Hello! Savant's new reviews today are
In addition to the Savant reviews above, I've added a short notice to the DVDTalk review database only: THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE.
Let's see ... saw KILL BILL VOLUME 1 a second time on Sunday, and now am willing to be enthusiastic about it; I was still a bit bored by the unending final battle but the invention, sense of humor and playful use of everything pulp in exploitation cinema was again delightful.
Last night I saw 21 GRAMS, which didn't impress much. It's completely nonlinear construction for me does nothing but make the story a lot of work to follow, and about halfway through I realized that if the tale were simply told straight, it wouldn't be very impressive. Also, there's at least two too many obsessed, extreme characters that all must be given their showoff Oscar moments. It's ugly too. I've only seen a few of these films that seek to be more 'real' by presenting deliberately degraded images, and I'm already tired of them.
Most of the lower-tier MGM crime films due out in Early December are coming my way, hopefully including TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA, for which disc I contributed to the extras. And I'm also hoping to nab two early Jacques Demy romances, BAY OF ANGELS and LOLA, the prequel to THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. I remember LOLA as an emotional masterpiece and can't wait to find out if I feel the same way. Thanks for reading, Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at November 18, 2003 05:39 PM