Movie Reviews
Titles starting with G
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
“Garden?” I’d say that’s a slight understatement. Just a bit bigger and it could have issued its own postage stamps, like Monaco. I wouldn’t go for a hike in that garden without a compass and a good supply of emergency food. You could easily get lost and never be found again.
The F-Cs are a wealthy family in Ferrara. You might call them aristocrats except for the fact that they are ... Read more »
Garden State
I was reminded of The Graduate, and wasn’t surprised to see several reviewers mention it. It’s not that good, but it’s not bad. The first scene is totally off the wall: Our hero is in an airliner which seems to be crashing, everyone is screaming and running about, and he sits there calmly, almost asleep, even adjusts the air blower overhead. Turns out this is ... Read more »
Garfield, The Movie
No, I didn’t see this. I don’t like the strip, I don’t like cats, and just seeing the trailer was enough to make me cough up a giant hairball. I envision that watching this movie would be like sucking shit out of the Cat in the Hat’s ass. I’d rather empty a litter box with my tongue than go see it. I’m thinking of spraying all over my home, marking my territory, to be sure this raggedy-ass ... Read more »
Gas-s-s-s
Also known as Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. The honor of being named Worst Movie Ever Made has always been a hotly contested one. So much so that I’ve found it necessary to break it down into categories. Like, was any real money spent on this bow-wow, or was it financed by a loan from your uncle, like Kubrick’s Read more »
Gas-s-s-s
Gas-s-s-s (1971) Also known as Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. The honor of being named Worst Movie Ever Made has always been a hotly contested one. So much so that I’ve found it necessary to break it down into categories. Like, was any real money spent on this bow-wow, or was it financed by a loan from your uncle, like ... Read more »
Gaslight (1940)
What a find! I only recently saw for the first time the more famous MGM version, with Ingrid Bergman’s Oscar-winning performance, and Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotton. I was very impressed. I didn’t expect much from this, but by the end I was convinced this version is better. I’m not sure which version is more faithful to the theater smash hit, but I strongly ... Read more »
Gaslight (1944)
Here was one of the gaps in my classic film knowledge. Everybody said it was great, always wanted to see it, never got around to it. Everybody was right. This is a top-notch thriller, in wonderful black and white. Charles Boyer is wonderfully scary. Angela Lansbury appears here in her first film role—she was 18!—and you could see she was destined for big things. Poor Ingrid Bergman, being ... Read more »
Gate of Hell (地獄門 (Jigokumon)
Hey, look, I was able to copy and paste Japanese ideograms! This was the 7th film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film. Wiki informs me that it is a Jidaigeki film, which means “period drama.” These are most often set in the Edo period, 1603 to 1858. Quite a long period! This one, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, happens quite a bit earlier, in 1159. ... Read more »
Gates of Heaven
I’ve been hearing about this one for a long time, and was finally inspired to rent it after seeing Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. Errol Morris is a great documentarian. In The Thin Blue Line he actually made a difference, getting a man wrongly convicted of murder freed from prison and exposing the real killer. In Read more »
The General
DIRECTED by Clyde Bruckman
PRODUCED by Buster Keaton & Joseph M Schenck
WRITTEN by Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, & Buster Keaton
BASED on The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger
ORIGINAL MUSIC by Robert Israel
CINEMATOGRAPHY by Bert Haines & Dev Jennings
ART DIRECTION by Fred Gabourie
So with the very first film I almost ... Read more »