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Movie Review: intriguing altman - haunting mood piece
Summary: 5 Stars
Sorry to see this has gone out of print. What made me think of this film was that I was just responding to a question: "What films are similar to David Cronenberg's Spider that you would recommend?" and this strange, beautiful film from 1972 came to mind. There are similarities between the two in my mind. Both films do a very deft job of placing you in the mind of the main character. This is a hauntingly beautiful film. When I watched it again before this review I was reminded of the Robert Altman style: slowing going in on objects and characters as the scene unfolds. Vilmos Zsigmond's lighting photography is wonderful. He captures Ireland in the moodiest of ways. If memory serves me correctly he was also his own camera operator on this as well (I may be wrong. Please correct me if I am). Special mention goes also to John Williams's wonderful avant garde score. If you are used to Star Wars and E.T., this is in a completely different vein. It is a close cousin (to me anyway) of his flute concerto from 1969. Please view this wonderful film. If you are at all a fan of Robert Altman or you enjoy psychological pieces (David Cronenberg's Spider does come to mind) then I would recommend you check this out. In the dark preferably.Movie Review: Impressionistic Ensemble Piece
Summary: 5 Stars
Images is a long-lost classic that, thankfully, has been rescued from oblivion. I remember seeing it when I was still a teenager and thinking it a work of art. Susannah York proves, once again, that she was one of the great 60s actresses---nervous and intelligent, and full of that fragile sensibility that charcterised the time. Loved her in Sebastian, but this was her film, the film that really gave her a chance to show what she could do. The book that she is writing throughout the film and that forms the accompaniment to her madness was actually written by York herself. Serious and adult, this and Three Women is Altman's pinnacle as an artist, if not as an entertainer.
Photographed by Vilmos Zsigmund. with an impressive score by John Williams, this is one of great films of the period. It easily stands alongside Five Easy Pieces. American cinema was competing with Europe on its own terms, at this time, and holding its own---but then it all came crashing in when marketing took over and cinema lost its soul for good. (Thank Star Wars, and Jaws and similar blockbusters.)
Movie Review: great 70s horror classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not seen IMAGES on DVD so I cannot honestly comment on the DVD's quality, but I saw this film last year at a film archive screening, and I have to say I was genuinely freaked out by it. Again, to be honest, a number of my friends found it to be a bit silly, but I was genuinely disturbed by it, in much the same way that I was disturbed by ONIBABA, ROSMARY'S BABY, DON'T LOOK NOW, and DEAD RINGERS. Putting the spectator in the position of a mentally unbalanced person (a la DR. CALIGARI), IMAGES masterfully creates the effect of being trapped within an unstable subjectivity. By the way, the acting and the cinematography are flawless...Movie Review: most exciting psychological triller!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most exciting psychological thriller ever made,I thought.Direcior Robert Altman's unique style on this film magnificiently presents the see into tormented woman'madness, same as Altman's other film like "that cold day in the park('69)"and "three women('77)". The music on this film(by John Williams) is still more exciting, espesially for the percussion of Stomu Yamash'ta(the famous japanese percussionist known by Red Buddah Theatre of '70s).To my regret, this film isn't released on theatre in Japan.Movie Review: Images
Summary: 5 Stars
Weird, creepy film builds dread and disorientation as we experience madness right alongside the central character. Altman's choice of rustic Irish setting is ideal, as cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond uses its dank, remote quality to accentuate Cathryn's building isolation and paranoia. The movie's bleak, opaque quality will not be to all tastes, but psychological horror fans should pounce. York is outstanding in the lead.