PART ONE OF TWO: my fascination with 1960s JAPANESE CINEMA , specifically SAMURAI EPICS SET DURING THE 16TH CENTURY (a time of GREAT CHAOS AND UNREST IT WOULD SEEM) continues unabated. there are varying reasons why STORIES SET DURING THIS VOLATILE TIME PERIOD pique me interest- among them are the f...

Following Masha's lead, I took a look myself at Cecil B. Demented (2000), it feels very questionable for Patty Hearst to appear in a movie that feels like a cinema-based dark comedy delirium of her real life ordeal. Still, I am glad I saw it, because I did laugh sometimes and that is much needed ri...

I EDITED SELECTIONS OF YOUR POST AND MY REPLIES ARE IN RED- LHF I admit to thinking very highly of Paris, Texas when I first saw it probably 8 years ago LHF- You wanna know THE MYSTERIOUS AND ENIGMATIC UNSEEN CHARACTER of PARIS, TEXAS that I personally would have LOVED TO HAVE SEEN INCLUDED for eve...

Last night we watched Ken Russell's GOTHIC . When the movie was over [my friend] looked at me & said "I wasted 3 hours of my life seeing it. Twice. I can't believe I ever liked that." [/color] I saw Gothic when I came out and was really disappointed. The subject is fascinating, and in...

I watched the Ray Bradbury-penned "Special Delivery" episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents last night. All I will say is that I pray nobody has made mushroom stuffing for their turkey today. do you remember THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER that ran on NBC in the 1980's? It was one of the very last...

No matter, how frustrated, angry or dejected, I may get with the state of the world, modern technology, or just personal stuff – there are a handful of images, scenes, and songs that never fail to amuse me no matter how low my emotional state may be. One is the “ LOOK WHAT YOUVE DONR MONA, YOUVE PUT...

Also hungry for calamari now….

Two days later and I’m still mad about those kitten heels.

TWO HOURS AFTER POSTING THE ABOVE REVIEW... and it occurs to me that I just dogged on one of the best reviewed films of all time (#85 out of imdb's top 100) in large part because of bad interior design and my passionate hatred for kitten heels. what can I say? I'm very gay and I'm not apologizing f...

THIRD AND FINAL PART OF MY HIGH AND LOW (1963) REVIEW GENUINELY AND TRULY, I apologize for giving AKIRA a hard time about the set - but it underlies the fact that the first act of this 2 hour and 39 minute movie is oppressive. After that, we FINALLY get out of the house and see some of YOKOHAMA, ex...

PART 2 OF HIGH AND LOW (1963) REVIEW https://www.taoyue.com/sites/default/files/wlw/high-and-low-heels.jpg THIS FILM involves a WEALTHY YOKOHAMA BUSINESSMAN played by TOSHIRO MIFUNE , who dresses like BING CROSBY but makes it work. He manufactures HIDEOUS WOMEN'S SHOES WITH KITTEN HEELS (ugh!) but ...

okay, gird your loins, this might be a long one here... AUTHOR'S NOTE: I AM GOING TO POST THIS REVIEW IN INSTALLMENTS, PART 2 TO FOLLOW THIS (I HOPE) IN A TIMELY MANNER. I rented HIGH AND LOW (1963) directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA on AMAZON PRIME. I started watching the movie on TUBI, where I think it i...