Re: Dressed to Kill and the De Palma vs. Argento angle, I see the surface similarities, and understand that both directors' fetishizing of surfaces does sort of put their similarities to the forefront, but I don't think that even at their most similar (Cain of Tenebrae) they're aiming at the same thing. Argento sees the human body as an extention of architecture, and typically the destruction of the body is parcelled out along with and frequently by the destruction of masonry, windows, so on. De Palma's take on psychology is far more social than Argento. I can't remember where I read it but someone once said De Palma is the strict Freudian and Argento the Jungian. Or something to that effect. I'm not saying I agree with the statement, but do accept it as evidence of the two's stylistic divergences.
Dan, if that's all you said, you haven't said anything wrong yet. I was being flippant anyway.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Cripes, they have nothing to do with each other. I mean, why don't you compare it to Kramer vs. Kramer and a driver's ed film while you're at it?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 01:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 05:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Ugh. Worst. Night. Of. My. Life. I can't even think of that movie without retching now.
― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 05:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 09:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 10:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 11:11 (nineteen years ago) link
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― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
admittedly se7en spawned much worse movies, but then there wouldnt be se7en without argento.
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 11:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
all lucky strikes by hack directors. argento had nothing but misses.
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:01 (nineteen years ago) link
You're a bit misinformed and stupid really.
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link
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― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
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― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Calum, IIRC from my childhood, the house was torn down by a suburban real estate developer and built into a new house on the lot, because no one wanted a house that dorky asswads like my ex-roommate kept coming to harrass. I could very well be wrong about this, but if I'm wrong, the entirety of Long Island is wrong too.
― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd definately seek it out.
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
The other issue being that there's about 10 houses on that block that look quite similar to it so really I have no idea how anyone would find it anyway.
― Allyzay Dallas Multi-Pass (allyzay), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
I've covinced no one The Shining is dull huh? How about Mick Garris and Stephen King who remade it as a telly movie in order to try and put right what Kubrick did wrong?
WTF?? You've got to be kidding, right? Steven King as film-maker?? ROFFLE, man. You've seen maximum overdrive?
Dude, bass braille just fuckin' j-pwned you.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
The TV movie version of the Shing=teh suck.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I simply pointed out that King and Garris thought so little of the Kubrick movie they went and did it themselves. The TV version is definitely more entertaining than the Kubrick film, but I really like Garris as a director.
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link
It's sort of sad to reconcile his totally pedestrian taste as of late with the list of great horror films as listed in the back of Danse Macabre.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― C-Man (C-Man), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― bass braille (....), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Alex in NYC: "Every once in a great, great while, C-man says something that actually makes sense. this is one of those times."
Eric H.: *begins packing his bags and hightailing it right the fuck out of this demented thread.*
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
the omen ain't no exorcist, but it's still completely awesome. and the decapitation scene is funnier than anything i've ever seen in any charlie chaplin film.
― KARLOR CAN FUCK ANYTHING! AND HE WILL AND HAS!!! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 3 July 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link