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SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1964) - invisible insights, hidden truths and second sight (SPOILERS!)
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON - A look at a unique movie about a medium who plots a kidnapping.
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THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) -- is virtue its own reward? (SPOILERS!)
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THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021). A challenge to the value of virtue and legacy; a remembrance and homage to story. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews OZYMANDIAS - Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage l...
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) -- looking back to glimpse the future of horror (SPOILERS!)
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EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960). A look at a movie that blended traditional horror with a (ahem) cutting edge approach. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim they are definitive or...
PIN - A PLASTIC NIGHTMARE (1988) - a solid film (SPOILERS!)
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PIN - A PLASTIC NIGHTMARE (1988). Thoughts on how a well-presented horror story with no extraneous elements delivers more effectively than a bloodier one. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interestin...
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) - BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (2012) -- exercises in empathy (SPOILERS!)
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) & BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (2012), an excellent double-feature. Both examine the worlds inhabited by children on the fringes of 'civilized' America. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may fin...
BLOW OUT (1981) -- How do you film sounds? (SPOILERS)
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BLOW OUT (1981), and how Brian DePalma solved the problem of making sound cinematic. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim they are definitive or exhaustive. Please check out ...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) - a review of the greatest movie ever made (SPOILERS!)
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), the first (of many?) videos on why it's my favorite movie. If you haven't seen this film, SEE IT before viewing my video, as there are spoilers and nothing can substitute for the real thing. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, ...
IN A BETTER WORLD (2010) - bullying examined in film (Spoilers!)
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AKA Hævnen (2010) - with comparisons to A History of Violence (2005), Let the Right One In (2008), Napoleon Dynamite (2004) and To Kill A Mockingbird (1962). A look at how bullies are portrayed in movies. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth....
ANTLERS (2021): A Dangerous Myth (SPOILERS!)
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ANTLERS (2021), as an argument for and against the power of myth. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim they are definitive or exhaustive. Please check out my previous videos:...
CANDYMAN (1992) vs CANDYMAN (2021): Candyman, Then and Now (SPOILERS)
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Candyman (1992), as a case for a brilliant film leaving room for improvement, and Candyman (2021) fixing some issues and creating others. A pairing that makes a great collective work. Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some ma...
HAGAZUSSA: A Heathen's Curse -- two ways to read the subtitle (SPOILERS)
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Hagazussa (2017), as representative of a trend in modern witch stories. Is she cursed as a heathen, the victim of her mother's legacy, or is it she who curses, her heathen's ire directed at those who've made her? Thank you! This is our 50th review video, and we now have over 175,000 views and nearly 1,000 subscribers! Let us know what you'd like to see in future videos. Please consider supporti...
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) -- a funny sort of horror (spoilers!)
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Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Thank you! The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976), why this horror with a satirical edge is more clever than your average slasher film. Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim the...
SAINT MAUD (2019) - Never Waste Your Pain (Spoilers!!!)
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Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Thank you! WARNING! Spoilers for Saint Maud (2019), revealing a tortured mind through a narrow lens. Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim they are definitive or exhaustive. P...
FEMME FATALE: Split Screen - A Case In Point
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Please consider supporting this channel through PATREON: www.patreon.com/ShootMeReviews Thank you! WARNING! Spoilers for Femme Fatale (2002), a look at how DePalma creates a complete picture. Disclaimers: I am not a film scholar and am presenting only my own observations, for what they're worth. While I hope some may find my insights interesting, I do not claim they are definitive or exhaustive...
February aka The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) - Tension and the Slow Burn - Part II of II (spoilers!)
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February aka The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) - Tension and the Slow Burn - Part II of II (spoilers!)
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) - Tension and the Slow Burn (spoilers!)
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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) - Tension and the Slow Burn (spoilers!)
PURPLE NOON / Plein Soleil -- The Talented Mr. Ripley from a French perspective (SPOILERS!)
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PURPLE NOON / Plein Soleil The Talented Mr. Ripley from a French perspective (SPOILERS!)
THE LOBSTER (2015) -- love is blind? (Spoilers!)
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THE LOBSTER (2015) love is blind? (Spoilers!)
THE BABADOOK (2014) vs MONSTER (2005) -- development of a short to feature length (SPOILERS!)
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THE BABADOOK (2014) vs MONSTER (2005) development of a short to feature length (SPOILERS!)
BURNING (2018) -- an outstanding filmic accomplishment (SPOILERS!)
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BURNING (2018) an outstanding filmic accomplishment (SPOILERS!)
TIDELAND (2005) -- a happy delusion and the virtue of madness (SPOILERS!!!)
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TIDELAND (2005) a happy delusion and the virtue of madness (SPOILERS!!!)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) -- a tragic revenge tale (SPOILERS!)
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LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) a tragic revenge tale (SPOILERS!)
Nightcrawler: Blocking - A Case In Point
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Nightcrawler: Blocking - A Case In Point
JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) -- style, with substance (SPOILERS!)
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JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) style, with substance (SPOILERS!)
A Place in the Sun (1951) - mixed messages (SPOILERS!!!)
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A Place in the Sun (1951) - mixed messages (SPOILERS!!!)
CASABLANCA (1942) -- a fight for love and glory (SPOILERS)
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CASABLANCA (1942) a fight for love and glory (SPOILERS)
NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) -- mass media is psychopathic (SPOILERS!!!)
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NIGHTCRAWLER (2014) mass media is psychopathic (SPOILERS!!!)
PERSONA (1966) - can we ever really know one another? (SPOILERS!!!)
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PERSONA (1966) - can we ever really know one another? (SPOILERS!!!)

