tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post3190351181888163206..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: High Plains DrifterEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-57635539299401758782012-09-19T04:12:59.621-04:002012-09-19T04:12:59.621-04:00Hope y'all don't mind - I lifted one of th...Hope y'all don't mind - I lifted one of the screengrabs for my own piece. Robin Wood greatly admired High Plains Drifter (believe it or not!), and I quote him here: http://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.ca/2012/09/robin-wood-david-cronenberg-and-high.htmlAllan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-45725501039446325622011-04-28T09:49:04.160-04:002011-04-28T09:49:04.160-04:00Well of course it's morally confused. Clint is...Well of course it's morally confused. Clint is all about moral confusion. If you're plannign to work your way through Clint's <i>oeuvre</i> try <i>The Gauntlet</i>. Totally wiuld with a fabulous Jerry Goldsmith score that consists almost entirely of variations on "Just A Closer Walk Wiht Thee."DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-35959807868486710462011-04-28T09:15:39.616-04:002011-04-28T09:15:39.616-04:00Hah yeah, this one just really rubbed me the wrong...Hah yeah, this one just really rubbed me the wrong way for some reason, even though as David says, if you gave me that description I'd probably say, "sounds great!" But I found the film very morally confused. It has some images and sequences that are compelling in their awful way, and Dean's characterization of it as a horror movie is pretty spot-on, but something about the Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-87542495259744004162011-04-28T09:07:40.001-04:002011-04-28T09:07:40.001-04:00"a rotten, ugly, disgusting movie, a descent ..."a rotten, ugly, disgusting movie, a descent into Hell in every way. It is a disturbing moral vacuum of a movie, a vision of complete societal breakdown that wallows in non-stop muck and grime for most of its running time. "<br /><br />IOW, My Kind of Movie!<br /><br />While <i>Play Misty For Me</i> (mercilessly ripped-off by the perpetrators of <i>Fatal Attraction</i>) was a nice startDavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-82500041324473681912011-04-28T08:27:44.454-04:002011-04-28T08:27:44.454-04:00So you really liked it, huh?
Here's a movie I...So you really liked it, huh?<br /><br />Here's a movie I haven't seen in years, remember nothing about it but "painting the town red", literally, and yet this review makes me want to see it again because it sounds so utterly morally corrupt. I'll check it out again soon and come back.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-1204161105098784512011-04-28T07:03:21.452-04:002011-04-28T07:03:21.452-04:00It's a horror movie, doncha know? And as such...It's a horror movie, doncha know? And as such, it succeeds.Dean Treadwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106829300132326368noreply@blogger.com