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Saw Kalki.. Dragging storylines... Some scenes just unnecessary.. Lame. It's not finished.. Cause there's a sequal..
I suggest you guys turn chan Thomas Adam and eve story in to a movie
Sorry, I don't know what you mean with this comment.
Joe Don Baker . . . . MITCHELL
Joe Don was the weirdest of film stars.
Hawk and Chic
Okay...
@@terrytalksmovies Bob's Burgers.
Fair enough
Great video, Terry! I saw your post on the BMovieCast FB page! Thanks from Texas!
Thanks so much. Mary is great to allow me to post links on the BMovieCast page.
Was going to mention, found it interesting Price did this and Fu man chu. Just picked up this book off my bookshelf (confessions...) to read before bed. Cheers
Enjoy. This one is a wild ride.
Great review….spot on. I watched Maxxxine last night and really appreciate this trilogy. Not perfect but I feel it is greater than the sum of its parts, which is often the mark of something unique or special. In contrast I feel a film like Pulp Fiction (similar in some ways) is less than the sum of its many excellent parts. Mia Goth is such a brilliant, odd cookie. I can see the physical similarity to Cheri Caffaro - an actor I’d not previously heard of. I’ll try to track down one of her movies. 👍🙏
If you're going down the Cheri Caffaro rabbit hole, The Ginger Trilogy is the way to go.
@@terrytalksmovies Thanks Terry. I've just found a documentary online called Machete Maidens which has Cheri Caffaro on the cover. I'll watch that and then maybe hunt down Ginger 1. Thanks for so many fascinating recommendations in your uploads.
Always a pleasure, Steve. Enjoy!
You lament reminds me a bit of the old Len Evans quote. Something along the lines of "you can only drink so many glasses of wine in your life, why would I want to drink a bad one". I'm with you, a bit of goon every now and again connects you to the real world.
Yep. My grounding in cinema was at the bottom end of the commercial market and that sticks with me.
I *love* the cap. If I could find a t-shirt with that on it, I'd wear it everywhere. I saw Smoke at the cinema. Wasn't a fan, which is why I didn't persist with Blue in the Face. It seems like I might be more responsive to it now. Never heard of Men of Respect before, but Macbeth is one of my favourites by Big Bill (even if it is entirely defamatory towards the historical MacBeth). I'll look that one up. Never saw Bad Lieutenant but did watch the Nicolas Cage one, which is great but really unrelated. BL is one of those films I really should've seen before now. Incidentally, I just looked up Dangerous Game and, given how much Ferrara cursed Werner Herzog for making his "sequel", I was greatly amused to discover Herzog's actually *in* it (in some sort of archive footage). Also, funnily enough, Jane Campion was originally supposed to be in it too. Completely understand where you're coming from when you regret the time you've spent on trash films instead of respectable ones, cos I did much the same thing back in the oughts when I was a regular at Mu-Meson Archives (which I've just discovered is closing down, alas), and it wasn't until many years later that I realised how shabby my knowledge of classic cinema was in a lot of ways... cos I'd gone down various odd byways of film history, but I had kind of limited acquaintance with a lot of the more generally acknowledged classics (this is true of me with books as well). I have taken steps to rectify that, though there's still a lot of holes to be filled. But at the same time I've also had a lot of pleasure out of those odd byways, so I don't regret that time at all.
There's a lot of depth and breadth in this month's releases even if they're in a narrow range of years and actors.
Another interesting video Terry. Nice Hamburger analogy, that kind of describes me too. I've always considered myself a Movie fan, however the kind of films that resonate with me are not always good. So like yourself when I see something good I promise myself to watch more, only to re-watch Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein another time 🤨
Yeah, there's always that temptation to slum it.
Smoke/Blue in the Face are specifically set in Brooklyn which is the more residential/working class. part of the city as opposed to Manhattan's corporate HQs and tourist traps. Brooklynites always have been a different and proud breed. Brooklyn set films: Do the Right Thing, Saturday Night Fever, Last Exit to Brooklyn. Love Keitel's work, very underrated. The Juror was a bit overly dramatic as I recall. Really liked Holy Smoke and the back & forth but I thought Keitel's character falls apart a bit too quickly. Seen all of these except for Men of Respect (didn't know it was Shakespeare), 8MM, Young Americans & Imaginary Crimes. Bad Lieutenant is my fav of these, very intense.
