Woodython Five (11) – For Hire
“…it seemed to me like a very standard film persona for a comedian. Someone who is a physical coward, who lusts after women, who is good hearted but ineffectual and […]
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Starburst Memories (redux): Interview with a Geek: Chris Hart
Originally posted on 2 Warps to Neptune:
Chris as a young lad, mentally preparing for the annual British Open Dungeon Crawl Championships. Chris today, rendered impressionistic by so many years of…
CHRIS: This is Spinal Tap (Reiner, US, 1984)
Rob Reiner is the multiplex auteur par excellence. His career is marked by fruitful collaborations with the best screenwriters in Hollywood, creating some of the most memorable scenes in the […]
CHRIS: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Bahr, Hickenlooper, 1991, US)
To me, the great hope is that now these little 8mm video recorders and stuff have come out, and some… just people who normally wouldn’t make movies are going to […]
CHRIS: An American Werewolf in London (Landis, UK, US, 1981)
There are several good reasons to stay with the closing credits of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF …:. There’s the dreamy, doo wap version of BLUE MOON by The Marcels, a couple […]
DOM: The Thing (From Another World) (Nyby, US, 1951)
“An intellectual carrot, the mind boggles!”, indeed it does! Based on J W Campbell’s short story “Who Goes There?” in which a mysterious alien disguises itself in every person in […]
CHRIS: The Thing (Carpenter, US, 1982)
“…satiation rather than horror…” – Derek Malcolm “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding.” – Palmer If we are not going to have AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, then we will have […]
CHRIS: Hoop Dreams (James, 1994, US)
“What’s so fascinating about standing around watching a group of pituitary cases?” Annie Hall (1977) This film will always be associated with shame for me. Christmas Eve 1998, I got […]
DOM: Casablanca (Curtiz, US,1942)
You must remember this, perhaps the most famous film in Hollywood history (maybe bar Gone With The Wind), is also one of the most quoted and mis-quoted films of all, […]
CHRIS: Dogville (Von Trier, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, 2003)
Von Trier is a film maker who divides opinion. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, Derek’s replacement, considers him a hoaxer. Variety’s Todd McCarthy was one of the many critics who were […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 