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My thoughts on particular films - intended to review and analyze the material to spark discussion, preferably for viewers already familiar with the film. I would encourage viewers to see any of the movies discussed.
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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This is intended for viewers who are familiar with the film, but if spoilers are not a deterrent, it is not necessary to have seen the movie to follow this video.
All clips taken from Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964). This video was made for the purpose of film appreciation/criticism and I believe these contents fall under fair use IP laws. The clips in use are transformed using voice-over, sequential re-ordering and cuts, and are offered only to illustrate the discussion. I encourage all viewers to legally obtain and view every film I review before watching my videos.
NOTE - I have not posted in a while because TH-cam's copyright policy has seen my last 3 videos in a row being blocked without justification. My videos fall under fair use and do not violate copyright, but TH-cam's policies err on the side of caution and offer no reasonable opportunity to argue one's case. I am hoping to find a different platform going forward, but for now will continue to post here.
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:
th-cam.com/channels/6F8KLDA90z2lpmXXS1kDSg.htmlfeatured
Check out my movie reviews on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/ShootMeReviews/films/reviews/
This is intended for viewers who are familiar with the film, but if spoilers are not a deterrent, it is not necessary to have seen the movie to follow this video.
All clips taken from Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964). This video was made for the purpose of film appreciation/criticism and I believe these contents fall under fair use IP laws. The clips in use are transformed using voice-over, sequential re-ordering and cuts, and are offered only to illustrate the discussion. I encourage all viewers to legally obtain and view every film I review before watching my videos.
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THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) -- is virtue its own reward? (SPOILERS!)
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PERSONA (1966) - can we ever really know one another? (SPOILERS!!!)
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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.
I've known myself for years, if not minutes.
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 ! )_
Who played Bruno? The actors name. Wasn't he the guy George C Scott hit in Patton?
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.
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...
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
This is in my 10 most favourite movies of all time. (I would also put Fargo into that top 10 list).
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.
Chalmers was not a senator.
David in the end was not deceived she was his mother...the AI 's explained that to him.
"rather than making him real "...no they had no choice they could not make him real.
Perfection
The best review of this movie on TH-cam I swear
Both are really great movies. Thank you for the review.
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 -
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
Excellent video! Please do a review on Annihilation.
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.
RIP DELON
I think you are wrong in some parts of your conclusion, you say "humanity is saved by a rapist and murderer", but the murdered alien changed his mind, she dropped the mission, she is a traitor of the upper hierarchy aliens, she isn't anymore what humanity needs to be saved for.
That's a good point, but there's a couple of things to consider then. First, from the rapist's perspective, he only knows that she's an alien thing and is impelled to kill her. It's that instinct that (if anything) will save us. If she hadn't been starting to change, his act would have been a more perfect 'rescue', and acts of violence from such as he would in future attempts be our best hope. So, my point stands in that regard. But even if the message is that any possible redemption/mutual understanding would be undermined by human nature, it's still both nihilistic and a total condemnation of humanity. So either way, I'm not seeing value in the story. Is the blackness an image of hopelessness, or of the necessity of evil? Either way, I'm out.
Your videos and the movies that you choose to cover are awesome! Hope you come back someday ❤
I'd really like to. What stops me is that TH-cam is so unreasonable with its copyright policy that it blocks about 1/3 of my videos, and they're too much work to do only to be discarded by an algorithm that doesn't understand Fair Use.
If you like this one, check The Face of Another, to me it covers similar themes but goes more deep about identity and the style is bolder and refined
It's another fascinating film. If pressed, I'd say I prefer this one, but both are definitely worthwhile and would make an interesting double-feature.
Thank you for this great review. After I watched this last night all I could think of was Alice's awful, hopeless predicament. She held onto her virtue while dating George for quite a while and only "gave in" after he invited himself into her room and almost forced himself on her. Later on, she went to a doctor hoping he would "help," her but he made it clear he would do no such thing. At that time pregnant women could not work and she knew she would be fired as soon as she started to show. This left her in a desperate situation, leaving her with no choice but to nag and then yell at George to do the right thing. It bothered me to read the reviews of this on IMBD where most of the talk is about the great tragic love story between the two beautiful actors, Clift and Taylor. How quick we are to sympathize with good looking people and write off a plain girl with a whiney voice, as though her death was not as important as George's.
