Demolition Man April 22, 2008
Posted by fmk in Film Diary.Tags: Bill Cobbs, Denis Leary, Jack Black, Nigel Hawthorne, Sandra Bullock, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes
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What would happen if Judge Dredd lived in a PC world?
Bananas January 16, 2008
Posted by fmk in Film Diary.Tags: Danny DeVito, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen
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Woody Allen does Castro. Or even Chavez, if you want to argue Allan’s foresight.
Farewell, My Lovely January 15, 2008
Posted by fmk in Film Diary.Tags: Charlotte Rampling, Jerry Bruckheimer, Raymond Chandler, Robert Mitchum, Sylvester Stallone
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Pug Mitchum gets all laconic as an aging Philip Marlowe in this neo-noir. Not the worst attempt at filming Chandler (Michael Winner probably holds that record, with Pug again being the dic) but far from ideal. The look is almost right – none of the glitz and glamour, everything looking dirty and run down (except the sidewalks) – but too much else is wrong, particularly the sickly sweet sentimentality. And the notion that a 58 year old Mitchum could be cast against a 29 year old Charlotte Rampling. And be allowed to kiss her on screen. Yeugh.
Trivia tip #1: Sly Stallone features in a non-talking role.
Trivia tip #2: Jerry Bruckheimer produces, way back before he teamed up with Don Simpson and patented their high concept, high octane, high nrg formula of jiggling titties and the erection-inducing power of mucho-macho flying machines shot in front of a flame-red sun.
