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Post by SeanJoyce on Feb 29, 2024 4:06:22 GMT
Red Dragon gets dragged because it's glossy, soul-less, assembly-line studio product compared to the stylish, innovative crime masterpiece it remakes (Manhunter) and the landmark film (Silence of the Lambs) it desperately wants to be. 80s Michael Mann (or any Michael Mann) and 90s Jonathan Demme > Brett Ratner any day you want to try it.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 29, 2024 17:34:54 GMT
Haven't seen it but there are fans, quite a lot on Letterboxd. Anybody dig it? ) Winter Kills (1979) Who the hell is William Richert - his directing debut, he performed "miracles of persuasion" to get this cast (like moving next door to the actors, promising money they'd never get.... well, one of the financiers was murdered during production, another financier was imprisoned for life, took four years to film, insane making-of going on here).... Jeff Bridges John Huston Toshiro Mifune Elizabeth Taylor Anthony Perkins Sterling Hayden Richard Boone Eli Wallach Dorothy Malone Tomas Milian |
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Feb 29, 2024 17:50:27 GMT
Brett Ratner's Red Dragon has one of the best casts of all time. Hopkins of course, Ed Norton, Ralph Fiennes, PSH, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Mary Louise Parker. This is the one right here. |
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 29, 2024 18:08:21 GMT
László Benedek is a strange one. Who knows the name?
His first film was a colossal flop starring Sinatra - The Kissing Bandit (1948).
Then somehow got a good gig - Death of a Salesman (1951) starring Fredric March - lotta awards attention, he won a Golden Globe for Director, but it was a no-show at the box office. Then he gets Brando hot off Streetcar/Caesar and helms The Wild One (1953). These are two thumbs up for me.
His next bunch are again flops - films starring Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, and Dorothy Dandridge (her last film). He does a Rawhide ep too so you can throw Clint Eastwood in there.
Somehow emerges for The Night Visitor (1971) with Max Von Sydow & Liv Ullmann (!) a bizarre but memorable looking movie.
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