tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post5772106313942505442..comments2023-10-24T01:19:24.492-04:00Comments on Little Worlds : Tiptoe through The Further with Insidious (I)Richard Bellamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-22865077626099223832011-04-19T16:38:09.931-04:002011-04-19T16:38:09.931-04:00Sam - Thanks so much for watching, and thanks imme...Sam - Thanks so much for watching, and thanks immensely for your appreciation; it means a lot to me! The student, who helped me the most with that movie, and I are now working a doc/reenactment of Pickett's Charge, using old Gettysburg footage I have and more soldiers.<br /><br />"Playing in all the multi-plexes" - but just not on Cape Cod. What gives?<br /><br />I agree, <i>Glory</i> is the best of the Civil War movies.<br /><br />Give me the word when you've posted on <i>The Conspirator</i>.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-83477328471614907632011-04-18T21:10:43.929-04:002011-04-18T21:10:43.929-04:00I just checked it out at Jason's place I am tr...I just checked it out at Jason's place I am truthfully awestruck Hokahey! It's utterly fantastic!! I tip my cap to you several times for this. Geez, it's as compelling as the best re-enactments and it's endlessly creative to boot! Well, now that I see just how much into the Civil War you are, I might well have to urge a special trip to Cambridge, though to be honest it's playing in all the multiplexes.<br /><br />I haven't yet placed a comment at The Cooler, but I now see that Jason has a few issues. I don't share them, but I can respect where he's coming from. The best Civil War movie for me is GLORY1989), but the Ken Burns series in incomparable. For his limited budget I thought Redford did a great job, but I need to get on to a review. <br /><br />Again, this doc is really buffo!!!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-29822557088466755572011-04-18T16:07:06.674-04:002011-04-18T16:07:06.674-04:00Sam - In case you are interested in the Civil War ...Sam - In case you are interested in the Civil War doc. I made for my history class - I was fortunate enough to have Jason of the Cooler include it in his post on the documentary <a href="http://coolercinema.blogspot.com/2010/12/little-worlds-marwencol-and-hokaheys.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Marencol</i></a>. Take a look.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-19768988733242544282011-04-18T11:42:15.683-04:002011-04-18T11:42:15.683-04:00Sam, thanks for the comment. I can see the objecti...Sam, thanks for the comment. I can see the objections one would have with this movie. But there are very unsettling elements, as you say. I saw it a second time and noticed more - in the shots during the credits there are faces and footprints. <br /><br />As for <i>The Conspirator</i> I'm dying to see it. I'm into the Civil War in a big way. (I made a doc for my history class incorporating footage of Antietam battlefield along with toy soldiers staging parts of the battle.) But I am jealous of you big city folk. It has not hit Cape Cod yet. I may have to go up to Cambridge if it doesn't get here quick.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-9326880364303162712011-04-17T20:18:25.366-04:002011-04-17T20:18:25.366-04:00I wasn't a fan of this film at all Hokahey, bu...I wasn't a fan of this film at all Hokahey, but I'm certainly willing to allow for a far more appreciative position, especially one as well-delineated as this essay has been. And I will admit that the use of 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' was eerie and unsettling. At some point I'll see this a second time (on DVD no doubt) and I'll keep in mind some of your contentions. I recalled THE STRANGERS while watching it las week at my local multiplex with three of my kids.<br /><br />I do hope you will write something on THE CONSPIRATOR, which I saw over the weekend. Some critics have had issues, but I am willing to defend it to the hilt. Redford has done a great job humanizing this little-known sub-plot of the Lincoln Assassination literature. But I'm a lifelong Civil War buff and Lincoln fanatic, so perhaps I'm a bit biased.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-87023968949731556562011-04-13T22:33:15.044-04:002011-04-13T22:33:15.044-04:00Jason - Byrne is especially good in this movie and...Jason - Byrne is especially good in this movie and she plays a wider range of emotions than in <i>Knowing</i> in which she mainly looks distressed. It's also fun - and a masterstroke of plotting - that she demands that they leave the haunted house - and they DO!<br /><br />This movie is truly scary. I was still thinking about it today before I got your comment.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929352816561809263.post-14885421557468206072011-04-12T18:21:24.723-04:002011-04-12T18:21:24.723-04:00I really like Rose Byrne. Too bad she keeps appear...I really like Rose Byrne. Too bad she keeps appearing in movies I can't bear to watch.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.com