The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
Boy it was weird hearing that theme and that dialogue outside the context of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. I guess the style was much less appealing to me than A Better Tomorrow's, it lacked the vibrancy and rawness. Also while the film's much longer, the story feels both less intimate and lesser in scope. But the ending's pretty great.
The Present (Robert Frank, 1996)
Quite fantastic, and a good palate-cleanser after the excess of The Killer. This kind of intuitive filmmaking really speaks to me, though I think I'm too self-conscious to pull it off. Frank the person reminds me a lot of Herzog.
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