Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012) – There is a musician that performs under the name Girl Talk. What he does is creates new songs composed entirely of samples of other songs. Yet what he creates manages to be something new. Quentin Tarantino is one hundred percent the cinematic version of that and, as Entourage pointed out, “Tarantino … Continue reading
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) – Sergio Corbucci’s Django is one of the classics of the spaghetti western genre. It’s been hailed for its style and brutality and its enigmatic main character. More than thirty unofficial sequels and spin-offs and homages have been made to it. I have seen next to none of them, but I … Continue reading
Django (1966)
Django (1966) – The American West. It’s been endlessly romanticized in film, with the likes of John Wayne and Gary Cooper showing us how men should act. It’s American as apple pie. Truthfully, the legend of the Old West like so many other parts of American history was written in blood. The Italians (perhaps being … Continue reading
13 Assassins (2010)
13 Assassins (2010) – If you say the name Takashi Miike, the people who know it likely associate him with the wildly disturbing scenes from movies like Audition and Ichi the Killer. He even had a cameo in the “torture porn” film Hostel, telling the main characters “if you’re not careful you could spend all your … Continue reading
Masters of Horror – John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns
Masters of Horror – John Carpenter‘s Cigarette Burns In 2005 I thought Showtime’s series Masters of Horror was about the coolest idea ever. Allowing icons of the horror film world to create hour-long movies every week free from network interference (though Showtime did end up declining to air Takashi Miike’s Imprint) was something I was … Continue reading
Audition (1999)
Audition (1999) — Takashi Miike is a man who seems to have some issues. I bought Audition years ago when I worked at Suncoast yet have never got around to watching it until now. I have seen purchased and watched two other Miike films: Ichi the Killer and Sukiyaki Western Django, both of which I … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 