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No edits, but to avoid an “X” rating for violence the color in the climactic shootout was toned down to a muted brown, making the blood less provocative.
I’ve wondered if Scorsese had ever thought of putting out an unrated edition with the original color since presumably this wasn’t his preference.
You also should take into account that he had just learned that his best friend — maybe inly friend — had died, a (late) casualty of the same war Rambo had fought in (“he died in Vietnam and didn’t even know it.”) Pretty tough to take that and have to Teasle’s illegal order to stay put of his town. Had he said something about that Teasle would likely have had to back off, but if we know one thing about John Rambo it’s that he ain’t a talker.
Not fair or even informed.
Movie shoots are almost always a stressful gauntlet: 16-hour days of doing the exact scene over again, even if it’s eating cold mashed potatoes for ice cream under hot lights. Nothing’s working, they’re losing the light, the meter is running at thousands per hour, a star is refusing to see it the director’s way, holding up everything. Here they had explosions — human and otherwise — and actors have to prepare physically to make themselves believe their life is in constant danger. It’s not glamorous and yes, takes a toll.
Take a listen to Sly Stallone’s brutally honest commentary on “First Blood” if you want to know how much fun that millionaire had freezing to death half-naked running around for weeks in the Canadian winter.
What are examples of “things” it succeeded in?
I had the same question about the movie.
That’s Downton Abbey, you illiterate.
>> Maybe some experienced card players can chime in.
One already did.
Let’s try and stick to the film rather than changing the subject to me, kay?
Your lack of any refutation of my points is noted.
Yep — I’ve watched those all, too and you’re right: all in India.
Not only do audiences prefer an American bad guy, in bad US offices, connected all the way up to a possible bad president, but it’s not okay now to have Indian bad guys when we might be snout to elect an Indian woman president.
Sorry, I meant Black.
I have that same problem with this movie and all those like it.
Why is that okay?
What would Adam Clay give as his excuse?
Maybe you don‘t feel well.
Acting, maybe.
Cinematography by veteran Gabriel Beristain is like a student film?
Don’t think so.
Beautiful-looking film — not so clear on why the repeated use of pastel pink and blue, but most is a moody, restricted palette of black, brown, gold, and crimson. The fight scenes are the clearest of any I’ve seen — amazing, considering these are state-of-art, high-speed brawls. Movie fights normally turn me off and bore me, but these were exciting — truly first-rate. And those Italian settings …
The unique premise really had me involved, creating a great conflict within Agent Verona, fleshing her out to make me root for her while still wondering which road she’s ultimately choose to deal with Adam.
This was no Dollar Tree product.
Felt more Prada to me.
Decent modern trailer for the Radiance re-release.
Unfortunately, there is no true “official” trailer for its initial release that I’ve ever come across.
No matter — old trailers are never in good enough shape to be anything more than a curiosity as no one back then thought to preserve them.
Very nicely-done trailer. Not from back in the day (sadly, I’ve never found evidence there ever was one made), but pretty much how I would have done it. Except I would have included shots of the finale with ghouls crashing through the upper windows and maybe more of the famed supermarket scene.
The identity of the little girl in the opening was addressed in the DVD/Blu-Ray commentary: the teenaged daughter of a crew member.
>> Sadly I doubt this kind of film will be made anymore.
Not by a major studio.
Their business now is theme-park titles and Marvel superheroes.
We have a winner.
Can’t do much worse than a black racist cop terrorizing an innocent black youth to tears and calling him “boy.” And so it goes on.
Ever wonder why the #3 movie of 1975 was never released on home video for nearly half a century?
That music is why: no way they’d ever get clearances.
Another oddity is that except for the contribution of Paul Simon, all music was uncredited. Don’t know how producers got away with that.
The untitled, beautiful Simon instrumental heard throughout is an early version of <i>Silent Eyes</i>, one of his best works. It appeared in final form as the last track on that year’s landmark album, <i>Still Crazy After All These Years</i>.
It was.
1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975 are, to me, collectively the industry’s greatest period.
The Bruin, a landmark Los Angeles theater, claimed in a full-page ad that Shampoo was their highest-grossing film ever.
It made her look like a hooker.