Michael Mann’s take on Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon, Manhunter. Forgotten and replaced by a much cornier take that places more of a role on Hannibal Lector. I will argue that Brian Cox plays a more interesting ‘Hannibal’ in his few minutes on screen in Manhunter than Anthony Hopkins ever did, but there is no question that Tom Noonan plays are far better ‘Francis Dolarhyde‘ than Ralph Fiennes, William Petersen (also in the William Friedkin’s amazing To Live and Die in L.A., another forgotten gem) plays a much more interesting and tormented ‘Willam Graham‘.
Visually far more interesting than the later remake, aside from some oddball ’80s rock songs (which are more than made up for in some great haunting soundscapes) and a plot that either assumes or doesn’t care if  you know William Graham’s back story, which makes it less heavy handed than any of the other movies based on The Harris ‘Lector’ series. I should also mention NBC’s series ‘Hannibal’ as the inspiration in watching this, if you haven’t seen that it is worth checking out.

Still Amazing.

My fascination with 70′s American cinema continues, although this film is Canadian… Elliot Gould (The Long Goodbye & California Split) plays a bank teller who finds out the bank he works for is about to be robbed. Christopher Plummer plays the bank robber and all around insane maniac, worth a watch just for the brutal shit he does. Great movie certainly worth a watch.

This is a crucial watch, which I am late to the table on.
Some gritty shit happens. Hard.
Get Carter [1971]

I am a huge fan of Park Chan-Wook, so I am stoked to see this coming out in March. If you are unfamiliar with his work I suggest you see the ‘Vengeance Triology‘ or at the very least Oldboy (Netflix, Amazing Prime Streaming) before round eye cinema destroys it/remakes it at the hands of Spike Lee.

Speaking of Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson’s take on language is pretty great:

TRASH / Trailer from Todd Barnes on Vimeo.

The whole 7 parts are worth a watch.