So, watching Versus, I realized a few things. First, Kitamura is probably the best action director… ever. Second, he can’t write his way out of a hat. Third, he’s also a great director of actors. Versus, for the superior first forty minutes, has a lot of characters in frame, doing a lot of things, not […]
Versus (2000, Kitamura Ryuhei), the director’s cut
August 13th, 2005 No Comments
Olga’s Chignon (2002, Jérôme Bonnell)
August 13th, 2005 No Comments
I think this film is the one of the best films Woody Allen never made.
I don’t talk about it much, or ever, since I watched all of Allen’s films long before the Stop Button, but there are some distinct Allen formats and he never seems to mix them. Olga’s Chignon mixes them a little–it’s never […]