Cruising (Deluxe Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Cruising (Deluxe Edition)
Movie Review: The Frames Are Still There!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
The CRUISING (DELUXE EDITITON) dvd has restored the movie and soundtrack, but doesn't add anything new. According to the film's director, William Friedkin, over 40-minutes of additional footage was cut from the original movie and has since disappeared. And though he would have liked to include the 40+-minutes on this dvd, Friedkin says that he feels that the movie is complete as is.
For those who aren't familiar with this movie, it's about a New York city cop (Pacino) who goes undercover in the S&M(Sado-masochism)/Leather subculture of the gay community looking for a serial killer who's targeting gay men. Even though he's a rookie, the cop is chosen for this assignment because he looks like most of the victims. The film is a gritty whodunnit and exposes an aspect of gay life that most will never see, and raises more questions than it answers. It can be very confusing at times and you never really know if the actual killer is caught; if the guy caught is the actual killer or if there's more than one.
For those who are familiar with CRUISING, I just like to say that the porn frames are still in it. I thought that they would take them out because of the dvd transfer, but they didn't, which is good. The film looks sharp and there are some graphic enhancements that I don't remember being on the original video, but it doesn't take away anything from the movie.
***Bonus Material***
***Friedkin's commentary
***Two featurettes that total about 45-minutes and include interviews with some of the actors from "Cruising," along with Friedkin (Pacino is not on it), which also talks about the controversy and backlash from the gay commmunity
***Theatrical trailer
Movie Review: I liked the movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Yeah...An ignorant person may assume that this movie represants ALL gays, and not just a small section. And to an even more ignorant person, it would correlant rough sex with murder and violence. But to people with half a brain, it is about a serial killer in an setting that most people don't find themselves in. Is that any different than a movie about a far away place or time, say the 1800's with Jack the Ripper, perhaps?
There are 2 reasons why I consider this a "great movie". 1) Movies are consider an "art form". And art is supposed create a reaction and stir up emotion. Ideally, even inspire behavior or action. This movie certainly does that. 2) Good art, or a good movie, should be provactive, and leave you thinking about it and feeling something about the people in it afterwards. And again, I think this movie does that. One is to wonder, "Did they get the right killer? If so, who killed the neighbor? Is that death just a sign that there will always be a new killer to go after? Or did Al Pacino's charactor kill him? If so, was it based out of his own frustrations of what he went through?" Also, I think the movie cannot help to make you wonder about a part of our culture that you may not have thought about before, and your own views about your own interests on some level.
Isn't that what art is supposed to do? Make you feel and think?
Movie Review: CULT "LEATHER" WHODUNIT
Summary: 4 Stars
I say this movie when it first came out and it gave me the creeps. This sub-culture of leathermen in leatherbar is truly bizarre and Friedkin captures the atmosphere precisely.
Pacino's performance must have been one of the hardest he had to do since there are so many layers of sexuality and doubt and mystery surrounding his character that to give a convincing portrayal of a possible murderer of gay men must have tested his acting abilities to the limit. He succeeds.
Since today is World Aids Day - 1 Dec 2007 - I am just wondering how many of the "extras" are still alive since their performances are so real and convincing. Were they acting or just being themselves?
A cult classic with a few loose ends and for a very limited audience. Don't screen it for your mother or grandmother.
Movie Review: Cruising: the waiting was worth it.
Summary: 4 Stars
The waiting was worth it. I have waited for years to watch the uncensored version on dvd. Al Pacino acts great and he is really into the character.
Although the story is not that good to me this film is a document
of how the GAY leather scene was in the seventies/eighties.
The making of .... on this DVD gives a lot of information I did not know yet. For example: all the movie sounds are "handmade". Great job.
Al Pacino is not too happy about this film I think because he is not in the making of.... and that is bit of a bummer. I would love to hear his opinion in retrospective about this movie.
Besides the storyline of murderer kills gays the message is clear in this movie: do you know who you really are?
Very universal, don't you think?
Movie Review: Still an important part of gay cinema history
Summary: 4 Stars
No matter what you think of the messages in this film, its important to realize it was groundbreaking nontheless. Especially so is what was really going on in the clubs at the time. I can tell you this is how it really was. Exciting and scary at the same time, you can see how a deadly disease could've spread so quickly. Put this in your DVD collection right next to Boys in the Band, Making Love and Priscilla.