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House of Wax (2005), a review by snowcat




(From Emma's Film Reviews (snowcat) on October 18th, 2009)

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Harold and Maude, a review by Antares


Harold and Maude





Year: 1971
Film Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Length: 91 Min.

Director
Hal Ashby (1929)

Writing
Colin Higgins (1941)...Written By

Producer
Colin Higgins (1941)
Mildred Lewis
Charles Mulvehill

Cinematographer
John A. Alonzo (1934)

Music
Cat Stevens...Song Writer

StarsReview
       When the term is mentioned in regards to film most people think of The Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but my thoughts turn towards the best of all the , Harold and Maude. Released in 1971 and directed by Hal Ashby, the film introduces us to Harold (Bud Cort), a privileged but neglected young man whose fascination with death has morphed itself into an endless series of staged phony suicides for the benefit of his mother (Vivian Pickles). He hopes that she will show him the attention he craves as she once did when an accident at school had Harold presumed dead. By now his mother is used to these
Maude asks Harold,

HAROLD: I don't know. One of these maybe.

MAUDE: Why do you say that?

HAROLD: Because they are all alike.

MAUDE: Oh, but they're not. Look, see... some are smaller, some are fatter...
some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have some petals missing.
All kinds of observable differences.


(Maude picks a daisy)
You see Harold,
I believe much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this...

(describing the daisy in her hand)
...yet let themselves be treated as that.

(She waves her hand, gesturing to the overflowing field of flowers)

       The scene then cuts to the two of them in a military cemetery, surrounded by endless rows of white, homogeneous headstones. As the camera pans back away from the couple, director Hal Ashby uses the metaphor of the daisies to point out, that behind every white tombstone is an individual, unique and full of promise, but whose life was squandered for the sake of political or religious ideologies. It is one of the most powerfully visual anti-war statements ever put on film.

       This is not a film I would recommend to everyone, if you are a fan of Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell, it is not a film for you. If This is Spinal Tap or Kind Hearts and CoronetsRatings Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.

(From Harold and Maude (1971) on December 14th, 2009)

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Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom




Title: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Year: 2009
Director: Doug Naylor
Rating: PG
Length: 69 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English


Plot:Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes
Photo Gallery
Trailers

My Thoughts:
Great to see the guys again, but I must say I am rather disappointed with this special. Some fun ideas but nothing really original. The main plot device is essentially the same as "Delirious" with John Candy.
Also not really funny.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 16th, 2009)