1972 Directed by John Boorman
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Un tranquillo week-end di paura, Amargo Pesadelo, 서바이벌 게임, Den sista färden, Uwolnienie
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Even after watching this movie I'm still not convinced I want to go on the banjo lessons and canoe trip team-building exercise our boss has put on for us.
"Deliverance," John Boorman's stomach-churning and now-iconic observation of the savagery of nature, man, and conscience is a film built upon and defined by its conflicts. The conflict of man versus nature gives way to the conflict of man versus man and, in turn, man versus self and, finally, nature versus man. It is a poetic progression of the how these conflicts and the destruction imparted by human beings leads only to human destruction. Boorman couches this progression in a heavy-toned, chilling adventure-drama, but the thematic poetry of its conflicts is writ large throughout.
Revolving around four friends who take a canoe trip down a remote river before it is damned, the four soon find themselves damned. Traveling into an off-kilter…
I now realize the “paddle faster, I hear banjo music!” stickers I always thought were cute are not implying one should paddle *toward* said banjo music
Similarly to A Clockwork Orange and Straw Dogs, Deliverance also wonders the roots of the violence inherent in human nature. These are three controversial films, made at the beginning of the 70s, capable of disturbing and shocking the public of the time with their explicit representation of evil. The violence described in John Boorman's film lurks under the radar, but - like a powder keg of tensions that have never really subsided - it is ready to explode under certain conditions. The English director realizes a movie of great narrative and visual effectiveness, highlighting the growing sense of threat that surrounds the story of four friends, businessmen from Atlanta, who decide to leave the stress of the city behind for…
Well, it's no Zardoz. Pretty amazing the same director made this film; a taut adventure thriller that combines gritty realism, stunning photography, nerve-wracking action sequences and existential subtext to dynamite effect. When four city slickers take to canoes and attempt to navigate the fierce Chattooga River (re-imagined as the Cahulawassee, a soon-to-be-dammed and vanished natural wonder Lewis and his buddies are determined to experience before it's too late), it turns out their biggest challenge comes not from the elements but their fellow man.
First off, the film looks fantastic, exploiting to the fullest the natural beauty of the Chattooga, powering through the Appalachians. Brilliantly edited, and DP Vilmos Zsigmond mixes static wide shots with water-level close-ups and rapid tracking that…
I think Deliverance is a movie that needs to be talked about and watched more because it truly is great and under appreciated. The direction and writing of this movie are fantastic, setting a great tone and establishing nice characters. The dialogue is pretty great, fitting these actors well and creating the environment, while also sounding smooth and realistic. The visual style of this movie is nice, combing mostly stable and some shaky camera work. It usually works well. And even though it doesn’t do much as a whole and it may not be too memorable, it’s certainly a good-ass movie that needs more attention.
Feel good Friday movie of the week: Deliverance
Nothing says the weekend is almost here, and it’s time to party like Deliverance. Drop your drawers and squeal like a pig because the weekend is almost here! Get forcefully overtaken with joy as the nine to five winds down! Go enjoy the beauty of nature, even if you have a pretty mouth! Deliverance is a feel-good inspirational movie for everyone to celebrate the weekend!
Judiciously observed as a straightforward adventure film, John Boorman’s Deliverance has a somewhat biting edge due to being invested with some environmentally friendly commentary.
It gained some early notoriety for allowing its actors to perform their own stunts without the protection of insurance. The screenplay by James Dickey, from his own novel, follows outdoor enthusiast Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds) enticing his friends: Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), on a canoeing expedition to see the Cahulawassee River in the northwestern Georgia wilderness before a hydroelectric dam is completed and transforms the backwoods into an enormous lake.
As the friends take their excursion through a territory that has already been murdered by civilisation, there's…
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Er hängt mir im Nacken. Ich kann ihn spüren, meine Haare, sie stehen mir zu Berge, kräuseln sich zusammenziehend des Feuers in ihrem Rücken. Kräuseln sich sengend seiner Brenngläser im Fadenkreuz seines Schießeins.
Er ist über mir, links und rechts von mir, direkt vor mir? Fragen die ich zu beantworten habe, ein Blick um die Ecke, der Kopf in den Nacken legen würde genügen, meiner Bestätigung eines auslaufenden Kopfes. Abtropfend mein Gewissen links, rechts, über mir. Ein unnützes Wissen in meinem Rinnstein in dem geschlagenen, angesengten Loch in meiner aufgebrochenen Stirn.
Aber er ist hier! Sein Geruch, ein Konglomerat aus altem Schweiß überlagert eines frischeren,…