Комментарии

  • @willsmath
    @willsmath 5 часов назад

    Watched Persona for the first time today and of course I've now had to watch multiple analysis/review videos, and in my opinion yours is by far the best!

  • @alanjslv
    @alanjslv 5 дней назад

    I thought the movie ended 3x. I enjoyed the ending.

  • @tonyperry4392
    @tonyperry4392 5 дней назад

    I thought chalmers went out of his way to make Frank welcome at the beginning, until Ross /Renick got shot

  • @tonyperry4392
    @tonyperry4392 5 дней назад

    Steve & Bill didn't need special effects, not like the far less charismatic one dimensional actors of later generations who have to show of to make themselves look hard, Steve Lee, & Charlie had that mean look & didn't need to show of or special effects

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno 12 дней назад

    Ripley is Delon.

  • @sicario1375
    @sicario1375 16 дней назад

    Saddest film I have ever seen😢😢😢

  • @billolsen4360
    @billolsen4360 16 дней назад

    5:37 The camera movement from the pistol to Bogart's face always reminds me of Duke Mantee. 25:28 Too bad that your summation of the movie is so weak.

  • @psychedelicsoul3260
    @psychedelicsoul3260 17 дней назад

    The directors style of violence always stuck with me, its ugly, messy and teeth grindingly real

  • @hanneloreotto2988
    @hanneloreotto2988 18 дней назад

    One of my favorite movies. Thanks

  • @andrewbambrick1335
    @andrewbambrick1335 22 дня назад

    This review has made me love this movie even more.

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 20 дней назад

      Thanks! It's a great film. I wish more people were aware of it.

  • @pike9893
    @pike9893 24 дня назад

    I've seen this movie, in cinema when i was 4. Can you immagine the effect of this film, in the eyes of a child, very suggestionable, like me. The gratest movie of all time. I've seen it when I was 4 years old, in the cinema, with my parents. I'm so goddam lucky, you bet it😂

  • @indigop38
    @indigop38 24 дня назад

    Actress who played Marge was atrociously bad. Was she someone in Powers's daughter or trophy wife ?

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 26 дней назад

    the most stylish western i've ever seen.

  • @Gorbleray
    @Gorbleray Месяц назад

    This has been the closest review of any I’ve read or seen to something that truly touches each piece of this film. All the other reviews seem to make sense, until you watch the film again and realize their analysis only fits half the film - like assembling a puzzle and fitting together a cohesive picture, but ignoring you left out 50% of the pieces. Where as you rather use all the pieces and realize there are still holes, as in that must be part of the original design. Good work, A+. Such a good movie, too.

  • @ddevvnnull198
    @ddevvnnull198 Месяц назад

    This was so well reviewed. Lyrically articulated.

  • @paulhillier8020
    @paulhillier8020 Месяц назад

    one of the best movies ever made a master piece

  • @eminece-r6b
    @eminece-r6b Месяц назад

    It was a weird movie but very interesting

  • @sonicdewd
    @sonicdewd Месяц назад

    Maybe the audition dance scene in Flashdance? Nervously putting the needle onto the vinyl? And the camera work in the dance? Also I remember the camera work and editing of the ice skating scene gave me goosebumps at the time. I don't know, maybe I'm out of my league suggesting these things, just my input.

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews Месяц назад

      Thanks for your thoughts. I rewatched that scene after reading your post. It does have a very nice visual metaphor. When she arrives, she's visibly nervous and her hand shakes as she attempts to place the needle of the record player onto the record. She has to steady herself as she drops it so that it will find its groove, in much the same way she finds hers in the dancing.

  • @jakek.8128
    @jakek.8128 Месяц назад

    This was really insightful!

