Purchased the Criterion 4K BluRay, and it looks deeper, darker, and more gloriously nuanced.
Where actors’ eyes fell into inky shadows and the catchlights gleamed off of them like a ionless shark, here you can see the perfect balance of the chiaroscuro shot by Willis.
All The President’s Men may have won the awards in the 70s, as it told a then-current story with gravitas and heft—The Parallax View warns of a future story. The conspiracies of the JFK Assassination…
Aliens attack a planet 71% covered by liquid water, with literal tons of water vapor in the air, during a summer at DelVal.
They tromp *real* crop-circles (because M Night doesn’t know what a hoax is), in the middle of farmland equipped with irrigation systems which would be more effective than a Maxim gun against these spindly invaders.
Why?
Because God still loves you, Mel.
GTFOH.
One of my all-time favorites.
There is no other film that seems more appropriate during the J6 Hearings in America. A film that identifies the characteristics of the alienated, angry, paranoid, conspiracy-thinker, and how they are used for political purposes by the corporate donors who wield them like a weapon.
Pakula and Wheeler have assembled, within the middle of the film, the greatest editing masterpiece since Lev Kuleshov invented his effect. What is America? Who is Mom, Dad, Country, and…
