More movies

I know, reviews on beer and movies. What a change for this blog. I'd hate to become predictable. So a quick summary of movies seen recently:
Peeping Tom it's an older movie (1960) and parts of the dialogue are rough on the modern ear, almost like it was written for the stage then moved sans naturalism to the movies. For all that, it's pretty good. It's tight and it's certainly quite a complex wee thriller/horror. The main character is a camera operator, and moonlights taking pictures of scantily clad women. Yes it's a tough life in the 60's. Slowly his psychological problems come to the surface, or rather in some cases are forced to the surface. The girl enters his life (and no way is she 21!), creating an interesting situation with her mother and the main character, queue flashbacks etc etc and much wonderfully dark cinematography.
Recommended - it's certainly been influential. And I found it a refreshing take on whats now become a tired genre. That probably explains why it bombed when released...

The Night Porter, yeah it appears I might have been on a pervert quest with these two. Nevermind, this was superb. It was advertised as the most controversial movie of our time - ho hum. Story is: ex nazi prison guard and the woman he used to shag in vaguely sado-maso fashion, meet up 20 years later while he and his ex-nazi buddies are trying to get rid of any evidence of their activities. She's now the wife of someone famous, but soon she and Max (the ex-nazi) are getting it on. The S & M aspects are quite mild, rather the movie focusses on the love affair between the two. It's sweet, deep, and ultimately suffers the fate all heroic love does (for dramatic purposes). This is a wonderfully deep, interesting and intelligent movie. The cinematography is wonderful (as it is in Peeping Tom) lending the movie a drab, haunted air - which just builds the pathos for the two main characters.
Really recommended.

I think I might watch a movie now, Terminator seems a good choice :)
And Rugby.

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