Thursday, June 25, 2009

Edinburgh, here I come

8:29 PM / Cinema / Comments5 Comments

Cinema

Well, I'm off to Edinburgh to catch the premiere of Dario Argento's latest film, Giallo. As with any new project from the maestro, it's difficult to have any idea of how it will turn out in advance, but it should at the very least be an experience. This will be the third Argento film I've seen on the big screen, after The Card Player and Suspiria, both at the Glasgow Film Theatre.

Hopefully, you can expect a full run-down tomorrow. I'm going to be putting together a review for DVD Times, but Argento movies can be notoriously difficult to digest on initial viewing, so if it takes longer for me to collect my thoughts it may end up being delayed.

 
5 Comments

1. Marcus said:

Honestly you are my only hope to get interested in this thing. BTW, do you know what happened to DarkDreams? I haven't been able to enter the site since yesterday.

(Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM)

2. Author Profile Page Michael said:

Same here - I've been hitting "refresh" madly every few minutes, but it seems to be completely dead.

Review will hopefully be up later today, but for the time being my verdict is "good, verging on very good, but with some serious problems" - the biggest of which, curiously enough, is Adrien Brody.

(Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:11 AM)

3. avanze said:

Don't expect much from Giallo, Alan Simpson over at Sex Gore Mutants reviewed the film already, with a very disappointing verdict. Personally I have no enthusiasm for this film at all.

(Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:31 AM)

4. Guillaume said:

I'm glad that you liked the film Michael!
I hope that you'll write a long review for Dvd Times and a user comment on Imdb,the film needs it!

Keith Brown liked the film:

http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=16713

(Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8:37 AM)

5. Author Profile Page Michael said:

I just got an email notification from Dark Dreams. It looks as if Cookie is able to post on it. I'm still unable to access it, however, so it may be that this is a DNS issue and it will take time for the address to propagate to all ISPs.

As for the Sex Gore Mutants review, I've just had a look at it, and while I think Alan's criticisms are valid, I'm afraid I don't agree with him at all. To me, this is a better film than both Sleepless and Mother of Tears, to say nothing of the Masters of Horror travesties.

(Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 10:36 AM)

 
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