From all of the talk about MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN being faithful to the original novel (voiced since the time of its initial release), I can't help picturing some unfortunate student doing a book report on the movie, and then wondering why a failing grade was received. (One would hope that a similar infraction didn't occur with BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.)
Having read the novel multiple times, the differences are prodigious. Yes, there are some "scenes" and themes that are carried-over, but…
From all of the talk about MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN being faithful to the original novel (voiced since the time of its initial release), I can't help picturing some unfortunate student doing a book report on the movie, and then wondering why a failing grade was received. (One would hope that a similar infraction didn't occur with BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.)
Having read the novel multiple times, the differences are prodigious. Yes, there are some "scenes" and themes that are carried-over, but…
When I first saw DIRTY HARRY, I was several months underage. The older brother of my best friend worked at the theater as an usher and agreed to “pass” me. I was so excited to be seeing a film in the theater that had nudity and bloody violence. (Hey, I led a sheltered life.)
What I took away from it was a healthy respect for an incredibly intense story, the most believably real psychopathic villain I’ve still ever…
BLONDE is one of the most confounding films I’ve ever seen. I didn’t like it … indeed, I kept checking the remaining running time more for this film than for any other movie I can remember … and yet, I couldn’t stop watching it.
The construction almost seems like a series of “acting exercises” done in a senior performance class. Threads of a story appear, then drift away unresolved as a new scene is presented. If this had…
