To see people who love their work - with everything around us, (or at least me), so cynical and diluted - just severe interest in what they're making, pushing them along to the next year - building on the last without really shitting on it.
A blimp floating a few feet above the tops of buildings - the mild interest of the audience, who without a question accept Kiki with only mild interest at her being a witch - that's not so important. Hisaishi smiling at the musicians, and them smiling back.
The movie ends with a message: “You have been watching DEEP RED.”
What would this, or something like Suspiria look like with some good acting that wasn’t entirely overdubbed?
Really the only problem i have with giallo is the sound. While the score’s tend to be good (at least with Argento), “The Room” level vocal performances leave me wishing for more.
I guess it’s part of the appeal, though.
If there’s one thing i hate about bad horror movies (and there’s a lot to hate), it’s when the cop’s are nothing but a vehicle to tell the lead they’re crazy.
It get’s to the point where you can almost right-off-the-bat figure out if it’s gonna be good by how dull the police-protagonist relationship is in the movie.
One thing i like about Black Christmas (and there’s a lot to like) is how it doesn’t just have a mature police chief who…
It works - lots of great tension coming from the last 10 minutes or so, and a good start.
The soundtrack, although reflecting the place pretty well, feels pretty dull while we’re in the swamp. Not just that, but it actually removes some of the tension when silence would just be better.
If a squad of the national guard is being hunted by faceless killers one scene, should the tension of them awaiting an ambush while walking through the swamp…
