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Four Times That Night, a review by AchimMOVIE / DVD INFO: Title: Quante volte... quella notte Year: 1972 Director: Mario Bava Rating: NR Length: 83 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: Italian: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English Stars: Daniela Giordano Brett Halsey Dick Randall Valeria Sabel Michael Hinz Plot: For his sole foray into the sex comedy genre, Mario Bava delivers a swinging orgy of mod design, leering humor and daring late '60s erotica. American leading man Bret Halsey and former Miss Italy Daniela Giordano star in this Rashomon-inspired tale of a playboy and a virgin's first date that may or may not have included rape, nymphomania, lesbianism, and groovy inflatable furniture. Extras: Scene Access My Thoughts: I have yet to see Kurasawa's Rashomon (now rather sooner than later) to judge just how close this film was to it, but Bava's inspiration is undeniably clear ( only after typing this sentence did I realize that the cover blurb actually gives it away ). The same story is told from 4 perspectives (hence the title), with each one shedding a different light on how and why things happened. Saying much more about the plot would spoil it for first time viewer, so I'll stay away from that.Bava starts out (again, as per cover blurb) in telling the story like a sex comedy which were so popular in Europe at the time. However, then the tone shifts and everything seems rather dark when the claims to her mother that she's almost been raped. Only when we head into the second telling of the events do we realize, that things may not be as they seemed and begin trying to put the puzzle together to find the truth. I highly enjoyed the witty dialog, especially in the beginning; it fell partly flat in later parts The film is shot with some inventive camera work, giving the limited locations a sufficiently fresh fell throughout the film. It has not entirely aged well, but ignoring some signs of the times it was made in it's still much enjoyable today. (From Mario Bava marathon on July 13th, 2009) Spaceballs, a review by TomTitle: Spaceballs Year: 1987 Director: Mel Brooks Rating: FSK-12 Length: 92 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 , German: Dolby Digital 5.1 , French: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Hungarian: Dolby Digital Mono , Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo , Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: Commentary, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish Stars: Mel Brooks John Candy Rick Moranis Bill Pullman Daphne Zuniga Extras: Booklet Commentary Featurettes Interactive Game Outtakes Photo Gallery Scene Access Trailers My Thoughts: (From Tom's Star Wars marathon on December 8th, 2008) The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ DoenaSliders What's the show about? Quinn Mallory and his friends travel through alternate universes. But there are a few catches. But they cannot control when they have to "slide" or where they are going to land. Nor do they find the way to their own homeworld. Every universe can be totally different from what they know or it's really close to their own reality. "Pilot" Quinn Mallory tried to invent an anti-gravity machine but came up with something totally different. Without knowing where his jump would end he jumps through a wormhole and ends up in his basement - right where he started. But he has soon to learn that this is not his basement - at least not his-his. After having successfully returned to his own reality he invites his professor for physics and his friend Wade for another trip... My Opinion I really liked the show until the season where the professor died and Wade disappeared. After that the show lost it's touch especially with the Kromaggs. (From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on January 3rd, 2008) |