Saturday, February 11, 2017

PBS Galore!

A lot, and I really mean a lot, of work this god damn week.
Nevertheless, I made time to somehow watch three docs, two of those from PBS thru the little Roku that still delivers.

The Race Underground
An American Experience doc, it was good, but then again, while telling the background of the main story, it sort drifts away for quite a while... IMHO it might have been fantastic, if the doc were a bit longer.

Oklahoma City
Another American Experience doc, this one is longer than "The Race Underground", so, all the necessary background info, and the time it takes to develop that story, pays off in the end.
Really good doc.

Gimme Danger
The story of The Stooges, as told by none other than Jim Jarmusch.
Mighty good stock footage, Iggy is sort of a blonde walkin' ruin.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A Vampire Flick


But one directed by a maverick director, himself a survivor from the early early eighties independent scene.
Not his best picture, IMHO, but nice, with some very cool visual references (for instance, the nude couple look like taken out of a Bosch painting), an amazing night time cinematography (but nowadays every single movie has it too), and as usual on Jarmusch's films, pretty, pretty good soundtrack, the opening theme is colossal (being listening on Grooveshark all day).
Nevertheless, when it comes to vampire movies, the late seventies made for TV Salem's Lot was the most frightening thing I've ever watched.

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