I played the role of "Darren" at the beginning. When Carl talked to me about the film before I auditioned he was really passionate about the story and the characters. I just came across your channel and another and I'm humbled to see people still loving this film It's on Criterion now. Talk about Awesome. Great review. Derrick.
I first learned of this movie in one of Rogert Ebert's movie review books that I purchased at half price book store.. One false move takes you on a emotional rollercoaster primarily because of the opening scene.. After that scene I was hooked.. Michael Beach is one of the most terrifying villains that I can remember in recent films .. I enjoyed it very much. 👍👍👍
My grandmother's house in Cotton Plant, Arkansas was used as the sheriff's home in the movie. Back in 1992 I was horrified by the opening murder scene. My grandmother would have been horrified by the language in the movie. It's a great movie. And my grandmother's old house got a back deck out of the deal.
This film is one of the best of 90s literally so hood and meaningful especially in today's society love this classic thanks to S&E Rip to both great men
Picked up the criterion release a month or so ago and was pleasantly surprised. No idea why, but I had never heard of the movie prior to the announcement. When I seen the beautiful new cover and went on to read the synopsis, I knew this was going to be right up my alley, and couldn't have been more spot on. Loved it beginning to end. Although the supplements are a bit on the light side it had a great written essay and between both the commentary and a sit down conversation with both Carl Franklin and Billy Bob Thornton, Great insight on a 90's hidden gem.
yes, this is one of those movies that went unheralded mostly at the time, and then mostly disappeared. thanks for explaining what's in the Criterion edition!
Hey there, just wanted to let you know that I stumbled upon your channel today and subscribed almost right away. I love your analysis of these films -- really nice work. Keep it coming!!
Rewatched it last night after many years, thinking it might be better than I remember it being when it was released... after it finished and I remembered what I really liked about it: great characters, great dialog, a brilliant sense of time and location and a truly truly terrifying villain in Pluto (seriously, he should be in every 'top ten villains in cinema' list), but after watching it I realised the reasons why I don't like it as a whole. Spoilers below. ...The ending. The film is an absolutely brilliant exercise in build up. From the start to about five minutes before the end it's the classic Western trope: the bad guys coming to town and the small town sheriff preparing for it. Okay, so it could go the cliche'd way and end up with a big fight where the hero wins or it can deftly subvert that: the problem is that the film does something in between. The ending seems so rushed and dour, like Thornton had painted himself into a corner. There's no resolution, but no interesting ambiguity either. I can't help but compare it to the great Lone Star, a fantastic neo-noir Western drama that does have a fantastic downbeat ending that subverts expectations. Anyway, my two cents' worth.
i've just watched it recently and it's great. on par with fargo (movie). fun fact: cynda williams was thornton's wife at this time PLUS thornton played in the fargo series
I don't think I've ever heard of this movie. I'll definitely have to check it out! Thanks for the recommendation!! A few forgotten classics I'd recommend are, After Hours, The Best of Youth, Babe Pig in the City. I'd include Dark City, but I know you've brought it up before :)
yes! I have two of your three on my "Forgotten Classics" shelf right here, ready to be made whenever I can get to them. Absolutely love Babe Pig in the City. (After Hours as well.) The other one I have not seen, so I will put on a watchlist. thank you.
@@LearningaboutMovies It's a six hour Italian film that centers in the lives of two brothers and their family spanning from the 1960's to the early 2000's. It's a long movie but there's never a moment where I thought it dragged. It received a lot of praise and positive reviews from many audiences and critics including Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper. Sadly it's been overlooked and forgotten since.
Brilliant film, wonderfully done and well acted. For the faint of heart, I'd suggest skipping the early scene of the LA crime. Many of us are now more accustomed to the choreographed and stylized violence popularized since The Matrix, or over-the-top horror movies, and not the raw brutality presented once they enter the house. I saw this film during its original release and was enthralled, and still have my DVD version. I haven't lived there in two decades, and shoutout to my wonderful New Orleans arthouse theatres - great memories.