Bad Lieutenant is a punch in the face of a movie.
Wow a few of those I’ve never heard of, thank you.
My pleasure, mate. 😀
It was a horrible decade for comedy if you didn’t like Chris Farley or David Spade, but there were some real gems, like South Park and Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, and secret (?) comedy like Starship Troopers or eXistenZ
Comedy is so subjective. There were some solid Australian comedies in the 90s.
@@terrytalksmovies so true. I love black comedy, Monty Python and John Waters, all pretty specific tastes. I often find mainstream comedy to be too weak and/or predictable, but sometimes it’s surprisingly good
Wasn't Harvey Keitel originally supposed to play Martin Sheen's role in Apocalypse Now? That would have been interesting. Maybe.
Might've been. Not sure
Director Abel Ferrara hed some great films in the 90's , Bad Lieutenant and King of New York with Christopher Walken two of my favorites. He also directed the third adaptation of Invasion of the Body Snatchers which was also quite good but not as well regarded as the original or Donald Sutherland versions
Ferrara is an interesting guy but he sometimes chose poorly with the films he made
Oh, "Smoke"...I saw it at the cinema when it was first released and loved it. I've not seen it since and now want to...that long scene when Keitel talks about smoke having weight or not. Fabulous.
There are several killer monologues in Smoke.
90's gave us Fight Club, one of the greatest of all time, and also PT Anderson's Magnolia - possibly THE greatest of all time, IMHO.
Magnolia is a sledgehammer movie. Underrated.
Harvey Keitel is way up on my all-time list. My dream cast, and movie, is Harvey Keitel, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Ellen Barkin and Faye Dunaway in a film noir.
Yeah, I can see that hitting.
The 1990s had two of the best years in cinema with 1994 and 1999.
Both great years but there are so many more years that really hit. That's why cinema is fun. 😀
@@terrytalksmovies Personally, these were some of the standout years in movies that comes to mind: 1939, 1977, 1982, 1994, 1999... The decade of the 1970s was perhaps the best one with old-time directors and new ones like Coppola, Spielberg, Friedkin, Scorsese, de Palma, Lucas, Lynch, Scott, etc. Coppola alone had 4 masterpieces from 1972 to 1979: Godfather I, Godfather II, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now.
I’ve watched “Bad Lieutenant” (1992) with Harvey Keitel and “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009) with Nicholas Cage. Both are really good but I definitely prefer the 2009 one with a great cast and directed by Werner Herzog.
I prefer the OG one. It feels more raw.
I remember always liking 8MM quite a bit and recently rewatched it and was reminded what an absolute banger it really is. That movie thunders to it's ending in a great way... if you're in the mood for it's extremes. I'm definitely going to track down Smoke. Please never regret watching trashy films, I know I don't. 🤘
I enjoy trashy and quality movies in totally different ways. 😀
There was a definitely a crack in the universe. About six hours ago, my wife gave me her 1980s college photo class contact sheet. She shot around 20-30 photos of random people on a famous Philadelphia street (South Street) and many of the photos had the same background with different people in each. I immediately thought of the movie Smoke which had a similar plotline. I hadn’t thought of that movie in over a decade but I always remember the scene where William Hurt spots his late wife in one of the pictures.
The photograph subplot in Smoke is wonderful. Street magic.
Hallo Terry, something else for Scifi Saturday: Blindpassasjer (1978) (HD) YT videocode = ndTIVA8MAN8
and ellison was behind Bab5
He supported it, appeared in it and I believe, wrote an episode.
I love these recommendations... some of them are currently on Tubi.
Tubi is the gift that keeps on giving. Lots of deep cut movies there.
Terry -- just watched today's Wolfcrow video on "Lawrence of Arabia" (his channel covers a lot of film-making topics) -- *WOW* -- it's been years since I saw the movie, and it would have been on SD TV or VHS. I would *LOVE* to see that in a 70mm (or 4K digital) theater! I'm a long-time student of film-making (was a film major in college) -- and I love movies that 'grab' me visually -- while watching his video I could not take my eyes from my TV (1080p 48-50 inch -- old model, not exactly sure of the size). Just *wow*.... Have you covered the movie?
