Two movies in one, a bad gangster story with John Philip Law getting pressured by dangerous guys he owes money and one of those very 90s psycho movies with him taking home his ex stepdaughter who is a crazy stalker. They are equally bad, but I get amused by how many veteran genre movie dudes slumming. Pretty bad even by its low smut standards. Welles cinematographer Gary Graver directed and I’ve seen he doing far more competent jobs on those late career erotic thrillers.
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Streamers 1983
Altman has a very good handle on the heightened nature of his images, his tendency towards isolating every actor in the frame makes the general breakdown even more intense. Like most of his movies from this period, the writing is a little overdependent on "locking people up until they reveal themselves" (save for Fool for Love, none of Altman's 80s stage adaptations is based on a very strong play), but the formal control over the barracks as a battleground space does allow it to flow powerfully. I do wonder if Kubrick cast Modine in Full Metal Jacket because of this.
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Days of Being Wild 1990
"At one minute before 3pm on April the 16th, 1960, you're together with me. Because of you, I'll remember that one minute. From now on, we're friends for one minute. This is a fact, you can't deny. It's done"
No wonder Wong's characters are so attached to the moment, they can at best long for a past or future.
