Savant's new reviews today are
Harry and Tonto Fox
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) Special Edition Brentwood/Halicki and
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Warner
Savant's favorite movie Major Dundee is supposed to come out today, so those who have read the multiple reviews and related essays on it here can finally see the full film for themselves with both the original audio track with the Daniele Amfiitheatrof score and the 2005 remix with the Christopher Caliendo score. Then you can decide whether it's the mangled masterpiece Savant claims it is, or write off Savant forever as the biggest Damn fool in Northern Mexico! (that's Dundee-challenged humor).
The three Savant links are here:
The follow-up review/essay of the DVD
and Foreign Intervention and the American Western
The last link is Savant's 1998 essay on Dundee's place among Vera Cruz, The Magnificent Seven, The Professionals and The Wild Bunch in the Western subgenre about gunslinging gringos who travel South of the border to intervene in foreign wars.
On another subject entirely: The intriguing real-life face transplant story takes another step: On last year's review of Eyes Without a Face, Savant discussed the amazing fact that today's surgeons were on the brink of making "Dr. Faustus' Horror Chamber" a reality that might benefit people with extreme facial wounds. My son David forwarded me this link about the start of real clinical trials. If all goes well yesterday's cynical horror may become a new hope for the cruelly disfigured. Thanks for reading, Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at September 19, 2005 11:08 PM