― Anthony (Anthony F), Friday, 10 September 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 12 September 2004 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)
JFK for not-dummies.
Rewatched last night to remind me who runs it all.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 12:43 (five years ago)
Not sure what it felt like to see this when it came out, but I think it's all too familar by now to shock, or surprise, or even have much resonance. (Even today--actually, the world today may diminish a film like this.) Also--I saw it once ages ago, remembered nothing going in--you know where it's all headed very early on. The most surprising thing for me was how relatively subdued the pacing and performances are. The pull quote on the original poster, from celebrity reviewer Rex Reed, says it's "bursting with a crazy vitality"--in 1979, maybe, but in 2026, it's practically like watching an Eric Rohmer film. It even looks good (Vilmos Zgismond shot it). Inexplicably faded from view: Belinda Bauer.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 January 2026 02:36 (two weeks ago)