versiunea 1.3. redux (incl. ROCKLAND & alinland)
Mr. M. Emmet Walsh has gone away at the grand age of 88. Shy three days of being 89 :( (born on 22th of March 1935, dead on 19th March 2024)
Character's actor Actor, he was great in all of 'em.
Blade Runner
especially in Blood Simple, Coen bros. first film
he was in Raising Arizona too...
I last saw him recently in White Sands (1992), that I've revisited (great soundtrack that got me to Missing Persons...)
a strong unforgottable presence.
Canadian thriller/horror/psychological drama in French (shot in Montreal) screening now in Romanian Theaters (very selected;). Distributed by Cay Films (their best entry on their roaster)
Sitges and Fantasia entry, awarded at various film fests of last year, this film deserves to be better known. I had an inner feeling seeing the poster but had no clue about it. So, I was happy I went to see it in the cinema, it was an imersing experience.
A twist on the serial killer game, focusing on their groupies, and a descent into "The Dark Web" more realistic than any I've seen so far.
It' s also a first fare into the genre (cross-over) by writer/director Pascal Plante, Les Chambres Rouges/ Red Rooms -in Romanian it's "Camera rosie" (singular instead of plural!)
Great score (John Carpenter style by Dominique Plante, I guess it's the director's wife), sound design, acting (Juliette Gariepy is sensational as Kelley-Anne!, she looks alike a young Madeleine Stowe but with an uncanny glance intensity, then there is big-eyed Laurie Biron as Clementine ), masterfully shot (a lot of long takes, the first one in the courtroom is quite a tour-de-force), interesting choice of framing (1.50:1), atmospheric and mysterious, with high tension psychologically and emotionally.
Reminded me of David Cronenberg and a bit of Repulsion.
See it in a cinema if you can ! Also not for the faint of heart (rated R-N 15)
Another bad news Sunday...Steve Harley just died. The leader of Cockney Rebel and the creator of The Human Menagerie (his 1st album with Cockney Rebel in 1973) just got to be 73 on February 27th. He had cancer and that forced him to stop his 2023 tour in the middle of t. I 1st heard of him on Radio Free Europe back in 1983 with the song Sebastian (1973), which was a powerplay hit on the Metronom by Request show. "Make me smile"
I will pay a tribute to him on Rockland Radio this Thursday, with Death Trip.
So now we're on a death trip, listen to the blood dripOozing from a curled lip, ever thought of dying slowlyEver thought of dying totally unholy.
Happy with these Oscars ! #96, man,lookin' up for #100 !
my prognosis was here
Happy for Godzilla Minus One because they had the best mangled speech ever ! Domo Arrigato Mr. Roboto ;) Haven't seen yet the flick ! would've loved to see it screened here (in Ro.)
Happy to see Navalny (well, now that he is is dead ;((((, they put on the beginning of the doc that is on HBO Max... which I 've seen just nights ago...) and Slava Ukraina for 20 Days in Mariupol ! I wondered if they'd cut the cable in Russia...
Robert Downey Jr was (and is) a very happy camper ! Not only a happy camper ! The most happier campiest camper ! I thought he would win for Chaplin in 1992 (Oscars 1993) !!! He thought that too ! He was young and arrogant ! And he needs this now ! Check. Not that Mark Ruffalo's career best in Poor Things wouldn't beat mr. Levi Strauss !!! He actually couldn't caare less ;)
Of course the biggest loser and the glorious loser is Marty again with Killers of the Flower Moon.. I feel most for Robbie Robertson's score...Gud Nite brother...
Jimmy Kimmel did a decent performance, not very risque, not very Hu Ha, but safe (almost)
Ahnuld (mr Freeze) & Danny de Vito (penguin) were the best presenters IMO, funny how they threatened The Batman Birdman (Michael Keaton in the front row).
even though you had Al Pacino on the stage, but not much Hu Ha (Best film presenter)
The best was John Cena in the nude (a reminder of the David Niven 1974 streaker/runner in the bush)
Oppie surely got the cake, as it was expected
Poor Things, same as expected, sorry Lily but she seemed ok
Zone of Interest -sound and foreign film, it rocks !