Great film. The action scenes and main characters are treated with care. First act spends alot of time setting the scene, and it really takes off from there where you see how the events impact the characters, and their true selves show by the end of it. One interesting point to note is Bill's character desire to goto LA to essentially make it into the "big leagues" of policing, and Cyndy is coming back from LA after trying to make it in hollywood. Their worlds collide in act 3 where all the cards are essentially shown - where both cyndy and bill's character seem alot more flat at first glance (based on location, race stereotypes), and much deeper/complex as well as flawed by the end. Pluto is also used as a device to 1) make outright remarks calling out the stereotypes 2) reverse dynamic between him/ray 3) lastly his god-like intellectualism/omniscience. This movie uses the gang/robbery main plot for its' true objective which is a character study on Bill and Cyndy's character, and commentary about identity/stereotypes.
could you do a godard film next? i'd love to see your insight on his work, especially with a bout de souffle, vivre sa vie, or le mepris. keep up the great content. cheers!
yes. at some point I'll go back through Godard's 1960s work and do a whole series of videos on them, just as I am doing now with Bergman (which you should begin to see appearing this month through the summer). thank you very much for the compliment. somewhere on letterboxd I have written brief comments about some of those Godard movies you mention. Can't remember which ones though!
Just watched it and enjoyed it except i know Bill Paxton gets shot because in all the movies he's in he gets killed and that bothered me.Did he live???
- T H E C R I T E R I O N C O L L E C T I O N - ●● " " Devil In A Blue Dress " " A N D . . . ●● " " One False Move " " . - Both Derected By Carl Franklin . -
I played the role of "Darren" at the beginning. When Carl talked to me about the film before I auditioned he was really passionate about the story and the characters. I just came across your channel and another and I'm humbled to see people still loving this film
It's on Criterion now. Talk about Awesome. Great review.
Derrick.
You did an awesome job bro this movie should be known all over but back in day black dir we know rest keep pushing
It is one of the best of the 90s. Very character driven and the plot plays out organically.
I first learned of this movie in one of Rogert Ebert's movie review books that I purchased at half price book store..
One false move takes you on a emotional rollercoaster primarily because of the opening scene..
After that scene I was hooked..
Michael Beach is one of the most terrifying villains that I can remember in recent films .. I enjoyed it very much. 👍👍👍
My grandmother's house in Cotton Plant, Arkansas was used as the sheriff's home in the movie. Back in 1992 I was horrified by the opening murder scene. My grandmother would have been horrified by the language in the movie. It's a great movie. And my grandmother's old house got a back deck out of the deal.
excellent, thank you.
This film is one of the best of 90s literally so hood and meaningful especially in today's society love this classic thanks to S&E Rip to both great men
Picked up the criterion release a month or so ago and was pleasantly surprised.
No idea why, but I had never heard of the movie prior to the announcement. When I seen the beautiful new cover and went on to read the synopsis, I knew this was going to be right up my alley, and couldn't have been more spot on. Loved it beginning to end.
Although the supplements are a bit on the light side it had a great written essay and between both the commentary and a sit down conversation with both Carl Franklin and Billy Bob Thornton, Great insight on a 90's hidden gem.
yes, this is one of those movies that went unheralded mostly at the time, and then mostly disappeared. thanks for explaining what's in the Criterion edition!
30 years and still cool
The woman who played Fantasia, Cindy Williams❤❤❤❤❤
Still cringe thinking of the scene where Paxton overhears the city detectives mocking him. Paxtons best work!
agree, this was Paxton's best film - he also shined in ALIENS & PREDATOR II,even if danny glover was very very bad
BBT and BP were both terrific in this, as was the rest of the cast. Franklin’s directing was top shelf too.
agreed. thanks.
Hey there, just wanted to let you know that I stumbled upon your channel today and subscribed almost right away. I love your analysis of these films -- really nice work. Keep it coming!!
thank you very much.
Rewatched it last night after many years, thinking it might be better than I remember it being when it was released... after it finished and I remembered what I really liked about it: great characters, great dialog, a brilliant sense of time and location and a truly truly terrifying villain in Pluto (seriously, he should be in every 'top ten villains in cinema' list), but after watching it I realised the reasons why I don't like it as a whole. Spoilers below.