Not yet. The Lawrence 4K is out now but I have only the blu-ray. Hell of a good film.
@@terrytalksmovies -- I love reviews that cover not just the technical and aesthetic aspects of movies (and TV shows), but the 'whys' of the production values -- and the socio-political underpinnings. Wolfcrow does a good job of bringing out some of the directing/production decisions that enhance/emphasize the story/characters -- you cover a lot of the socio-political themes/impacts. To me that is all part of a movie -- not just the big explosions.... 😁
Thanks! You and Middle-Aged Geek Girl should go out to breakfast at IHOP -- they must have them in Australia since they are 'International'!!! Waiting for you next video, but until then eat some good pancakes, eat some bad pancakes, eat some cheap pancakes -- and I'll catch you next time....
Wow! Thanks so much Aengus! We don't have IHOP but we do have Carls Jr which does a pretty good breakfast. I really appreciate the support and the donation, which are two different things. Have a great day, mate.
Loved I, Claudius when it was originally shown on US Public Television (unedited) when I was a teen. Fueled my interest in history and archaeology (yes, I did know that it was extremely fictionalized) *AND* British drama. But Terry, you are right -- it was an amazing 'direct to tape' television production in terms of the sound, shooting/camera work -- as well as the acting and blocking (it had to be heavily blocked in order for the planned camera movements to work). And a lot of the contemporary socio-political commentary that Robert Graves filled the novel with, was brought into the TV production (and updated). Love it.
There are some great KZread analyses of the blocking in I, Claudius. It's genius level.
@@terrytalksmovies -- Yup! And the acting/writing for the show was really great too. Oh -- not sure how it works, but I sent you a SuperChat just a few minutes ago -- so not as part of the livestream....
I started watching horror on TV -- not in the movie theater -- with the TV 'horror host' in the Washington D.C. area at the time -- "Count Gore Devol" -- pretty silly host, and most of the films were either the classics or just lame, but there was one movie -- pretty sure that it was not 'The Screaming Skull' -- but it had a skull (and skeleton, I assume) in a garden pond, which did, in fact, scream, while haunting the new people living in the home that had the garden -- and somehow the skull in the water played on a very real fear that I had of things in dark water that I could not see. So I guess that I was like 8 or 9 (1971/1972)....
Might be Dementia 13, Coppola's first film.
@@terrytalksmovies -- I will check! Thanks!
@@terrytalksmovies -- Hmmmm -- I looked over some trailers/highlights of both films ("The Screaming Skull" and "Dementia 13") and if anything, my memory seems to be a mashup of the two -- but I cannot say that that is actually what I saw. I'd be shocked of Count Gore showed anything as significant as "Dementia 13"!!! I will keep researching and undergo deep hypnosis if I have to!!!! 😁
(from the US) -- The stochastic terrorism and demonization of immigrants here has a long history -- though unfortunately under Trump (and other leaders -- mostly conservative), it has reached a fever pitch. It is 'pitched' to appeal to many US citizens who feel disenfranchised from their own 'promised' "Pursuit of Happiness" -- blaming this on the influx of immigrants (legal and illegal). It's the old game of manipulate the populace's fears of loss of status, power and security by blaming 'the others' -- which has led to genocide in many places. It's too bad that these people who are sucked in don't realize that the line from the Declaration of Independence says 'Pursuit' -- not guarantee. And that *many* of the immigrants that the populace is conned to fear are seeking essentially the same thing. But getting someone who has been convinced that their failures in life (even if they do have a home, a smartphone, Internet, a pickup truck and a job) is due to these 'others' to now be sympathetic, that's a tough nut to crack....
There's some great hacking of the stochastic terrorism by the Dems over there. They have god-tier meme-wizards working on exactly that.
Love the driving videos and narration. Could you shoot when you go shopping in the charity/Opshops? Or is that not cool?
I might be able to, but I'm saving up for some tech that will let me do it.
