FURY was the first one I thought of, but of course SUNRISE is the essential title.

I think that Tarantino underscores, in contrasting the presentation of violence between that what is done to the slaves (direct and empathetic)against that what is done to the whites (grotesque and satiric), the fact that the fantasy of revenge/liberation as celebrated in the gunfighter myth lies outside of the…

In an earlier draft there was a long flashback detailing her separation from Django and the process of how she ended up in Candyland. While it posed awkward issues regarding pacing and consistency of point of view, it added some interesting foreshadowing of Candy's duplicity and a more detailed insight into Hildy's…

In an earlier draft there was a long flashback detailing her separation from Django and the process of how she ended up in Candyland. While it posed awkward issues regarding pacing and consistency of point of view, it added some interesting foreshadowing of Candy's duplicity and a more detailed insight into Hildy's…

DJANGO's primary genre influence, from a literary perspective, is the captivity narrative, which the film inverts by making civilization and the law complicit in the heroine's captivity, and not the impetus for her salvation.  Needless to say, it is white civilization that Hildy needs to be saved from as opposed to…

DJANGO's primary genre influence, from a literary perspective, is the captivity narrative, which the film inverts by making civilization and the law complicit in the heroine's captivity, and not the impetus for her salvation.  Needless to say, it is white civilization that Hildy needs to be saved from as opposed to…

My highlights include PERFIDIA, the first volume in James Ellroy's  L.A. Quartet prequels, and the conclusion of David Peace's Tokyo trilogy.

My highlights include PERFIDIA, the first volume in James Ellroy's  L.A. Quartet prequels, and the conclusion of David Peace's Tokyo trilogy.

I'd say that they were convicted based on the weight of these confessions (and Echols' ill-advised testimony) against the lack of exculpatory evidence not presented at the trial due to judicial bias and weak defense work.  Jury misconduct in the Echols-Baldwin trial was also a factor.  The term "railroaded" suggests…

I'd say that they were convicted based on the weight of these confessions (and Echols' ill-advised testimony) against the lack of exculpatory evidence not presented at the trial due to judicial bias and weak defense work.  Jury misconduct in the Echols-Baldwin trial was also a factor.  The term "railroaded" suggests…

Sorry to hear about the crappy sound.  That film had the best sound  work of the year.

Sorry to hear about the crappy sound.  That film had the best sound  work of the year.

I'm no legal scholar, but the "original intent"that gun rights supporters yammer on about, or at least the context of the second amendment, was designed to allow militias to pacify slave rebellions and invade indian territories within or on the borders of the states.  It was a license to genocide basically.  The 14th…

I'm no legal scholar, but the "original intent"that gun rights supporters yammer on about, or at least the context of the second amendment, was designed to allow militias to pacify slave rebellions and invade indian territories within or on the borders of the states.  It was a license to genocide basically.  The 14th…

Wholeheartedly agree.  As with the previous thread, There is a certain clumsiness to the sword fighting in it, reflective no doubt of the heaviness of the steel and the intoxication of the characters (and the actors).

Wholeheartedly agree.  As with the previous thread, There is a certain clumsiness to the sword fighting in it, reflective no doubt of the heaviness of the steel and the intoxication of the characters (and the actors).

I really enjoyed Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Trilogy.  If you haven't read it , it tries to place Arthur's deeds in the context of the fall of Anglo-Romana England, and how divisions among the Anglo kings led to the Saxon conquests of Britain.  Unlike the chivalric takes on Arthur, it portrays Arthur as a pagan, and it…

I really enjoyed Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Trilogy.  If you haven't read it , it tries to place Arthur's deeds in the context of the fall of Anglo-Romana England, and how divisions among the Anglo kings led to the Saxon conquests of Britain.  Unlike the chivalric takes on Arthur, it portrays Arthur as a pagan, and it…

That lunatic, Garbo, was Michael Curtiz.

That lunatic, Garbo, was Michael Curtiz.