tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post6437524706627487299..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Sorcerer (1977)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-57698029887135457942021-03-20T16:55:47.720-07:002021-03-20T16:55:47.720-07:00I personally loved the back story vignettes. If I...I personally loved the back story vignettes. If I had to make one gripe, it is that they should have made one for the old guy that the Cartel Hitman killed to take his place. <br /><br />I think most people imagine him as a Nazi war criminal. Just a quick flashback of him running away from a liberated concentration camp would have been nice.Jockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292833295819266389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-74510961526344436332020-09-08T21:30:30.820-07:002020-09-08T21:30:30.820-07:00I suppose I should of said "Hollywood epic&qu...I suppose I should of said "Hollywood epic". I can see why it would be misunderstood,<br />so I admit that it was a rather ill-chosen description. However, it behooves me to ask you why you would chose to focus on that, instead on my equation of "Sorcerer" with the other two masterpieces, which seems to be a much more interesting and relevant cause to take up as a point of contention.<br /><br />Is there something about "Last Temptation" or Middle Eastern Jews (with a capital "J") that<br />somehow diverted you?Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11291218042551833942020-09-08T17:17:58.442-07:002020-09-08T17:17:58.442-07:00Oh ok but if it was an American epic that normally...Oh ok but if it was an American epic that normally means it’s based on an American story IMO but if that’s your definition good for you bye Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993282582274000207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-78637743800265503122020-09-08T13:58:12.888-07:002020-09-08T13:58:12.888-07:00Because it was financed by an American studio, pro...Because it was financed by an American studio, produced by an American production company, written by an American screenwriter, directed by an American director, starring a predominantly American cast speaking in English without the use of subtitles, and premiered in the USA.<br /><br />Jesus Christ. Is that really a serious question?Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-52752399383359642802020-09-08T05:25:35.987-07:002020-09-08T05:25:35.987-07:00Barry Miller .
How is the last temptation of Chris...Barry Miller .<br />How is the last temptation of Christ an american epic if it's based on the life of a middle eastern jew?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993282582274000207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-43735944460880386182020-05-21T22:03:53.948-07:002020-05-21T22:03:53.948-07:00Clouzot himself said it was greater than his origi...<br />Clouzot himself said it was greater than his original,and Coppola was so jealous of it that he made sure to try and top it with "Apocalypse Now".<br /><br />I rediscovered a damaged print of it in 1986 in a warehouse in New Jersey, and held a private screening of it with Roy Scheider present, who<br />proceeded to regal me with every gory detail of it's production.<br /><br />It was a grand and special evening in my life. I am personally happy to see it's better-late-than-never recognition (I was at Friedkin's personally restored screening of it at The Chinese Theatre, where he stated that he considers it his finest film) and witnessed a fully-packed 2ist century audience sit utterly silent and unmoving in their seats for several minutes after it was over. Even in my youth, they didn't sit that quietly or that long after"The Exorcist" was over, and that's really saying something.<br /><br />Every philosophy major reading Camus's "The Myth Of Sisyphus" should see it at least twice. And like every groundbreaking and towering work of art ahead of it's time, it was misunderstood and predictably damned for it's genius.<br /><br />It can sit comfortably aside "2001" and Scorsese's "Last Temptation of Christ" as one the most powerful and indelible American epics eve made. <br /><br /><br /> <br />Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-67867613723294349192018-02-12T19:02:24.620-08:002018-02-12T19:02:24.620-08:00I'm the odd duck who adores both WAGES OF FEAR...I'm the odd duck who adores both WAGES OF FEAR as well as SORCERER - I really do look at them as two completely different movies which happen to tell the same story - and both exceedingly well. Colleagues who despise SORCERER point to the "meaningless" back stories shown of our four main characters" {I think it bugs a lot of people that for something like the first 30 minutes their is not a word of English] whereas Clouzot's original begins in the jungle with zero back story describing how our "heroes" got there in the first place. Well, that argument clearly goes both ways so... F. Ben Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08736492083983845555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-57119701438099495522017-12-31T14:31:04.434-08:002017-12-31T14:31:04.434-08:00I wish the Blu-Ray offered the film's original...I wish the Blu-Ray offered the film's original 2.0 audio, which CAN be heard but only on the Spanish setting. Amongst other updates, the new remix adds sound effects to sequences that originally featured only music, which, as a result, now dilutes the stand-alone power of Tangerine Dream's score. Finally, for a film which Friedkin regards as his personal best, the Blu-Ray is shockingly bare-boned. Perhaps one day, Criterion Collection can swoop in and do it up right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411734031248578085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-42153919542535677942015-08-11T21:39:56.694-07:002015-08-11T21:39:56.694-07:00The recently released blu-ray copy is absolutely g...The recently released blu-ray copy is absolutely gorgeous. Having watched my old, cropped version dozens of times on tape and DVD, I can honestly say the blu-ray edition is almost a new film. The detail is so crisp and such a reward for die-hard fans of this film who never got a chance to see it in its glory. Check it out, for sure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231342774176442680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11445968376740036052011-03-16T10:30:39.657-07:002011-03-16T10:30:39.657-07:00I'm one of those who really would love to see ...I'm one of those who really would love to see this widescreen, either in a theater or DVD. The current DVD is cropped--not too much noticeable pan & scan, but only half there.Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.com