cyberhobo

A fairly standard story of escape from vengeful gangsters is the format for a lot cinematography that seems progressive for the time, and interludes of sincere philosophical conversation between all the characters, good guys and bad.

To me this is a retelling of the fable of Prince Gautama’s early forays from the castle – young men venture out into the world for the first time and encounter human suffering there. The scenes on the road are irresistable to me. The earth is a character, and the they become lost in it…

This movie makes you think that just following Roberto Benigni around on the street would be exhaustingly funny. We had to take a break halfway through this farcical tale of mistaken identity and sexual perversion, but I sure wouldn’t want to miss the closing scene…

I thought I’d had enough film noir for a while, but wanted to get this one last classic in. Well worth it. Best of all, the sound track is mostly guitar instead of orchestra. The reparte may not be as snappy as a Dashiell Hammet story, but there’s also less melodrama here, which makes for…

We seem to be catching on to controversial 70’s movies lately. This one would be good just as a drug bust movie, but it’s excellent as a scathing attack on the war on drugs. Like Dog Day Afternoon was revealing of Al Pacino’s early career, here Gene Hackman shines 10 years after his debut. It’s…

For me this movie was a good history lesson about Queen Victoria and the labor and tory parties, with some really good performances.