Thread: Dog Star Man's Film Reviews.

Akira (1988) Akira in my opinion is one of the greatest animes ever conceived. While most animes, (and animation worldwide), were cutting corners in production to create cost-effective films; Akira stood firm with hand painted animation, lip-synced dialogue, and a no holds barred action-drama that gripped audiences around the world. Akira was of a dying breed, but it soon single-handedly rejuvenated the anime industry, and its influence in...

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) There are few times in cinema in which I am moved to tears. As far as documentaries are concerned, they have been few and far between, but I do remember the moments when they happen. I remember the moment in Hoop Dreams where Arthur Agee is set up to have a match with his sports hero Isiah Thomas, the unscripted joy in the boys face brought tears to my eyes. I remember watching Ken Burn's The Civil War and...

She's a USC Trojan. UCLA would be a rival.

I thought I was pretty active while watching Tetsuo, Tetsuo II and Tokyo Fist . I was actively yelling at the screen to try to make some sense and to not keep on going long after whatever points were being made laid around in dead horses' blood. I still enjoy the reviews.

Interesting. We may be rivals then...

I think you'll get some points for quoting The Red Shoes ... And yeah, I went to a screening of several avant-garde films made in LA and the preservationist from the Academy Film Archive who worked on them put it together and introduced them and did a Q&A afterward. He actually didn't show ant Brakhage films, he just talked afterward about how he's been working on restoring a ton of his stuff lately. I suppose I could...

Fight, fight, fight!!!

Nice mix of films you've got going here Hitch says something similar to the 'active viewing = high paced film' idea you mention in the Tetsuo review, but as something intrinsic to the story construction, that should then influence the viewer. Been a long while since I've seen it, but I'll endeavour to be an active cog in the machine if/when I rewatch

Nice reviews, looking forward to more

Good review to a fantastic film.