Let Me Make You a Martyr (2016)

acu'daca tot am vazut filmu'cu Iggy a trebuit sa recuperez si filmul cu Marilyn Manson ! dupa cum cred ca v/ati dat deja seama, am intrat la recuperiele de anul acesta, filme mai mult sau mai putin obscure, pe care nu le veti vedea in vreun cinema.
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titlul ultra-pretentios, Let me Make You a Martyr. 
Martyr Manson :)-just a pun !
Filmul e produs de casa de productie  Iscariot  (shortul lor din 2014 se numea Judas'Chariot)!
Scris si regiat de duo-ul Corey Asraf & John Swab, cu crowdfounding. Manson e si co-.producator.

noh. ce sa zic, cam ultraboring, pina la pointul final, acest artsy neo-noir, dar Manson e cool as Pope, un killer singuratic cu principii filosofice. Existentialist. povestit intr-un soi de flashback in interogatoriu, purgatoriu, lui Charon (Michael Potts), de catre fiul risipitor, Drew (Niko Nicotera) care vrea sa isi omoare tatal, de fapt taica-su, Larry (Mark Boone jr./si co/producator) vrea sa il omoare pe el. Familia se numeste Glass, probabil penru ca e atit de fragila, perisabila ca sticla, mai e si o sora pe nume June (Sam Quartin).
O discutie despre lupii din cap, e memorabila. am si gasit-o pe youtube:

ca si soundtrackul, care mi-a facut cunostinta cu DEMON FUZZ, o trupa engleza de prog rock, cu albumul lor din 1970 Afreaka !, cu piesa Hymn for Mother Earth-de 2 ori, si coverul lor la I Put a Spell on You.
Dupa momene lungi de asteptare  la sfirsit filmul devine psihedelic total.
muzica insa, f . chul, atmosferica, piano & keyboard based, de Gingerr Shankar.
si Versete Domnului de RAHMANINOV.
LMMYAM incepe cu piesa War, Slippin; Into Darkness. Nu intimplator.
2 1/2 din 5, 5 din 10 !

Detroit (2017)

Kathryn Bigelow's new film is a painful rendition of a terifying event in American history that is still actual and relevant !
The Algiers motel murders during the Detroit riots on the night of July 25th 1967.
50 years later Detroit still shakes & rattles !
Great ensemble cast and three act-structure -written by Marc Boal (two times Oscar winner for Hurt Locker and nominated for Zero Dark Thirty).
Act 2 plays like a most nightmarish American Horror Story, a Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets home invasion of The House on the Left and Straw Dogs, jut that those are film references. It's a racist Night of the Long Knives, or Manson sect episode, a night that will live in infamy !

shot mostly hand-held by Barry Ackroyd, Ken Loach's DOP, on his second collaboration with Bigelow after The Hurt Locker, edited wonderfully (here's an article on that) , it;s a serios contender for the Oscars on these categories, plus production design -Jeremy Hindle, Bigelow's second collaboration after Zero Dark Thirty.

One of the year's best and a must-see !
4 out of five / 8 out of 10 !

Blood Orange (2016)

a lesser bigger splash...Blood Orange.
an English version of La Piscine meets the beginning of the Sexy Beast (thesetting of the Spanish villa, the pool)

the only worthy ingredient: The Igg, Mr. Iggy Pop. Iggy is Bill, a rock star who is half-blind and chases rabbits. His young and almost always naked wife (whose great talent is how she swims), Kasey Clarke, is a little promiscuous and screws with the boy who cleans the pool - Antonio Magro / another cliché. The former boyfriend Ben Lamb also appears. Iggy can not act too much, and he does not have much to do with what he got. As the Guardian says, "Unfortunately, it also demonstrates his pronounced limitations as an actor, even when playing a variant on himself." Toby Tobias's movie (a podcast with him here) is mediocre at best, and if you want to see a rock star on an island and a pool, you see A Bigger Splash, one of my favorites from last year. 2 out of 5, 4 out of 10.

a lesser bigger splash...Blood Orange.
o versiune engleza la La Piscine meets inceputul la Sexy Beast (mai mult settingul vilei spaniole)
singurul ingredient meritoriu: The Igg, mr. Iggy Pop. Iggy este Bill, un rock star apoape orb, care vineaza iepuri . Nevasta sa tinara si mereu goala (are carei talent major e cum inoata), Kasey Clarke, e cam promiscua si si-o trage cu baiatul care curata piscina -Antonio Magro/ alt cliseu. Apare si fostul iubit-Ben Lamb. Iggy nu prea poate sa joace, si nici nu prea are cu ce.de ce. Dupa cum zice The Guardian,
 Unfortunately, it also demonstrates his pronounced limitations as an actor, even when playing a variant on himself.
Filmul lui Toby Tobias (un podcast cu el aici) e medicocru at best, si daca vreti sa vedeti un rock star pe o insula si o piscina, vedeti A Bigger Splash, unul din favoritele mele de anul trecut.
2 din 5, 4 din 10.
             

on the end credits, Tim Arnold's song Money Kills Love, its credited neither to Iggy but found a version on youtube that says so. my shazam and soundhound says it's Tim Arnold, whose other song is The Devil's Interval -theme of Blood Orange-with sax and piano, a cool one but instrumental, using the musical interval that Lygeti used and Kubrick put it in Eyes Wide Shut.

Most Beautiful Island (2017)

Most Beautiful Island (2017) is one of the interesting films of this year which you won't seee in a cinema near you. Presented in festivals, awarded at SXSW & distributed by Orion (which came back i see) & Samuel Goldwyn films.
Ana Asenio is a director whose debut is very powerful. She is also a courageous actress. She is Spanish but the film is shot in New York, on the mean streets. She is Luciana, a struggling immigrant who finds a job at a mystery party.
A realistically shot thriller, which reminded me a a bit of  13 Tzameti (the original), but in colors, and with feminity and feminism.
3 1/2 or 7 out of 10 !

Most Beautiful Island (2017) e unul din filmele interesante de anul acesta pe care nu le puteti vedea in cinema. Prezentat in festivaluri, premiat la SXSW si distribuit de Orion (care vad ca au revenit !)
Ana Asenio e o regizoare debutanta de mare forta, si o actrita si mai si. Ea este spaniola dar filmul e filmat in New York, on the mean streets, despre Luciana (Asenio), o emigranta cu probleme financiare care isi gaseste o slauba la o petrecere misterioasa.
Un thriller filmat realist, care aduce un pic cu 13 Tzameti (originalul), dar in culori, cu femininatae si feminism.
3 1/2 din 5, 7 din 10 !