tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post1679877160837783385..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: PhantomEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-34047913874790194592012-04-05T21:33:37.984-04:002012-04-05T21:33:37.984-04:00Thanks, Sam. I haven't seen The Haunted Castle...Thanks, Sam. I haven't seen <i>The Haunted Castle</i> yet, but I definitely think this one is pretty worthwhile. Abel is not bad, though he's oddly old-looking for the part, which is a little jarring. Otherwise, it's an interesting film with some really great visual experimentation.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-76883960457122083362012-04-05T15:53:52.682-04:002012-04-05T15:53:52.682-04:00"The film's best moments are Lorenz's..."The film's best moments are Lorenz's periodic departures into daydreaming fantasy, signaled by shots that go slowly out of focus until the world is rendered as vaguely defined shapes and indistinct blurs, gradually losing tangibility so that dreamlike images of impossible love can take form, bright and brilliant, briefly seeming as real as the physical world, if not even more so. Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com