I have no qualms calling this movie an outstanding modern classic; I respect it more ardently than I do most 21st century cinema. Perhaps that’s due to the age I first saw it, but rewatch after rewatch my admiration hasn’t wavered.
“They had a lot of weapons, mister… and they was shootin’ bullets.”
And what a head-turning reference it is when Evans ‘recalls’ defending the US Capitol from confederate insurgents... some things, etc. etc.
“The day I die, Byron, I’m…
Screened in the actual Filmhouse cinema on the big screen along with the other New Visions short films selected & nominated at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year - and what a strange & joyous experience. Watching what we made in January over in Leith projected for real was surreal.
Hope to do it again soon :)
🥰🤩🎞📽❤️
“I meant catching the marlin instead of the fourteen trout. Doesn't that sound good?”
“If you're a trout.”
More than half the blokes in the theatre were either talking or on their phone for most of the runtime of the movie, and I really wouldn’t mind if someone Equalized every one of them.
I wonder if these people catch any of the irony that as cinemagoers go, they were acting not dissimilarly to the inconsiderate thugs this series so mercilessly punishes every few minutes. Probably not!
Underwhelming movie. Sunday afternoon £3-ticket roll of the dice. Considering all the…
Cannes ‘21 #2
So I had a wonderful time out on La Croisette tonight and at the Ceremonie d’Ouverture (my first!! Heartwarming and cool!). Afterwards, I was close to and in conversation with some absolute cinema luminaries and made some delightfully friendly new French friends. But as for the film…
The film can fuck right off. There is one shot of a coyote that’s great, and one of a salamander that’s fairly neat, and other than that nearly every choice…
