Indian Summer
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Movie Reviews of Indian Summer
Movie Review: Growing up and learning
Summary: 5 Stars
A movie about growing up and realizing what is important and what is not in our adult lives.
Decisions, stands and the results.
Movie Review: A Heartwarming Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie brought back childhood camp memories that I experienced in North Carolina. I loved it!Movie Review: Yes, the DVD is WIDESCREEN, not Fullscreen!
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutely cherish this film. I own it on laserdisc in widescreen. Since it came out on DVD over a year ago, I must have passed it up over a dozen times in the stores because on the back of the package it says it is presented in butchered fullscreen. Well, it didn't say "butchered", but film lovers know that a pan-and-scan fullscreen presentation of a film shot in widescreen is butchered. So I read the recent review bemoaning the fact that the DVD is actually widescreen, and I thought I would buy it and take the chance. Sure enough, widescreen! Excellent! The daytime scenes in the film have an orange tint to them, but I believe that is true of the laserdisc as well, and may be the way they filmed it to give it the "warm" feeling of summer. Even the cover art has an orange tint. The sound could have been in 5.1, but as presented it is 2.0, which is actually quite fine given the predominantly dialogue nature of the film. If you ever went to summer camp as a kid, and now in your mid-life years wish you could capture some of it back, this charming drama/light comedy with an adult theme will have you hooked for life!
Update ...
To Bryan above and others ...
"I was disappointed that the DVD is listed as NTSC, which generally means the 4:3 pan-and-scan format...The DVD IS in 4:3 NTSC format, but shows the entire widescreen version of the film. (Is this what they mean by "letterbox" format?) Anyway, I can see what I had previously been missing, but yet the reproduction quality is low when compared to true widescreen format DVDs."
I understand what you are saying, but there is a misconception. First, NTSC has nothing to do with the aspect ratio of a film. Every single DVD playable in the US, whether widescreen or pan-and-scan, is NTSC. It is the video format for our region of the world. When you state the presentation is a "4:3 NTSC format" which lacks reproduction quality, what you are noting is actually the fact that the widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. What this means is, as you pointed out, the black bars at the top and bottom actually consume resolution. An anamorphic, or "enhanced for widescreen televisions" DVD devotes it's entire image resolution capability to just the image, and not the bars. I wager you are using a 16:9 widescreen television, hence you notice the reduced resolution of this non-anamorphic DVD. However, it is still correct to term this presentation "widescreen," and those who still watch DVD's on a 4:3 television, all else being equal, will see no difference in resolution between an anamorphic and non-anamorphic DVD. There are quite a few widescreen non-anamorphic DVD's out there, but as the US catches up to the rest of the world and the 4:3 television becomes extinct, non-anamorphic DVD's will likely cease to be produced as well. Even no w there really is no excuse to produce non-anamorphic DVD's.
Movie Review: The Big Chill meets Meatballs in funny, touching film
Summary: 4 Stars
"Indian Summer" is a wonderful film saluting "the Golden Era" of Camp Tamakwa (a real camp in the Canadian/New York wilderness), but it's also about reconnecting with youth, friends, love and nature. Uncle Lou (Alan Arkin), Camp Tamakwa's camp supervisor for many years, invites campers from "the Golden Era" (the early to mid 1970s) as a reunion of sorts, and a group of friends and ex-campers make the trek back to the woods and their youth. Matt (Vincent Spano) and Kelly (Julie Warner) are on vacation to "work on their marriage;" Matt's having a mid-life crisis, and Kelly just wants to know where she stands. Jennifer (Elizabeth Perkins) is Matt's ex-camp-girlfriend and Kelly's best friend, swept away by the nostalgia of camp. Brad (Kevin Pollack) is Matt's cousin, business partner, King of the Shreks (camp pranks), and a constant commentator of how small everything's gotten. Beth (Diane Lane) is a ex-camp tomboy, whose husband Rick recently died. Jack (Bill Paxton), Rick's best friend, was expelled from camp by Uncle Lou long ago, but still rated an invitation. Jamie (Matt Craven) never really grew up, and brought his young fiance Gwen (Kimberley Williams) up for a week of fun & games. Helping Uncle Lou out is the camp maintenence man, Stick (Sam Raimi, taking a hilarious step from behind the camera). Through the week, these friends reconnect, relive camp memories (first kiss), pulling camp gags (short-sheeting, hand-in-warm-water, etc.), participating in camp activities (the Tamakwa-thon), and working out their various problems. Over these precedings looms the prospect of Uncle Lou closing the camp for good. Everyone does an admirable job; you can actually feel their joy and pain. The photography is beautiful; the washed-out opening credits give way to the awesome colors of the woods in early autumn. The DVD edition says fullscreen, but is thankfully, and deservingly, in WIDESCREEN. This is a funny, touching film filled with the ongoing process of 'growing pains', and it's a special tribute for 'campers' and ex-campers alike. Pack your gear, it's definitely worth the trip.Movie Review: HELLO MUDDAH HELLO FADDAH
Summary: 4 Stars
The classic Allan Sherman song sneaks in and out of this movie and is especially apropos as director Sam Raimi (playing a complete buffoon in a delightful performance) tries to get the campers' luggage off their boat. It's humor also frames this delightful, if slow paced, character study. Mike Binder has assembled a great ensemble in this leisurely tale of recapturing youthful innocence and memories. The adults return to the camp they last frequented 20 years earlier for a kind of reunion under the tutelage of loveable Uncle Lou (a marvelous Alan Arkin). Kevin Pollak as the rather ascerbic Brad keeps saying how the place looks so much "tinier" than it used to look, not facing the fact that the camp hasn't changed..he's just gotten bigger..and older. While few cliches are left unturned, Binder manages to give us interesting, realistic characters whose life choices have either made them happy or left them wanting more. Bill Paxton portrays the only youth kicked out of camp; we find out the reason why; Diane Lane is good as the widow of a young medical intern, who is having a hard time facing a life alone; Elizabeth Perkins is the perky Jennifer, the smart mouth who is also combating loneliness; Vincent Spano and Julie Warner are the married couple with communication problems; Matt Craven is the macho sexist who brings along his 21 year old fiancee (Kimberly Williams) more as a trophy than a real person. Old memories and hurts resurface and in spite of the fact that there is no real "big" dramatic breakthrough, Binder lets his actors flesh out their roles and the result is one of those films that make you smile and appreciate the love that went into the film.