That scene in IAVN about 41 minutes in is probably one of the most gruesome creative things Ive ever seen in a film. The world here is gorgeous, fellow North Ontario boy Chris Nash, filmed it in the Canadian Shield near where he grew up. This felt nostalgic to me.
To be honest I only have a rough idea of what happened there as I was looking away for most of it. It's in the fine old tradition of Grand Guignol where gruesome torture is a kind of performance art.
Mad respect for Ont-ar-EYE-oh which the film insists is the correct way to sing it if not say it.
You're spot on with the First Blood>Rambo franchise take. For me the most poignant scene was when Denehy dropped Rambo off and our unwitting hero about-faced right after. A scene of true rebellion.
Yes and in keeping with the mood in the first film, there's no posing or heroic declaration of his rights as an American and veteran.
I had a disagreement with somebody couple of days ago who said Rambo is just embodying the macho heroic posture in this film. That is so far from the truth and a measure of how the subsequent movies colour our perception of this very different, almost Frankenstein, flavoured story.
Which is why I paired it with a monster-slasher flick.
I guess I'll play the usual role of suggesting another film to fit this theme.
In this case, it's The Blair Witch Project, the pioneering found footage horror movie that's all about fears of getting lost in the woods and of what might be out there.
That is a truly wonderful film which spawned a thousand poor imitations. Of course being in black and white it doesn't play up the magnificence of the forest but make it a very ugly place. Fitting for the film but as a forest enthusiast I'm not content.
That scene in IAVN about 41 minutes in is probably one of the most gruesome creative things Ive ever seen in a film. The world here is gorgeous, fellow North Ontario boy Chris Nash, filmed it in the Canadian Shield near where he grew up. This felt nostalgic to me.
To be honest I only have a rough idea of what happened there as I was looking away for most of it. It's in the fine old tradition of Grand Guignol where gruesome torture is a kind of performance art.
Mad respect for Ont-ar-EYE-oh which the film insists is the correct way to sing it if not say it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignol
You're spot on with the First Blood>Rambo franchise take. For me the most poignant scene was when Denehy dropped Rambo off and our unwitting hero about-faced right after. A scene of true rebellion.
Yes and in keeping with the mood in the first film, there's no posing or heroic declaration of his rights as an American and veteran.
I had a disagreement with somebody couple of days ago who said Rambo is just embodying the macho heroic posture in this film. That is so far from the truth and a measure of how the subsequent movies colour our perception of this very different, almost Frankenstein, flavoured story.
Which is why I paired it with a monster-slasher flick.
I guess I'll play the usual role of suggesting another film to fit this theme.
In this case, it's The Blair Witch Project, the pioneering found footage horror movie that's all about fears of getting lost in the woods and of what might be out there.
That is a truly wonderful film which spawned a thousand poor imitations. Of course being in black and white it doesn't play up the magnificence of the forest but make it a very ugly place. Fitting for the film but as a forest enthusiast I'm not content.