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The Naked Prey (1965)
Superb film.
The Naked Prey is on my short list of the best films of all time. After a very few minutes, the viewer will sit on the edge of his seat for a full hour where there is virtually no dialogue. When this movie was first released 35 years ago, I drove 30 miles across town to find and see it. It was worth the trip. Years later, watching it on TV, they omitted (so as not offend the viewers' sensibilities) what was one of the most effective moments in relieving the tension in an action film I have ever seen - the burp! The next time it was shown, I had to watch and was pleased to see it was back in. Watch for it, and you will know what I mean. All of the comments by naysayers about racism should be ignored. If anything, it is one of the most anti-racist films ever made, much credit to Cornel Wilde who made, directed and starred in the film with outstanding achievement in all three areas. Previously known for his role as Fredric Chopin in "An Affair to Remember", this was also one of my favourite films. As "the prey" Wilde shows the battle not only of man against man, but man against nature in the fight for survival and in a triumphal moment at the end he salutes his pursuers who, in mutual respect, return his salute. What more egalitarian gesture can one ask for in a pursuit and a fight to the death? Recommended for all adults but for those with a weak stomach.
Angels and Insects (1995)
Worst Movie
This is one of the worst movies it has been my misfortune to sit through. The plot was transparent, the subject matter offensive and not believable in the least. A waste of beautiful but pretentious costuming and fine settings well filmed ruined by a contrived and unsatisfactory story line. Draggy, boring and interminable, the shock value of the final revelation insufficient to justify or rescue the film. Recommended by a friend who it appears has entirely different tastes. A minus 9 on a scale of 10.
Pi (1998)
A really bad movie!
This is the worst movie I have seen in years. Filmed in black and white with the kernel of an idea, it fails to build and goes nowhere in an attempt of a supposed mathematician's search for higher meaning. A self-indulgent auteur provides choppy repetitive dialogue, flits from scene to scene with only intermittent effectiveness. It is one of those efforts wherein a viewer persists to the end in the hope that some conclusion will be worth the ordeal. It wasn't.