  • @crystalfelicia9924
    @crystalfelicia9924 Месяц назад

    That's a bit biased it seems ur in favor on the AMERICAN version merely cuz it is the American version! Argento didn't fail to incorporate the political issues of the time; it wasn't about that. The story was clear cut and simple exploring witchcraft in an institution that was modern and reputed, one would not think nor expect it from such a place and situation. That being said after various attempts, finally got around to watching the 2018 version and it was good!

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews Месяц назад

      I agree it wasn't about that. I disagree that I prefer the American version. The original Suspiria is a unique and brilliant film.

  • @clumsydad7158
    @clumsydad7158 Месяц назад

    Granger plays the role as confused, just as he did in Rope, and is excellent at being the second fiddle, dragged along and unable to know nor assert his true self. Although I enjoyed his performance, I think Hitch left the door open for the definitive version of this movie to be made. We may yet have a pending classic on our hands, if it can fall into deft hands that go back to Highsmith's source material, and draws out the deeper moral ambiguity in a new adaptation.

  • @clumsydad7158
    @clumsydad7158 Месяц назад

    This could have been on of Hitchcock's greats, a very strong first half. Everything languishes hard though w/ the dry tennis match and into the finale. I also thought there was a lost opportunity to make Granger's character even more ambiguous, such as the possibility of a wry smile at the end. As in fact, he is the beneficiary of Walker's warped sensibilities, in that he took care of his ex- for him. Similar to Bates in Psycho, Bruno is an immature villain and feels victimized by family dysfunction.

  • @clumsydad7158
    @clumsydad7158 Месяц назад

    found this movie a huge disappointment after the first 2

  • @clumsydad7158
    @clumsydad7158 Месяц назад

    this is exactly what i was looking for, an analysis of marion ... excellent, ty. Amazing analysis of shadows and reflections.

  • @CliffBronson1212
    @CliffBronson1212 Месяц назад

    Favorite McQueen film/role ...it's Steve as Steve is, almost

  • @arujKhan6969
    @arujKhan6969 Месяц назад

    How could the body be imaginary? That would mean so is Jane and so are her lackies and so is the film stock stolen… cmonnn it’s a lot more complex obviously man was killed for having an affair with an important woman

  • @tylerthompson1842
    @tylerthompson1842 Месяц назад

    How come no one’s talking about how Buzz from Home Alone is his badass best friend?

  • @burldawson
    @burldawson 2 месяца назад

    Enlightened. Thank you!

  • @leftcoaster67
    @leftcoaster67 2 месяца назад

    I do wish they gave a bit more detail on Chalmers. He's never called a senator, nor given a title. It would explain more why he bosses so many people around. Just because your rich you can't walk into a hospital, and see medical charts, or get the police to do what you want. The cryptic "He's grooming himself for public office" doesn't help much either. Is he a D.A.? If they gave him a title it would make more sense.

  • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
    @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 2 месяца назад

    The American dream IS shallow.

  • @solgato5186
    @solgato5186 2 месяца назад

    Baader-Meinhof weren't all that radical if you know what they came from and fought against; ther followers were like a lot of Western Marxists, overwhelmingly clueless about Marxism. All resistance to capitalism appears fanatical the moment it appears to have any ability to change the status quo of genocide & slavery. The bourgeoisie get you to virtue signal wanting change for the better while keeping you terrified of an upset to this status quo. Those with little enough more to lose than their chains to overthrowing the bourgeoisie are presented to you as something you must be protected from and fear becoming should you stop running the hamster wheel that feeds our lives to the rich.

  • @les-b5p
    @les-b5p 2 месяца назад

    I've known myself for years, if not minutes.

  • @cliffgaither
    @cliffgaither 2 месяца назад

    You pointed-out some very disturbing characteristics of George E. Most people aren't going to see them because Clift's performance is so sympathetic. Yeah ... when he took her out onto the lake, it was part of his plan to kill her. He changed his mind because he wasn't a cold-blooded killer. It was too late, Winters had to stand in the boat to teach us all a lesson. The director is playing with our emotions and morals. Clift is so easy-going and lyrical we want to see him found not guilty so he can be free to be w/Angela. To hell with what's-her-name. George would have been miserable for the rest of his life if he had been stuck with Alice Tripp. Clift was magnificently humanized ... but after the romantic Hollywood blah, blah, blah ... he took her out on that boat with the purpose of killing her ... he changed his mind and realized he was too decent to murder ... Life didn't let him off the hook because he changed his mind. That is more cruel than planning the murder ... taking her out on the boat. Clift's statement about not being sure if he is guilty of "any of it" ... His confusion is his last grain of self-respect. His last self-delusion. His mother is there. He has to give her something of her "little georgie". She is far-too religious to be fooled. He is too intelligent not to know he is responsible :: "Man! !" "If I hadn't taken her out on the boat". "She would be alive". "I wouldn't be going to the gas chamber". The stoicism of Clift's last walk of shame ... he knew he fucked up ! _( Alice was having his baby ! )_

  • @RobertGraziose
    @RobertGraziose 2 месяца назад

    Who played Bruno? The actors name. Wasn't he the guy George C Scott hit in Patton?