Ripple is no more hollow than the upper class twits, in my view they are more hollow😮
I’m starting to notice movies made by Europeans are SIGNIFICANTLY worse than those made by Americans ☹️
Beautiful analysis.
in the german dub the final phrase is "Play me the Tune of Death" wich gives less Context as to the Brother, but man the phrase hits hard
This was a brilliant film. Congratulation for all the performers and director.
My all-time fav Movie ever.
Thanks for this, helped me clear this movie up a bit
The absolute GOAT of motion pictures. 1st time watching was early 80s as a kid and I was mesmerized. The opening train scene with Bronson cannot be beat.
And my mom said when it came out it mostly failed because women hates Henry Fonda’s villain character at the time. Now it’s a masterpiece.
Can anyone tell me about Frau Tanners necklace/coin purse made of hair? I am so curious about how they use the girls hair and bodily fluids lol. Is that how they keep an eye on them? Or control?
I feel like i was way too young to watch this movie
I watched this movie when I was in juvie for a week at like, 16. Literally feels like a fever dream and I never want to watch it again LMAOOO
I love your info and more.
Comic relief from Don Gordon's Delgetti and Simon Oakland as the best boss you can have are under appreciated.
I can't understand anyone who disliked this film's ending. No other film has ever left me bawling uncontrollably like an infant as this one did and still does, even in my late 30s. In my eyes "A.I." is an irrefutably flawless film, profoundly moving and heartbreaking. Kubrick and Spielberg combined created something truly magical... not to mention deeply haunting and bittersweet.
Turned it off after an hour. It’s such a stupid story. It doesn’t make any sense.
This is a great movie 🎥 about mental health
Very good job of summing up this movie in the short time you used to do it. I first saw this movie on TV when I was a teenager. My dad was a big western movie fan and he got bored with with it in the opening first 15 minutes and went to bed . I could tell it was going to be good and I was right. I'm 66 years old and watched it many times. I always hated my dad didn't stick it out . He missed a damn good movie.
The visuals are incredible but sound scape really got me, noises that linger, build, stop, start had me in suspense as crazy as this sounds i could watch this film blind folded and still be blown away. the sound of the windmill lives in my head
Absolutely. I could make a long video about the use of sound in this film. Unfortunately TH-cam is one-by-one blocking all my videos. But the use of ambient sound both as score and as a story-telling device is unparalleled. The cicadas' sudden silence that warns McBain that someone is out there in the tall grass is absolutely chilling.
PS, please🙏 make another video of this movie!
For you freaks reading this. Pick up a copy of Christopher Frayling's, "Something to do With Death", a fantastic analysis of this movie. And that isn't to take anything away from this most excellent video!
Greatest movie ever made? ABSOLUTELY F-ING RIGHT! And it should be pointed out that Leone directed his extras like no other. I'm very happy that other people love this movie like I do. Excellent review!
Jill's train arrival and plenty of wood. No that's complimentary!
One grim fairy tale - exceptional performances by Ferland, Fletcher and McTeer. I've watched this film 3 times - and now wondering if Dickens is the son of Noah and Dell -- making him and Jeliza-Rose half-siblings and adding another creepy twist to an already macabre setting.
on Morant, after reviewing the film on my own channel I read a book on The Breaker by an Australian (Peter Fitzsimons), and that book underlines the crimes of the real unit were actually worse than depicted in the play and movie - even shooting children. The book postulates much of the bloodshed was driven by Capt Taylor (who smoothly escaped charges) while Morant was insanely murderous after the death of his friend Capt Hunt - as Morant fully expected Hunt's influence would give him great prospects in England after the war.
That's interesting, but I'm really only concerned with the film as a story, not any sort of attempt at being a historical document. Apparently both stories take their inspiration from true events, but the movies themselves are independent works. The themes of the film are important in a completely unrelated way. One important real-life aspect, though, is that there was a lot of ill-will generated by having Australian soldiers under English command executed by the English. I believe the case contributed to the adoption of a policy of having soldiers commanded by officers from their own country of origin. Regardless of the guilt or innocence of these particular men, their was a perceived injustice in apparently scapegoating soldiers who were regarded as disposable.
@@ShootMeMovieReviews yes, there was a strong reaction in Australia and a resolution that only Australian authorities could charge or deal with an Australian service man.
It will be cool when meca learn moreabout themselves from this antique. Ohhh that what humans are.doing right now! And eliminating the exclusionary code.
I saw a version where the ending has no expposion indeed no dialogue for the last 10? Minits