The Kim Caviezel /Ian Mccellan version of "The Prisoner" is excellent to my mind...not a direct remake but as though the first experiment in the Village (of brainwashing/interrogation/ isolation of ex-spies) has now been closed....and years later is re-opened and widened to be used (chemically) as a way to control individuals with either 'diverse" brains and/or even criminal behaviour. some would find it every bit as confusing (or mind bending) as the original, (which seems appropriate) but others would be disappointed if they expected it to look exaclty like P. McGoohan's series. And of course, you have to put any more recent stuff about Jim Caviezel to the back of your mind. He puts in a great performance...and i suppose now the idea of him being completely bonkers (for real) feels right for the role! if folks believe that "Danger Man" (aka Secret Agent Man) was the same character before he became the Prisoner, you could say the same for Caviezel in "Person of Interest".
Person of Interest worked. Danger Man is great, too. Caviezel is a nutter, so there's that, too.
Well -- AI might have its place -- your 'cat' for instance.... (odd, cannot insert KZread emojis -- I have that issue with your channel every once in a while -- now no one will know that I am joking!!!)
My cats are the exact opposite of AI. They're chaotic beasts with no discipline, but we love them.
a 20-year ban on horror films is both outrageous and rather embarrassing. Our record of censorship is nothing we can be proud of. So, no "Dead of Night" (1945), no "Psycho", or "Peeping Tom". Did the ban include horror films that had been prior to 1945. ie Dracula, Frankenstein, White Zombie, etc or just the latest films?. I can see why the rest of the world looked at Australia as being something of a cultural wasteland, but that particular fact feels like it should be retrospectively punished... though no doubt that government appointed arbiter of "moral" standards is long dead.
All horror movies, so re-releases of Universal horror flicks were off the cards, too.
keenly waiting on my copy of "Hundreds of Beavers" to arrive!. Love "The Lake Michigan Monster" that was directed and stars the lead actor in "Hundreds of Beavers". plus, any films that get a thumbs-up from Guy Maddin immediately have my attention.
I'm looking forward to Hundreds of Beavers.
one film a day seems doable, but if you're already busy doing this, as well as just life in general, i can see how it'd be possible to "get behind". but just to add to your entertainment/workload, you might want to give MST3Ks/RiffTrax guy Kevin Murphy's book "A Year at the Movies" in which he went to the movies every day without stopping in parts all over the world, (including Australia's claim to have the smallest cinema in the world) and gives his impression of both the films and the experience; the seating, the food, what else is going in at the time in the world (this was 2001 so you can guess that 9/11 was on the horizon). it's very good humored, and at times emotional adventure that i think you'd find inspiring...and can probably relate to more than many of us.
I'll be able to do the one a day for the year. It's fun but occasionally I get in a mood to spend the day doing other stuff, like recording videos and driving around, so I play catchup.
If I sound cliché I apologize (sorta), but for me.. stop motion is legitimately MAGICAL. Cgi can look amazing but it's just 'soulless' if that makes any sense. The more realistic it becomes, the more mundane it becomes as well. Thank you for introducing this movie, which I would most assuredly missed if not for you.
The art in stop motion is to give the models character. Primevals succeeds in that the way Harryhausen did.
Absolutely!!! Ray Harryhausen and Willis O'brien are nearly holy names for me. To this day I will watch Kong '33 in awe. I will watch The beast from 20,000 fathoms amazed at the way the Rhedosaurus just walks down the streets of NY. I truly love movies of this type. @terrytalksmovies
ROMULUS was the last film I worked on. Began to lose vision at the end of my work on it. Regardless of its quality, the film will always remain of particular importance. (I am partial to atmospheric movies, which is the why of my love of ALIEN.)
I'll see it but I'm not optimistic about it. I'm glad you enjoyed the gig, however.
Good to know more about the industry (and interests) there. first film I recall seeing: DESTINATION MOON on its original release in Detroit. Certainly left a life-long impact on the then 2 1/2 year old. Still recall my impressions of certain scenes (and a fascination with all metal "rooms" (interior the Luna. And wanted one of the space suits! First scary movie:KING KNOG on its '52 re-release). Another long time favorite (though might generate problematical reaction these days.
Godzilla, the OG version is still disturbing and scary for me.
