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Broken Darkness (2017)
Moody Apocalypse Flick Director Should Try Again
The obligatory bad copy elements from The Last Of Us video game is unnerving. And the purpose of the Rose character was lost when Santos didn't follow up with some deeper connection with the Sam character. Sam's story arc needs dynamic conflict with Rose which was almost nowhere to be seen as Rose became an ornament, as if she was a background character. Technically, the weapons display was too much hip shooting with little aiming down sites. Something which is going to annoy some viewers.
Santos has some direction style which leads to a moody apocalypse film. There is a visual style with the soundtrack. If he got a writing team and didn't cast what seems like his girlfriend or sister he might air on the side of a better piece. Most of the other actors were pulling their weight. But Brendan Sean Murray was on screen for just 60 seconds before I noticed he exuded a high caliber of acting.
I dare Santos to try again. But to take notes from a scriptwriters guild pool of mentors and film makers to put Quality Assurance to the script and storyboards before expensing the budget forward. And to find out what the difference is between a bad copy and an actual film homage is like with his own spin on a directorial signature.
The Prisoner (1967)
Rolling Thunder & Diatribe
I had two obscure reference realizations from an 80's video game and a 90's band. I used to play this side scrolling game religiously before I even knew about the Prisoner. After watching the last episode again recently I just realized how much Rolling Thunder is based off of the Fall Out episode. Hah! The game stretches out to have it's own story line. But it basically has secret agent running around an underground lair avoiding and killing hooded henchmen. Though they were very 60's colored henchmen. Probably to avoid any misconceptions of other white hooded nomenclatures. Appending the last viewing was realizing that the San Jose and now disbanded band Diatribe had sampled the court leader of #6's freedom inauguration.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Lullaby
I just saw Rosemary's Baby from beginning to end after not having seen the film from what I can recollect as more than seventeen years. When the singing started in the beginning of the film, I found it quite reminiscent. For some reason I thought someone I knew had played the track. Hmm. I realized this was one of the first movies I had retold just after seeing it. I specifically remember recounting the beginning theme song as I started the retelling and reiterating the lullaby on the retelling's ending. Upon finishing the film, I had to replay the ending to confirm the period of the recollection. Pulling from the building and bridged with the lullaby, my recollection was confirmed. As I listen to this film while the visuals are hidden under these text, Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet sounds like a low key Thurston Howell. The lullaby track was haunting, yet fascinating as it was used throughout the piece. I must say, I love Roman Polanski's soundtrack choices. Call me an old fart for liking the Ninth Gate soundtrack but there's something awesome about the orchestra in that one. At any rate, if you pop in the Konigzucker album from Stein, track two "Camilla" sounds so very close to the same lullaby. Compare them, it's fun. And if your lucky enough to have a copy with the featurette of the film you may love Mia's chart and Polanski's chart called "Mia's chart". She keeps track of who has been nice or mean to her while Polanski keeps track of her acting behaviorism. And one final bit of excellence about this poetically narrated featurette is Polanski's commentary on Concentration & Relaxation and M.O. to allow the actors to go. Ending this for now. Time for sleep.