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I absolutely love Barbarella. Jane Fonda is hotter than a bright sun in that film. I only recently discovered the unrated cut, which I must say offered a few nice surprises (always in doubles) ;-). It's a delightfully campy film with a celebration of the sexual revolution of the '60s, a great score, an excellent cast, amazing sets, ... there's nothing not to enjoy. This is one of those films I regularly return to.
Kind of a similar premise featuring our very own Colin Salmon in the beginning and the end of the film. I watched it last week and thought it was pretty good.
Not heard of it before though will look out for Exam.
I saw Exam many years ago. It was okay but I wasn't thrilled by it. It felt like something inspired by Cube, which I still think is the best of its kind.
I'd be very interested in that cut :p Is it widely available or do you need some digging to find it?
@GoldenGun
The Arrow Video Blu-ray of Barbarella is the uncut version. I presume other Blu-rays as well, also in our region. The DVD I owned had the edited '77 version (for that country whose inhabitants love their guns but are afraid of the nipple.)
What the hell happened here? Losey didn't want to make the film? It's hard to imagine a more malicious adaptation.
Hmmm the Arrow one is Region A I see, so can't play it on my bluray player. It's also 98 min, while the version on Prime that I watched was only 94, so I suppose I didn't see the 'unrated' one then. If there's a Region B bluray that has the 98 min version, I'll probably pick it up / order it online. Unless it's like a 100 bucks or so :p
Brian De Palmas conspiracy thriller, part Antonionis 'Blow Up' and part Coppolas 'The Conversation'. John Travolta plays the sound effects man for low rent porn films, one night while recording night sounds, he witnesses a car crashing and plunging into a river. Diving in, he rescues the girl passenger, ( Nancy Allen) but the driver dies, who turns out to be a Governor with Presidential prospects. Later, he discovers on his recordings that there was a gunshot just before the crash, and realises he was witness to an assassination, and he and the girl become targets of a hit man ( a chilling John Lithgow) out to clean up loose ends! Really enjoyable suspenser from De Palma, with a lovely Pino Donaggio score, and lensed by the great Vilmos Zsigmond. Terrific set pieces, with De Palmas usual bravura camerawork ( a scene where Travolta is scrambling through tapes in his office, as the camera circles the room is excellent, as is a beautiful shot in the tense finale of Travolta cradling Nancy Allens character, as fireworks go off behind him) and the downbeat ending is a real choker! Excellent movie!
Excellent movie, indeed!
But wow does this movie work. I was quickly involved in the film. Great performances by the whole cast, including Javier Bardem (got to throw in a Bond reference). I loved Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes. Nice soundtrack by Hans Zimmer! Definitely worth a watch and one that I would recommend catching either in the cinemas where I saw it or at home on Apple TV. Probably plays better on the big screen.
I've seen Brick advertised on Netflix, but but seen it myself.