Based on a recommendation, I just saw Twisters. I hate it. I hate it with the passion of a thousand burning country and western songs. How did it get in the 70% area on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB? The cinematography was shit, the dialogue unintentionally hilarious, the effects had no weight and conveyed no threat, the art direction as bland as the acting. I prefer the original as an honest cheesy piece of fun nonsense.
I haven't seen it yet. I'm waiting for streaming. It seems about at that level of things.
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Thanks!
Have you watched any Pakistani movie
Not yet. Do you have recommendations? Particularly genre films?
AI KZread is already a thing. There's reams of bot channels and AI content out there. I tend to block them as soon as I see them. Like you, I much prefer an actual person and their actual personality. Soldiers of the Cross is a bit... tenuous as a feature film. I remember reading many years ago in a historical feature in Cinema Papers that some of the films used in the presentation were actually uncredited imports, probably from France, though I'm not sure if that means the Salvos built the show around them and shot new material or they already had the idea and the imported films were added later. Either way, the last presentation of it was in 1920 and I gather it's been considered lost since around that time (I bet the films were in poor shape by then), so I don't suppose we'll ever know now. Network and Simply HE have been my two saddest losses as far as vanished DVD companies go. The latter in particular had a bunch of BBC stuff that, for whatever reason, the BBC themselves couldn't be bothered issuing like Doomwatch. And I've already got the new Caligula set on order. Already have the "Imperial edition" on DVD and the UK blu of the uncut version, but I'm fascinated by the prospect of this new remodel of it.
The Caligula set is getting a LOT of buzz here.
Not surprising. I was astonished to discover the uncut version had finally been passed (it got through with an X during that brief period in 1984/85 when X films could still contain violence, but that didn't last), and I think the only other censorship case I've been as surprised by was the unbanning of Salo in 2011.
I really agree w your comments abot Marvel and I think people often forget what a momentus achievement the shared universe is. And it is not easy! One only has to look at DCU to see that it is not a simple task to pull or the failed Universal Monsters shared universe.
The Dark Universe franchise failed because of Tom Cruise's ego. It's a lesson for all movie studios.
@@terrytalksmovies yeah, I would call it a casting mistake. "Gravity" shifted towards his star status and the movie took on a weird direction. Kinda liked Sofia Boutella as the titular mummy
Within the past couple of days (including tonight) I watched two Indian action movies both centered around one man seeking revenge in a bloody and violent. Of course, in both cases the violence was initiated by the bad guys. I would rate them about even, quite good and distinctly violent. - Kill (2024) - Monkey Man (2024) I’d rate both below the John Wick movies.
Kill works but Monkey Man, less so.
“Oldboy” (2003) is still my favorite Korean movie of all time. Something about Koreans and revenge. I’ve watched it a good half a dozen times. That same year there were two other great Korean movies. One is more meditative: “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter … and Spring” (2003). The other is another murder, mystery and investigation movie: “Memories of Murder” (2003). A banner year for Korean cinema.
Oldboy is brilliant. I don't know why Spike Lee tried to remake it.
My mom was at the very crappy Hollywood primer of The legend f boggy creek..
Wow!
@@terrytalksmovies it was not a great film but she enjoyed how bad it was including the original sound track with vocals. The TV star Chad Everett was present…
I enjoyed your driving vids! You give a really good description for the good, bad and feeling of your area.
Thanks, John. It was an experiment for the channel and I may well start a second channel for the driving videos after a while. Urban landscapes are fascinating if you research them thoroughly.
I had hoped we would be keep channels running to continue an interactive experience, where we would be able to channel our beings for a more permanent experience of life.
Yep. AI KZread is going to become a thing, but there's no substitute for a weird human being.
Speaking of Jon Favreau... Worked for camera and lighting on a pre-sopranos Soprano-like American TV pilot called "Desert Breeze" referring to a derelict Las Vegas casino Jon and his wise guy friends buy to refurbish when they decide to go legit and buck the Mob. Looking for 30 years for a media copy, to no avail. Not sure it aired. Know for sure, it was never picked up to be developed into an episodic TV series. Also starred, late and wonderful NYC stage actor Cliff Gorman ("Boys in the Band" and Broadway's "Lenny").
Always liked Cliff Gorman. He was great in All That Jazz, too.