movies

[Olaf]

So I love the movie Das Boot and have seen it several times, but I only just realized the plot is based on Moby Dick. And not even that loosely. Herbert Grönemeyer is fucking Ishmael.

[daredevil]

Barbarian (2022)A young women named Tess rents a house in Detroit for a job interview. Upon arrival on a dark rainy night, she discovers that the house was already rented to young man named Keith. The film starts out as two young people getting to know each other, but then turns into a horror film with suspense, jump scares and gore. I really liked how the film was sequenced. I don't want to give too much away, but its like two stories and one back story that end up at the same point.

[tepista]

Barbarian (2022)A young women named Tess rents a house in Detroit for a job interview. Upon arrival on a dark rainy night, she discovers that the house was already rented to young man named Keith. The film starts out as two young people getting to know each other, but then turns into a horror film with suspense, jump scares and gore. I really liked how the film was sequenced. I don't want to give too much away, but its like two stories and one back story that end up at the same point.

I will definitely check when it's on home vid, in the meantime, Monkey sent me link for this:

[tepista]

The Fly II (1989) Cronenberg-less sequel to the smash hit of a few years prior, I think I remember a scathing reception, but on further review, it’s a very watchable, though not great creature feature. Eric Stoltz is the offspring of the Davis/Goldblum collaboration, and in five years time he’s full grown with a genius mind, and property of the evil corporation that wants to further the study on telepods. Daphne Zuniga works at the office, she meets and fucks him. Daphne Zuniga fucked a 5 year old was my takeaway from that. Lots of gooey violence in the directorial debut of Chris Walls, who has special effects credits in a lot of good movies. Mick Garris lent a hand on the screenplay. (HBO)

9 Deaths of the Ninja (1985) Comedically bad action romp from Cannon, with Sho Kosugi as a US spy battling a wheelchair Hitler and his army of Amazon fighting beauties, as well as an pack of midgets, and topless scuba assassins. Director Emmet Alston had previously done New Year’s Evil. (TUBI)

The Naked Kiss (1964) Opening scene has a prostitute beating the ever loving crap out of a john so bad that she loses her wig to reveal a perfectly shaved head. The bulk of the this neo-noir is a former hooker trying to make good, with a punch-in-the-gut shocker along the way. Very good movie from Samuel Fuller. (HBO/TUBI)

Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977) Laura Gemser is a journalist who sees a Caucasian woman who bit and ate the tit off nurse in a hospital in which she was posing as a mental patient. That seems like a lot, but it’s the first 5 minutes. Off she runs to the Amazon with a group ill-fated men and women, stopping to have sex with almost all of them on the way to their meeting with flesh eating savages. Nieves Navarro was the star of the “Death Walks…” series of gialli in the earlier part of the decade, here she shows tits, bush and fingers her own butthole, as does the rest of the cast of this gory near-softcore porn from Joe D’Amato. (Midnight Pulp)

Death Warmed Up (1984) Kiwi splatter film about a medical research facility performing lobotomies and the patients becoming bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures. Some gore, some nudity, kinda confusing plot, but that didn’t really matter. (Midnight Pulp)

Challenge the Devil aka Katarsis (1963) A group of rowdy, drunken youths stumble upon a seemingly abandoned castle in Italy, where they find Christopher Lee, who offers them riches if they can find his lost love somewhere within the walls. They happen upon hairy spiders, never-ending staircases, rooms full of mirrors and other general haunted house stuff. Most reviews I see are negative, but if you eliminate the 20 minute intro which includes a mafia shooting and 3 nightclub floor-show acts that have shit to do with anything, I thought it was just fine. Specifically for the beautiful Cuban-born actress Bella Cortez, star of many Italian Sword & Sandal pics, doing a 5 minute drunken castle dance showcasing a Hall of Fame Camel Toe. (Midnight Pulp)

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) Black & White Japanese kids movie about a little girl who’s real parents find her in an orphanage and take her home where she is tormented by her older sister, who has scaly skin and whose face occasionally turns snake-like. And then there’s the Silver-Haired Witch, she was even worse. OK, for a kiddie flick, I guess, morality tale, I’m not sure what I was expecting. (SHUDDER)

[Flex]

Watched Last Night in Soho the other evening as a way to sort of kick off the spooky season. Great flick. I see two reviewed it a while back. Streaming on HBO Max for anyone who wants to check it out.

