Film #21 of the June Challenge

I will probably never understand this film, and yet I'm not entirely sure that I want to. Most of the reason I enjoyed it so much was because I felt compelled to say/ask (very loudly) things like:

• what in the actual fuck?
• This is so weird
• Is this really happening?
• Am I watching a movie or did I accidentally ingest a lethal dose of acid?
• No!
• WHAT????
• Stop it!!!!

When I'm so invested in a film that I'm actively trying to engage it in conversation, something's gone terribly wrong with the film and my mental state. I love it when that happens.

What an utterly brilliant and crazy piece of filmmaking. It never lets up, never gives Dunne a break. And he throws everything he's got at it. A phenomenal performance.

Scorsese once again uses the camera for all it's worth. It's frantic, original and all over the place. And the way he works it with the music. Holy damn, what a score.

The basement scene was so genius that I haven't quite taken it in entirely yet. I almost wish they had gone all the way, but perhaps the film is better for not doing so. It really does come full circle in the end.

The movie directed by Martin Scorsese that doesn't feel like a Martin Scorsese film. I am in total awe of this film and the way it's shot,frenetic camera work, a neverending nightmare that poor Paul Hackett endures just keeps getting worse and worse. It's not exactly Lynchian but it is very "did I just swallow a large dose of acid?" as it does get pretty surreal. Superb acting by Griffin Dunne who just seems to embody Paul Hackett so well and confronted with each problem he gets into, you get the sense of terror the poor guy is going through. Absolutely loved this film.

Martin Scorsese's strangely intense, existential dark comedy is the king of all One Crazy Night movies.

Griffin Dunne is great as an Everyman who gets stranded on a bad date all the way across town, and spends the rest of the night trying to get back home while being thwarted at every turn by a variety of freaks and weirdos (played by a terrific cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Will Patton, Catherine O'Hara, and...Cheech and Chong!

Watched as part of the March Movie Madness challenge as my "A" selection.

Martin Scorsese's impressive, yet unusual paranoia-filled comedy follows the absurd journey of Paul Hackett, (Griffin Dunne) whom attempts to make his way home after spontaneously meeting a girl in SoHo.

Stepping away from the crime/thriller genre that has earned the renowned director so much acclaim, Scorsese perfectly encapsulates the feel of a nightmarish lucid dream without forcing special effect laden surreal visions upon the audience. Instead the natural exhibition of the narrative makes the darkly humorous adventure all the more harrowing.

The movie directed by Martin Scorsese that doesn't feel like a Martin Scorsese film. I am in total awe of this film and the way it's shot,frenetic camera work, a neverending nightmare that poor Paul Hackett endures just keeps getting worse and worse. It's not exactly Lynchian but it is very "did I just swallow a large dose of acid?" as it does get pretty surreal. Superb acting by Griffin Dunne who just seems to embody Paul Hackett so well and confronted with each problem he gets into, you get the sense of terror the poor guy is going through. Absolutely loved this film.

The premise wears thin pretty quickly, but this light Scorsese film has enough laughs to make it worthwhile.

Film #21 of the June Challenge

I will probably never understand this film, and yet I'm not entirely sure that I want to. Most of the reason I enjoyed it so much was because I felt compelled to say/ask (very loudly) things like:

• what in the actual fuck?
• This is so weird
• Is this really happening?
• Am I watching a movie or did I accidentally ingest a lethal dose of acid?
• No!
• WHAT????
• Stop it!!!!

When I'm so invested in a film that I'm actively trying to engage it in conversation, something's gone terribly wrong with the film and my mental state. I love it when that happens.

This is quite an odd film and unlike anything I've seen from Martin Scorsese before.

It follows the character Paul, who through a series of interlocking storylines and coincidences, is having the worst night of his life.

The whole concept is really fun, manic and interesting but it starts to lose steam towards the end.

Felt a little too episodic for my tastes, but it's certainly a memorably dark and nightmarish depiction of seedy New York City nightlife. All aspects don't completely come together in the way that the best Scorsese films do, but on a purely technical level it's excellent.

Scorsese is always so right. Love that Griffin Dunne's Upper East Side apartment has the same Hockney poster of a Corbu chair that we had in Venice back in the 80s.

Lots of scenes relate back to Who's That Knocking: boy meets girl, film/book talk, an odalisque nude on the bed.

Great soundtrack and a total send up of the small town SoHo loft scene when it was a grungy neighborhood with nightly burglaries. Terminal Bar indeed. And a great cast.

Divertida, delirant i estrambòtica. 100% del millor Scorsese. I amb una grandiosa escena de bar que competeix amb el Like A Virgin de "Reservoir Dogs", però amb el sexe i el Mago de Oz com a protagonista. Dorothy!!!