Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is a savage satire on corruption, bureaucracy, and authoritarianism. Director Elio Petri concocted a work that picked apart the weaknesses and failures of Italian policing, merged with tendencies the powerful have towards wanting more control. It's a clever use of Kafka-esque ideas, used within a very clear and specific … Continue reading Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Blu-Ray Review
The Don is Dead is a quickie studio film made to capitalise on the success of The Godfather. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, a great old-school, no-bullshit workman director who also made some of my favourite films, such as Soylent Green, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Compulsion. This movie came out after the … Continue reading The Don is Dead – Blu-Ray Review
The '90s was a strange period in Paul Schrader's career, following on from its early heights in the '70s through to his magnum opus Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. The New Hollywood was long dead by the time that Schrader got back from his adventure in Japan while making that film, which he followed … Continue reading Light Sleeper – Blu-Ray Review
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