Archive for 27 April 2025
3 posts.
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Rashomon, but ripping off Bourne, with a Kennedy-style assassination in Salamanca, ironically produced by “Original Films”. The most unrealistic part is how Spaniards can talk and understand English, and an American Secret Service guy can drive stick.
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Ah, this is a musical version of Ed Wood, except weirdly sexual and extremely campy, to the point of parody. I can see why this is such a classic, it’s like the pop song version of musical theatre.
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A PG-13 version of the original. What was edgy and cool, is now banal and mainstream (after Hairspray). Emotionally worse, even thought it’s a mostly faithful remake better in all possible ways: it’s nicer looking, the music is better arranged, the actors sing their own songs.