone (1964, 1h40)
To celebrate the birth in 1964 of the Italian western, the Cinematheque of Bologna will present the film restored in 4K by L’Immagine Ritrovata of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS directed by Sergio Leone in 1964 with Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonte.
The screening has been made possible by the right holders: the Paladino family and Unidis Jolly Film, which produced and distributed the film. Thanks to the Leone family.

Thirty years old for PARIS, TEXAS by Wim Wenders (1984, 2h25)
Awarded by the President of the Jury Dirk Bogarde and handed out on stage by Faye Dunaway, the Palme d’or of Paris,Texas is thirty years old. Wim Wenders will be back on the Croisette (besides his selection at Un Certain Regard with THE SALT OF THE EARTH) with a new print of PARIS, TEXAS. After The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy, Under the Sun of Satan by Maurice Pialat or The Leopard by Luchino Visconti, the Festival de Cannes shows restored copies of its Palmes d’or.
HD Transfer done at Deluxe Laboratory in New York, supervised by Wim Wenders, and Spirit Scan made at the German laboratory CinePost Production. Digital transfer made by Criterion.

duminică, 1 decembrie 2013

Paul Walker RIP

Too fast, too furious ? Paul Walker, starul seriei Fast and the Furious, a murit intr-un accident de masina ieri in California, un Porche condus de prietenul sau, si el facut zob, la un event banal. Avea 40 de ani si era pilot profesionist de curse si pasionat de masini. Iata ce a mai ramas :(

A jucat si in Timeline de Richard Donner, Flags of Our Fathers al lui Clint Eastwood, in Running Scared de Wayne Kramer si The Death and Life of Bobby Z de John Herzfeld.
"Live fast, die young, leave a beautiful corpse":( TR

"I want to get married. I think about it a lot. But I also think about my cars, so maybe my priorities aren't exactly in line just yet."
Paul Walker (1977-2013)


joi, 17 octombrie 2013

Ed Lauter RIP

Ieri s-a dus si Ed Lauter. Avea 74 de ani. Character actor pe care l-ati vazut un nenumarate filme, episodic sau secundar.
Parteneriat cu Clint Eastwood, apare alaturi de el in Trouble with The Curve, dar si cu Charles Bronson, si aflu acum - actor de stand up comedy. Highlights: Cujo, Eureka, The Longest Yard, Family Plot de Alfred Hitchcock, French Connection II, Breakheart Pass, Death Wish III, recent in Artistul.

necrolog pe indiewire

duminică, 25 august 2013

Ted Post RIP

....si sa-a dus si regizorul american Ted Post (TV dar si clasicele Hang 'Em High, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Magnum Force, Good Guys Wear Black), 95 de ani ! tribut in NYTimes

marți, 13 noiembrie 2012

Dredd (2012)

sau DREDD 3D cum scrie pe afis. Actually o surpriza placuta mai ales ca look.
plot (dupa wikipedia):
The future United States is an irradiated waste land known as the Cursed Earth. On the eastern coast of America lies Mega-City One, a vast, violent metropolis containing 800 million residents where 17,000 crimes are reported daily and "Slo-Mo", an addictive new drug that slows the user's perception of time to 1% of normal, has been introduced. The only force of order are the Judges, who act as judge, jury, and executioner.
Note:
Nu e un remake pt cei ce stiu de filmul din 1995 cu Stallone. Este un comic book cult englez, din seria 2000 AD, care dateaza din 1977 si pina acum si a fost creat de John Wagner si Carlos Ezquerra.
Hyperviolent si extrem de interesant vizual, mai ales gimmickul cu drogul slo-mo.
3 D foarte bun, si viu colorat, filmat (pt prima oara lucrind in 3d) de Anthony Dod Mantle (colaboratorul lui Danny Boyle dar si Lars Von Trier si Thomas Winterberg, a debutat cu Festen in 1999 si a fost DOP-ul Dogmei 95, de unde l-a descoperit Boyle ).
Regizorul Pete Travis (Vantage Point) a lucrat pe scenariul lui Alex Garland (scripter englez, tot din parteneriat cu Boyle, autorul romanului The Beach) ca si si producatorul Andrew Macdonald, co-fondatorul DNA Films cu Boyle).
Filmat in Africa de sud (Cape Town si Johannesburg). Articol despre making of aici. Buget de 45 de milioane de dolari, dar in lipsa unui star (v. Pathfinder, o lata incercare Urban-a), cu un erou (anti-erou, cam fascist), cu masca pe fata tot filmul si care nu e Batman, atmosfera intunecata si un cult following british, normal ca nu a placut in America. Viitor film-cult insa, si cu sanse mari pe dvd sau home runs. Insa sansele unui Dredd 2 cu aceiasi echipa sunt slabe (Garland mai are 2 scenarii gata de pus pe film).
referinte: story -Assault on Precint 13, The Raid, Training Day
iar ca look Portocala mecanica, Blade Runner.
Cast:
Karl Urban (Judge Dredd) arata ca Stallone in Cobra ! si nu-si da masca jos. El zice ca inspiratia pentru personaj a fost Clint in Dirty Harry, care este si inspiratia oraiginala a personajului lui John Wagner. Lena Headey, excelenta villain: Ma-Ma, arata ca Anne Parillaud in Nikita. Si filmul are ceva din persoanjele lui luc Besson de atunci si din Banlieue 13 (alt film inspirat de clasicul lui Carpenter din 1976, pe care Besson l-a refacut in diverse forme). Olivia Thirlby este the rookie, Anderson, capacitati de mutanta, blonda si fidela.
Soundtrack:
atmosferic, functioneaza f bine si da un plus. Muzica cool electronica si cu sound si beat techno industrial de newcomerul scotian Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless).
Piese: "Poison Lips" -Vitalic; "Dubstride" -Yann McCullough & Gemma Kicks; "Snuffbox" - Matt Berry; "Pontiac Moon" - Robert J. Walsh; "Jubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around)" -Bobby Womack. Soundtrackul include pe linga score si remixul Skream la In For The Kill-La Roux.
3 din 5, 6 din 10 !