...The ending. The film is an absolutely brilliant exercise in build up. From the start to about five minutes before the end it's the classic Western trope: the bad guys coming to town and the small town sheriff preparing for it. Okay, so it could go the cliche'd way and end up with a big fight where the hero wins or it can deftly subvert that: the problem is that the film does something in between. The ending seems so rushed and dour, like Thornton had painted himself into a corner. There's no resolution, but no interesting ambiguity either. I can't help but compare it to the great Lone Star, a fantastic neo-noir Western drama that does have a fantastic downbeat ending that subverts expectations. Anyway, my two cents' worth.
excellent comment, thank you
Criterion July release.
i've just watched it recently and it's great. on par with fargo (movie). fun fact: cynda williams was thornton's wife at this time PLUS thornton played in the fargo series
A great movie , I own the dvd and just re-watched it recently . Thanks .
excellent. you're welcome.
I don't think I've ever heard of this movie. I'll definitely have to check it out! Thanks for the recommendation!!
A few forgotten classics I'd recommend are, After Hours, The Best of Youth, Babe Pig in the City.
I'd include Dark City, but I know you've brought it up before :)
yes! I have two of your three on my "Forgotten Classics" shelf right here, ready to be made whenever I can get to them. Absolutely love Babe Pig in the City. (After Hours as well.) The other one I have not seen, so I will put on a watchlist. thank you.
@@LearningaboutMovies It's a six hour Italian film that centers in the lives of two brothers and their family spanning from the 1960's to the early 2000's. It's a long movie but there's never a moment where I thought it dragged.
It received a lot of praise and positive reviews from many audiences and critics including Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper. Sadly it's been overlooked and forgotten since.
It's good...love the unknown actors in movie.
First heard about the movie watching S&E. I then watched it on cable. A good movie that hits all the beats, imho.
Brilliant film, wonderfully done and well acted. For the faint of heart, I'd suggest skipping the early scene of the LA crime. Many of us are now more accustomed to the choreographed and stylized violence popularized since The Matrix, or over-the-top horror movies, and not the raw brutality presented once they enter the house. I saw this film during its original release and was enthralled, and still have my DVD version. I haven't lived there in two decades, and shoutout to my wonderful New Orleans arthouse theatres - great memories.
thank you.
Great film. The action scenes and main characters are treated with care. First act spends alot of time setting the scene, and it really takes off from there where you see how the events impact the characters, and their true selves show by the end of it.
One interesting point to note is Bill's character desire to goto LA to essentially make it into the "big leagues" of policing, and Cyndy is coming back from LA after trying to make it in hollywood. Their worlds collide in act 3 where all the cards are essentially shown - where both cyndy and bill's character seem alot more flat at first glance (based on location, race stereotypes), and much deeper/complex as well as flawed by the end. Pluto is also used as a device to 1) make outright remarks calling out the stereotypes 2) reverse dynamic between him/ray 3) lastly his god-like intellectualism/omniscience.
This movie uses the gang/robbery main plot for its' true objective which is a character study on Bill and Cyndy's character, and commentary about identity/stereotypes.
Please do more of these "forgotten movies" videos.
Thank you. So far, 18 have been released. The list is here at the bottom of the page:
joshmatthews.org/what-makes-this-movie-great-list-of-videos/
could you do a godard film next? i'd love to see your insight on his work, especially with a bout de souffle, vivre sa vie, or le mepris. keep up the great content. cheers!
yes. at some point I'll go back through Godard's 1960s work and do a whole series of videos on them, just as I am doing now with Bergman (which you should begin to see appearing this month through the summer). thank you very much for the compliment.
somewhere on letterboxd I have written brief comments about some of those Godard movies you mention. Can't remember which ones though!
Good choice, another cool (fun) movie during that era was Diggstown... Strong performance, directing, emotional/twisty writing
thank you, yes I think that one is also on Criterion Channel.
Agreed! Terrific film!
thank you.
totally !!
It has the best stabbing scene ever. So real. So sensitive
thanks.
It's on plutotv
Great movie all bad ass
glad that you like it.
Just watched it and enjoyed it except i know Bill Paxton gets shot because in all the movies he's in he gets killed and that bothered me.Did he live???
Spoiler! He lived, but died recently, maybe a couple of years ago. He did survive the Twister in "Twister," didn't he?
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T H E C R I T E R I O N C O L L E C T I O N
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●● " " Devil In A Blue Dress " " A N D . . .
●● " " One False Move " " .
- Both Derected By Carl Franklin .
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Such a bad actress