“I’ve got a tape I want to play.” Byrne says and then kicks into a solo rendition of Talking Heads’ immortal Psycho Killer with a drum machine being played in the back. The tightly controlled and choreographed show with one member of the original band joining Byrne at a time and after the initially 4 members … Continue reading Stop Making Sense – Blu-Ray Review
Hiroshima mon amour is one of the earliest French New Wave films, it came out in 1959 which was the same year François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows came out but the films couldn’t be any different. However the very first French New Wave films were early films by Claude Chabrol who would have perhaps the most … Continue reading Hiroshima mon amour – Blu-Ray Review
Jonathan Demme is one of the always fascinating but often frustrating American directors to come out of the ’70s boom of New Hollywood. He worked for Roger Corman for most of the ’70s directing stuff like Caged Heat and Crazy Mama. Last Embrace is really the last film of him trying to make it as … Continue reading Last Embrace – Blu-Ray Review
This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Stanley Kramer was a massive influence on Steven Spielberg and once called him “one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on-screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world.”. Kramer … Continue reading On The Beach – Blu-Ray Review
Thieves’ Highway was Jules Dassin’s last real Hollywood film before he was one of the first people blacklisted during the McCarthy era in Hollywood. He would later make his name in France and is often mistaken as a French or Greek director but in reality was American. A. I. Bezzerides wrote the screenplay and in turn was … Continue reading Thieves’ Highway – Blu-Ray Review
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