[Olaf]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

[Low Down Low]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

Interesting. I love Fitzcarraldo but don't know that much about the background other than at least one person was killed in the making of it. Nicholson could have been alright but, yeah, impossible to see anyone other than Kinski in that role, the guy was genuinely half- or even three-quarters mad, wasn't he? Didn't know about Jaggers involvement either, fascinating.

[Olaf]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

Interesting. I love Fitzcarraldo but don't know that much about the background other than at least one person was killed in the making of it. Nicholson could have been alright but, yeah, impossible to see anyone other than Kinski in that role, the guy was genuinely half- or even three-quarters mad, wasn't he? Didn't know about Jaggers involvement either, fascinating.

It's on YouTube. Certainly worth a look, especially the bits about Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.



At 1:14:30 there are a couple of short clips from the aborted version with Jagger/Robards.

[Low Down Low]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

Interesting. I love Fitzcarraldo but don't know that much about the background other than at least one person was killed in the making of it. Nicholson could have been alright but, yeah, impossible to see anyone other than Kinski in that role, the guy was genuinely half- or even three-quarters mad, wasn't he? Didn't know about Jaggers involvement either, fascinating.

It's on YouTube. Certainly worth a look, especially the bits about Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.



At 1:14:30 there are a couple of short clips from the aborted version with Jagger/Robards.

Great. Will watch this over the weekend, feels like one of those movies where the making is as interesting as the movie itself. I've also got Herzogs new novel downloaded but not got round to it yet. Might start it now and make it a Herzog weekend!

[Kory]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

Interesting. I love Fitzcarraldo but don't know that much about the background other than at least one person was killed in the making of it. Nicholson could have been alright but, yeah, impossible to see anyone other than Kinski in that role, the guy was genuinely half- or even three-quarters mad, wasn't he? Didn't know about Jaggers involvement either, fascinating.

It's on YouTube. Certainly worth a look, especially the bits about Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.



At 1:14:30 there are a couple of short clips from the aborted version with Jagger/Robards.

Great. Will watch this over the weekend, feels like one of those movies where the making is as interesting as the movie itself. I've also got Herzogs new novel downloaded but not got round to it yet. Might start it now and make it a Herzog weekend!

You really missed a chance to call it the Werner Weekend.

[Low Down Low]

I was watching a documentary about the relationship between Herzog and Kinski and was surprised to learn they'd already filmed 40% of Fitzcarraldo with Jason Robards and Mick Jagger (!) when Robards got ill and had to be flown back to the U.S.. Kinski seems perfect for the role now, but apparently was only the third choice after Nicholson and Robards. Those clips with Robards and Jagger looked interesting, could have worked pretty well.

Also, funny how Herzog seems so eager to present himself as the soft-spoken, calm and rational one in their relationship, though he probably was as much of an egomaniac as Kinski.

Interesting. I love Fitzcarraldo but don't know that much about the background other than at least one person was killed in the making of it. Nicholson could have been alright but, yeah, impossible to see anyone other than Kinski in that role, the guy was genuinely half- or even three-quarters mad, wasn't he? Didn't know about Jaggers involvement either, fascinating.

It's on YouTube. Certainly worth a look, especially the bits about Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.



At 1:14:30 there are a couple of short clips from the aborted version with Jagger/Robards.

Great. Will watch this over the weekend, feels like one of those movies where the making is as interesting as the movie itself. I've also got Herzogs new novel downloaded but not got round to it yet. Might start it now and make it a Herzog weekend!

You really missed a chance to call it the Werner Weekend.

Doh! I could even have thrown in a couple of hot dogs and called it a Werner Wiener Weekend.

[Olaf]

There's also a version with English subtitles.

[Flex]

Holy shit, Mad God might be one of the best movies I've ever seen.

[tepista]

Holy shit, Mad God might be one of the best movies I've ever seen.

I get it, and I'm glad I watched it, but unlikely I would watch it again. Not really my bag

[Low Down Low]

There's also a version with English subtitles.

Thanks for this. The subtitles are very handy, i might even go as far as saying they are essential. Didn't realise the doc was in two parts, Herzog does really love to talk! I'm halfway and it's really starting to get gripping. Kinski really is mad as a box of frogs and i laughed out loud when Herzog recounted how the Indians came to him offering to bump off Kinski. I'd read about the snake and chainsaw story before but not Kinski's unhappiness that it was stealing his limelight. Just a not very pleasant but fascinating guy and truly an exceptional actor, i think. Looking forward to finishing it tomorrow.