Fair point about time frame, but let's be honest: Ellis made the sort of movies that the major studios wouldn't have touched. Fox, MGM, WB and Paramount didn't make horror films, and RKO offered only atmospheric psychological horror — the kind of "pretentious, let's challenge the audience" style of genre film that…

More likely he'd have been working for Republic or Monogram churning out serials.

Actually, the camerawork is fairly similar.

Actually, the camerawork is fairly similar.

Speaking of Luhrman and awful, did anyone else get to see the Gatsby trailer? That might be the single worst thing I've seen all year.

Speaking of Luhrman and awful, did anyone else get to see the Gatsby trailer? That might be the single worst thing I've seen all year.

Spielberg Face is a medium close-up or close up of an actor staring in awe at something off camera.

Spielberg Face is a medium close-up or close up of an actor staring in awe at something off camera.

It is a good seen, and I was surprised by that line too. My guess is that CARA didn't have a British slang dictionary to hand when screening the film.

It is a good seen, and I was surprised by that line too. My guess is that CARA didn't have a British slang dictionary to hand when screening the film.

If you see homoeroticism in that final scene, go for it. I didn't, or in the relationship between Lincoln and his manservant, though I am usually aware of such subtext. But narratively, Lincoln is mostly famous actors playing historical personages, which means talking a lot, with some family drama thrown in to…

If you see homoeroticism in that final scene, go for it. I didn't, or in the relationship between Lincoln and his manservant, though I am usually aware of such subtext. But narratively, Lincoln is mostly famous actors playing historical personages, which means talking a lot, with some family drama thrown in to…

I'm always angry too, you big bully! (tries to find Ang Lee-era Hulk hands…)

I'm always angry too, you big bully! (tries to find Ang Lee-era Hulk hands…)

It's not so much that the purge button is there but they don't bother to explain it. Had it been introduced earlier, perhaps as a last-ditch effort against the dark lords or whatever they were, it would have made sense.

It's not so much that the purge button is there but they don't bother to explain it. Had it been introduced earlier, perhaps as a last-ditch effort against the dark lords or whatever they were, it would have made sense.

I enjoyed myself relatively well until that scene.

I enjoyed myself relatively well until that scene.

Well, it might show that maturity if not for the abundance of Spielberg face. Most egregious: his manservant turning to watch Lincoln walk away one last time, an almost peaceful rapture (rapturous peace?) coming over his face. The performances in the film are excellent, but the script was standard-issue biopic, full…

Well, it might show that maturity if not for the abundance of Spielberg face. Most egregious: his manservant turning to watch Lincoln walk away one last time, an almost peaceful rapture (rapturous peace?) coming over his face. The performances in the film are excellent, but the script was standard-issue biopic, full…