Jacques Tourneur’s Cat People, released on December 25, 1942, was a clear reflection of the times in which it was made. It conveyed the fears of sexuality, feminism, and foreigners and personified it in the form of a foe that takes on an innocent form.
The film was a last ditch effort by RKO Pictures to save itself from bankruptcy. They had just released two box office bombs by acclaimed director Orson Welles: Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Andersons. As…
Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, a war film based loosely on Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness, was released on August 15, 1979. It was a clear reflection of the times in which it was made. The film conveys the fears of madness, darkness, and the loss of innocence. It is also a journey back to what humanity once was: primitive and tribal. It personifies it in the form of a former American war hero, and the soldiers sent by his…
Could the supposed “worst movie of all time” try to at least be funny-bad like The Room is instead of boring? Also that music makes me want to punch a fucking brick wall.
