torsdag 16. desember 1999

Dark City

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Regi: Alex Proyas (1998)

Dark, eerie science-fiction twist on the story of a man, John Murdoch, who wakes up with insomnia, accused of committing murder. He knows within his heart that he didn't do it and seek the reason why he is accused and reveals a fantastic story about aliens who can alter the environment with their mind. At first sight this was a fascinating and different movie from the director who gave us "The Crow". The dark "Blade Runner"-setting underline Murdoch's chaos and give us a special "The Wrong Man"-feeling. A mixture of The Wrong Man and Blade Runner sounds like its to good to be true, and it is. The 90s have given the special effects department more work than earlier and the last half of the this movie just becomes a effects-show. The mindgames are long gone. Now it's back to kill creatures for the visual enjoyment of it. It could have been so much better.

4/10

søndag 12. desember 1999

Jakten

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Regi: Erik Løchen (1959)


All norwegians do basically not like norwegian movies. Except for Flåklypa Grand Prix that everybody have seen. But if you look back into the archives you'll find this pearl. This is usually the only norwegian movie you'll read about in the film history. It's very unconvential and very modern. The narrator takes our side and ask the actors all the way. Thereby scenes become surreal and you ask yourself, what am I watching?

To make it short, it's great, even greater than the new french wave that came later that year. And I have never seen any movie similar to this. If you're going to see one norwegian film in your life, see this one.

10/10

A Hard Day's Night

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Regi: Richard Lester (1964)

Has it really been that long, well, I wasn't even born then but everybody know about the masshysteria created by these guys. 

The movie: It hasn't dated at all, the musical numbers could still be musicvideo in 1999 and still be state of the art. Without the CGI thou. But the Beatles was always inventive in their videos. Strawberry Fields Forever anyone?

The music: I really have to hate the Beatles, to hate this movie, I don't so I had a jolly good time. But...

It's the script, or the improvised dialogue that really makes this movie great. John, Paul, George and Ringo give us on-liners without becoming comedians, they're just as funny as any ordinary men would be. You should really see this one, good music, it's funny and inventive, what more can you expect?

9/10

mandag 6. desember 1999

Wild at Heart

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Regi: David Lynch (1990)

Firstly a word of warning: Don't see this movie if you haven't seen The Wizard of Oz. This movie have some references to "Oz" that is quite unconventional. If you haven't seen it some scenes in "Wild" just become very strange.

Ok, the movie is strange and weird like most of David Lynch's work, but personally this is my Lynch-favorite. It's raw but beautiful. Cage and Dern make sense together, and in the end the whole movie actually makes sense to. Finally there is the excellent acting by Dafoe and Stanton which add up to two hours of postmodern excellence.

8/10