Above: What this picture needs is some RED.
I forgot to mention that, while Roger is up at his lake place working on his memoirs, I've done a few reviews for the main site (RogerEbert.com) and the Chicago Sun-Times. This week, I think you'll find that I'm one of the very few critics to cite Yasujiro Ozu in a review of Neil Marshall's handsomely gory "Centurion," and among the minority of reviewers who find a reason to compare the tank in the Israeli war film "Lebanon" to the Nostromo in "Alien," though I could be wrong.
As it turns out, without intending to do so I reviewed both of the movies I was covering this week almost entirely in terms of style, almost as if they were abstract non-narrative films. Actually, I guess I probably do that more often than not, but... judge for yourself:
The Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu once made a film called "The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice." "Centurion" might be thought of as "The Color of Red Guts Over Mountains," because that, as much as anything, describes what it is about.
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What, still at zero comments? Well, maybe nobody else appreciated this post and your review, but I sure did. Good work as usual: gore-geous, haha, very nice.
The frame above reminds me of my prom night.
Yes, that's the best joke I could come up with.
I'm very, very sorry.
"handomely gory", eh.
If our great-grandchildren come to relish live Roman-style gladiatorial games, you must bear some of the responsibity.
Jim -
I'm not sure if these films will add anything to their respective genres, but you have aroused my curiousity to an extent.
Additionally, I was hoping that either you or Roger would entertain a discussion on the current state of action films with the success of The Expendables offering a retro, grass roots approach in contrast to much of the CGI based spectacles that have dominated this genre as of late. Just a suggestion.
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