Showing posts with label 1992. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1992. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2022

Death Becomes Her (1992)

An actress who wants to regain her youth finds an immortality solution, but she is not the first to use the method.

'Death Becomes Her' is a successful dark comedy, which has not lost its charm over the years, working perfectly even when watched these days. Meryl Streep in particular but also Goldie Hawn portray characters who are out of their comfort zone brilliantly, and Bruce Willis is wonderful in the role of the neurotic depressive Ernest. The film abounds in black humor and unexpected, skillfully potentiated situations, providing a perfect gem for  the fans of the genre and beyond.

Director:  Robert Zemeckis      
With: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack

Rating: 9/10

Saturday, July 31, 2021

Split Second (1992)

Hunting down a serial killer in an alternative and flooded "future" London, Detective Harley Stone discovers that the nature of the predator is not human.

An action movie, Sci-Fi and horror that has become a classic, despite its B category. Rutger Hauer is a typical hero, full of vices, with a short fuse, and he doesn't like other people. The atmosphere and image quality are very reminiscent of VHS movies from the '90s. And then you add the Alien-like Sci-Fi elements and an alternative reality in the future (a long gone 2008) and you get 90 minutes of pure entertainment.

Director:  Tony Maylam   
With: Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Alun Armstrong, Pete Postlethwaite

Rating: 8/10

Saturday, October 17, 2020

The Player (1992)

Un producator Hollywood de success primeste amenintari cu moartea de la un scenarist pe care l-a refuzat.

Un film aproape tipic Robert Altman, cu un amestec de multe personaje si multe cameo-uri de la actori celebri si un foarte bine pus la punct control a multe fire narative cu subtilitatile si superficialitatile de rigoare. O mica schimbare in cazul de fata vine de la concentrarea atentiei pe producatorul jucat de un minunat Tim Robbins, ce jongleaza paranoia, simpatia, marsavia si grandomania ca si cum nu ar fi concepte contradictorii. In genere, filmele lui Altman nu au asa ceva, punctul central in jurul carora orbiteaza multele personaje fiind un eveniment central, in cazul de fata acesta devine un personaj, abil si plin de subinteles etichetat prin titlul filmului ca The Player. Fascinant pentru orice fan al lumii cinematografice (in film apar probabil in jur de 50 de actori jucandu-se pe ei insisi), The Player atrage si mai mult prin minunata paralela a situatiei producatorului cu lumea reala, in care nemerituosi (subliniat abil si direct de scenaristul Kahane in scurta sa aparitie) detin putere enorma asupra sortii talentului si a celor nascuti fara privilegii. Prezente sunt si idei secundare legate de "involutia" idealistilor tineri in adultii sceptici ce aproape fara gres toti devin (asemenea este cazul regizorului ce declara sus si tare "no stars!" ca apoi sa aplaude obscen dupa scena finala a ecranizarii ce ii arata pe Julia Roberts si Bruce Willis intr-un happy ending hollywood-ian opus intentiilor initiale de a oglindi tristetea realitatii). 

Regia:  Robert Altman   
Cu: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Gallagher, Dina Merrill, Sydney Pollack, Dean Stockwell, Richard E. Grant, Cynthia Stevenson, Brion James

Rating: 9/10