Wow, the director's cut of Payback is brutal and nasty and bleak and hilarious and great. Now I'm going to have to rent the studio cut to see exactly how terrible it is.
If you like 70s neo-noir with just a touch of Tarantino weirdness, check it out. It's also a fabulous "Hey, It's That Guy!" festival. Although I should warn you that if you prefer movies where the protagonist is at least slightly sympathetic, you probably won't make it through the first 10 minutes.
Oh, and at one point Lucy Liu kicks a guy in the head while she's wearing PVC chaps and not much else. So it's got that going for it.
Dance movies? The Japanese original of
Shall We Dance?
is just marvelous on all levels.
Dance movies? The Japanese original of Shall We Dance? is just marvelous on all levels.
Very true. I haven't seen it since it came out so I had forgotten about it.
(I refuse to watch movies from the 70's and 80's for the most part, so I'm sure that there is a more than a small gap in my knowledge base)
Juliebird, is this all movies from those decades, or just musicals? If it's just musicals, make sure you watch All That Jazz and possibly Fame, which is weak in parts, but has some wonderful numbers, and Anne Meara is terrific as the beleagured English teacher at the arts school.
"Fame" is good. Even if the title track reminds of seventh grade chorus.
Pretty much all movies, Kathy. Although there are many many exceptions, generally the filming style/quality of the 70's makes me cringe. I was going through an Audrey Hepburn phase, and hit a roadblock once they started getting too "modern".
Really? Cause '70s movies are some of my faves...The French Connection, The Godfathers, Scarface...(Dang, I would have got sucked into "Medellin", too. Damn it!)
And, dang, that list makes me feel ladylike, but I guess I like "The Turning Point" "Annie Hall" and "Same Time, Next Year" too.
Harve Presnell, RIP.
Aw. He was one of my favorite, "It's that Guy"s.
Mr. Parker! Man, his TV career goes back to the 50s!
