For the most part, The Color of Money doesn’t feel like a Scorsese film.
That may sound like negative criticism, but I actually like this movie a great deal. Instead, what I mean is that this seems like an anomalous entry in the director’s rich and varied canon. His thumbprint is visible, but it doesn’t seem to carry his DNA. For one thing, it is a relatively conventional movie when the vast majority of his career has been anything but.…
The early 1980s would become notorious for horror movie censorship.
During that period, the VHS boom would provide new possibilities for low-budget filmmakers looking to make their mark on the industry, and many independent producers leapt on the bandwagon in their attempts to cash-in on this modern phenomenon. The majority of these movies were dire to say the least, relying on cheap promotional tactics and shock value to garner attention in an increasingly competitive market. The slasher genre’s cynical approach…