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 2 месяца назад

      Bruno is played by Robert Walker, who would probably have been much better known today if not for his tragic death at a young age. The soldier in Patton was played by Tim Considine. I do see some resemblance now that you mention it.

  • @mrtn1478
    @mrtn1478 2 месяца назад

    You shouldn't give away the endings of other Movies (for example The VVitch), without Spoiler-Warning. I have seen it, but other people might have not...

  • @MidnightInExile
    @MidnightInExile 2 месяца назад

    Consider this; She was the monster they feared. She cursed the entire village to death by plague to get revenge for what two of them did.

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 2 месяца назад

      Yes, exactly. She becomes an evil witch by the movie's end. The question is whether this was inevitable, The film seems to suggest she was pushed into this and transformed into evil as opposed to revealed as evil by nature. As I mentioned, I see this as a common thread in a lot of modern witch-stories.

    • @MidnightInExile
      @MidnightInExile 2 месяца назад

      @@ShootMeMovieReviews She always had a choice. Everyone does. But once her mother abused her, the stage was set and the doors were open. If the father of her child is not human and she accepted it (when that Swina chick's fat friend r'd her, she reacted as if it had never happened before, contradicting the potential for it to be a human, heathen or otherwise) then she made that choice by act 2.

  • @asdf-oq4zr
    @asdf-oq4zr 2 месяца назад

    I loved this movie. It felt like the only "realistic" revenge flick id ever seen. Like, if one of us decided to do something similar, it would (at best) end up like this.

  • @NoosaHeads
    @NoosaHeads 3 месяца назад

    This is in my 10 most favourite movies of all time. (I would also put Fargo into that top 10 list).

  • @BloodnightStudios
    @BloodnightStudios 3 месяца назад

    The response about God creating man was not about abandonment but about humans not loving God back. In the same way, Hobby is saying that why can’t they create AI and humans will have the free will to love them or not.

  • @folkrock4u
    @folkrock4u 3 месяца назад

    Chalmers was not a senator.

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 2 месяца назад

      DA? Judge? State Senator?

    • @tonyperry4392
      @tonyperry4392 5 дней назад

      Yes I think he was hoping to put himself in the running to become a senator, he obviously had a lot of influence hoping to further his career with the Ross case

  • @fairamir1
    @fairamir1 3 месяца назад

    David in the end was not deceived she was his mother...the AI 's explained that to him.

  • @fairamir1
    @fairamir1 3 месяца назад

    "rather than making him real "...no they had no choice they could not make him real.

  • @poussiereproductions9269
    @poussiereproductions9269 3 месяца назад

    Perfection

  • @GreenEyedDazzler
    @GreenEyedDazzler 4 месяца назад

    The best review of this movie on RUclips I swear

  • @Barot8
    @Barot8 4 месяца назад

    Both are really great movies. Thank you for the review.

  • @louiseglass3352
    @louiseglass3352 4 месяца назад

    I believe he never would have killer Shelly Winters- and he loved Elizabeth beyond belief. My husband said you can’t arrest someone for wanting someone dead- he’d have to have thrown her off the boat and drowned her - he was sad lonely confused and I don’t believe he should have been arrested- everything legally was circumsntial evidence- in court Raymond Burr loses it screaming- not allowed and says he broke an oar on her head- this is not how the legal system works-the judge would have reprimanded his outburst- it’s a movie NOT real life- I’ve watched it three times and my heart went out to all the victims -

  • @MauriceW.Schlieper
    @MauriceW.Schlieper 4 месяца назад

    I really like this. Violence very often seems like a complementary thing where both genders initiate violence within their own possible capabilities. Especially in close relationships there seems to be some underlying partly sexual primitive instinct of control

  • @leonardoalfonso7080
    @leonardoalfonso7080 4 месяца назад

    Excellent video! Please do a review on Annihilation.

  • @ben_has_hobbies
    @ben_has_hobbies 4 месяца назад

    As a native German speaker the film is almost unwatchable. The bad German of most of the cast breaks any immersion. Especially Tilda Swinton as Klemperer is just laughable. Of course that isn't a problem for most viewers since they are likely to not speak German. For me it turned this into a pretty looking student movie.