One rare time a spoiler made me revisit a film
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
Brought the new year in with The Fog. I think it's perfect and certainly in my top 3 (er, The Thing, Big Trouble, The Fog). The credit sequence is so great. Apart from Barbeau's voice, no one speaks for the first 12 minutes; you get a series of those trademark, almost Hopper-esque, cuts from Dean Cundey - a brilliant introduction to the town and the atmosphere.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:25 (one year ago) link
love the fog, love its mood and simplicity. not enough ghost stories.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:27 (one year ago) link
89 minutes! It's probably a fair amount of residual trauma from seeing it as a kid, but I think it's genuinely creepy too. Also, poor Mrs Kobritz - she didn't deserve that. (In my head, she's Mrs Colditz, always has been.)
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 1 January 2023 11:33 (one year ago) link
Morbs right again, Starman is grebt!
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 16:47 (five months ago) link
Underrated/under-remembered. Bridges got an Oscar nomination!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 November 2023 16:49 (five months ago) link
I can't believe I pasted a Jordan Ruimy tweet upthread smh
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 November 2023 18:33 (five months ago) link
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 23:16 (five months ago) link
The love story angle is pretty well done too, as the alien becomes somewhat human but not fully so.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 November 2023 23:17 (five months ago) link