Baron Brixius
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"Downfall"
9.5/10.
A very good movie. They did a good job humanizing Hitler's character.
9.5/10.
A very good movie. They did a good job humanizing Hitler's character.
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"Psycho".
9.9/10.
Deliciously crazy and thought provoking movie. Doesn't rely on gore at all, instead it scares you with its mind tricks and twists.
Ah, but which version? >
The original from 1960.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I saw the Gus Van Sant version first. :embarass:
I don't see anything wrong with that. The Van Sant version is almost universally stigmatised for...nothing really.
I do not consider it a pointless experiment. If anything, it was interesting to see the film in that light for several reasons:
Having now seen both films I do, with hindsight, have to view the Van Sant film as a failed experiment, since I don't think his version stands either as a direct replication of the Hitchcock film or as an individual film on its own merits (I sometimes wonder which of the two Van Sant was really going for, since while he adheres very strictly to Hitchcock's film in many regards, he also inserts his own material which feels oddly out of place - the surrealist imagery during the shower scene, for example). I do, however, find your defense of the film to be quite interesting. The characters give off very different vibes in each film, despite having the same lines, which reminds me very much of the nature of a play, where you can see completely different characters emerge from the same material in different productions depending on the actor. I wonder if Van Sant's film would have worked better if he'd attempted a looser reinterpretation of the story, rather than a rigid replication.
Last film I saw was Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). It was alright but I hate Winona Ryder, although Gary Oldman was good as Dracula.
6/10