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Member Since: Apr 20, 2008
Bio: "When I see a great film it stuns me, it is a mystery for me. What constitutes poetry, depth, vision and illumination in cinema I cannot name. It is the bad films that have really taught me about cinema." -- Werner Herzog
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80 T9 Death Spa (1988) - Jan 01, 2010
"One of the most bent movies I've ever seen. Could've just been your run-of-the-mill '80s slasher, where hardbodied women at a health club get mutilated for no compelling reason, but then they managed to toss in some "Forbin"-esque technophobia, paranormal investigators, transvestitism, death by reanimated frozen barracuda... and all shot and delivered with a reverently macabre tone. Absolutely inspired garbage."
65 T4 Enter the Dragon (1973) - May 06, 2009
"The only draw here is watching the charismatic and surprisingly brotastic Lee break piles of human boards. The pacing is dreadful and the inanity of the plot had me shaking my head in disbelief. There's a few nicely composed shots here and there, but the only message I came away from this film with was that Bruce Lee was a fucking badass. Which for all I know makes this a success."
75 T7 Martin (1977) - Dec 12, 2009
"An intensely sad film, which surprised me. I love how well the ordinarily grandiloquent trappings of the vampire film transposed to a depressed blue-collar American town. Definitely feels like it's missing something (the legendary first cut ran about 165 minutes) as its narrative ambitions outstrip its run time, but thankfully the mood survived intact."
55 T2 Ha-Trempist (1972) - Jan 27, 2010
"Its trailer might be the best trailer ever made; those three minutes not only convey the plot in its entirety, but -- aside from the dizzying madness of the ending -- represent the only scenes of action or narrative consequence whatsoever. There is literally about five minutes worth of film here, padded out to 90, but those five minutes are awesome beyond words; a veritable abbatoir full of steaming cinematic offal. YOU FOOLS."
80 T9 Night-Flowers (1979) - Jan 10, 2010
"Unlike many of these dime-store "Taxi Driver"s that revel in 1970s New York's unmistakable grime (see "Combat Shock" for a great example), this entry seems almost staid and refined. The dispassionate camerawork, stagy direction and naturalistic performances carry a powerful blow through scenes that would otherwise have played out like typical exploitation trash, especially when cast against the bluish pallor of a 9th-gen VHS dub. Worth hunting down."
65 T4 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) - Dec 30, 2009
"Actually worth watching for the chemistry between Rourke and Johnson, which ranks among the best buddy pairings I've seen. It's not hard to see why this bombed commercially; the dystopian plot elements are too weird for the action crowd but too half-assed/not weird enough for the cultists. I think it wants to say something about dying masculine archetypes but the script didn't really run deep enough. Anyway, nowhere near as bad as it looks."
25 T1 Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) - Aug 16, 2009
"Wouldn't be nearly as bad if the message was just "lol @ poor people with funny hair", because at least then it would be honest. Instead this feels more like the work of some smug, self-styled cultural anthropologist, paying a sort of fawning and condescending reverence to these "fascinating subjects.""
85 T10 Pumping Iron (1977) - May 26, 2009
"While nowadays we've steered into some bizarre terrain with Donkey Kong tournaments and dudes trying to visit every Starbucks, this remains the archetype for documentaries about obsessive nerd subcultures. Technically this was before Arnold was a star, but as you watch his personality unfold you realize there never really was such a time."
85 T10 Wake in Fright (1971) - Jan 30, 2010
"I really can't think of a film to compare this to; its violence is brutal and its atmosphere is indelibly harsh, yet nothing is overly stylized and you are never called on to suspend your disbelief at any stage of Grant's decline. This feels like a nightmare that clings to your brain so closely that days later you question if any of it was real. Also, I want to visit Australia now."
75 T7 I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) - Jan 11, 2010
"Despite the English settings and French lead, there's no avoiding how Finnish this film is: cold, taciturn, dryly funny. Aki's surrogate Helsinki is an immersive world, rendering a broad palette of emotion in the monochromatic hue of the absurd. "
 
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