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Written by James M. Tate / 3/04/2016 / No comments / al pacino , christian slater , eighties , nineties , oliver stone , quentin tarantino , tony scott , val kilmer

UNPOPULAR TAKES ON BELOVED 'SCARFACE' & 'TRUE ROMANCE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Firing away at a so-called Masterpiece Year: 1983</u></td></tr>
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<u>SCARFACE</u> has… or had, since this post has been edited for a long time… returned to the theaters, mang. The one starring Al Pacino, written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma...<br>
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And now can be viewed in all its glory, and flaws… As for the latter, and with the legacy of what’s considered a “timeless classic” supposedly on par with the THE GODFATHER, who knew there were so many downsides? During one important scene, bordering the first and second act, when Al Pacino’s Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who climbs from poverty and starts making loads of cash in the cocaine business, visits his mother, he offers money to her and Tony’s little sister. Mama refuses, saying the cash is dirty. At this point, not only does the dough seem clean as a whistle, and a damn nice gift, but we hardly experience Tony’s initial climb from the slums to a car dealership where a forty thousand dollar Porsche is an easy purchase…<br>

al pacino, christian slater, eighties, nineties, oliver stone, quentin tarantino, tony scott, val kilmer

UNPOPULAR TAKES ON BELOVED 'SCARFACE' & 'TRUE ROMANCE'

Firing away at a so-called Masterpiece Year: 1983 SCARFACE has… or had, since this post has been edited for a long time… returned to th...

DAVID BOWIE DOESN'T SUCK IN TONY SCOTT'S 'THE HUNGER'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>David Bowie with Catherine Deneuve in THE HUNGER Year: 1983</u></td></tr>
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With quick editing and plenty of steamy close-ups, Tony Scott's movies often felt like music videos – yet this, unlike several of his other (more commercial) projects, is a really good video.<br>
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Centering on Catherine Deneuve’s Miriam Blaylock, a gorgeous vampire holed up in a dark mansion with her husband of two thousand years, John, played with a subtle intensity by musician David Bowie, one of the few actors that could act and, halfway through, providing a surprise attack that truly underlines the pinnacle of the film's suspense, and who our dark anti-heroine promised “eternal life" to, which turned out being a gift with a price: After enough time, her lover’s begin aging rapidly: in the course of twenty-four they’re coffin-bound, for keeps. Which is John's dilemna, who tries seeking help a scientist bent on curing the fatal disease where teenagers can die of old age... <br>

beth ehlers, catherine deneuve, cliff deyoung, david bowie, eighties, gothic, lesbian, neo noir, susan sarandon, suspense, thriller, tony scott, vampire, willem defoe

DAVID BOWIE DOESN'T SUCK IN TONY SCOTT'S 'THE HUNGER'

David Bowie with Catherine Deneuve in THE HUNGER Year: 1983 With quick editing and plenty of steamy close-ups, Tony Scott's movies o...

TONY SCOTT'S STEAMY NEO NOIR 'REVENGE' WITH KEVIN COSTNER

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</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-qfbUMhhNBhzUucsfyBCWlko0obimtyoqe6H3rFnCOxEWjPikduD0kagtLYA-Gw5Lr_U1KZ7CYjdyprjhAfO5RapyEjO3o0GBlt9uELGFKybaABPn1svjJf9GmuqYr0bVMiuysj73Uu_DTFppTkpVLsQalkiBUi6pgBYwp5zC6fBKoANYq089QzCOHEm/s1832/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-27%20at%204.49.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-qfbUMhhNBhzUucsfyBCWlko0obimtyoqe6H3rFnCOxEWjPikduD0kagtLYA-Gw5Lr_U1KZ7CYjdyprjhAfO5RapyEjO3o0GBlt9uELGFKybaABPn1svjJf9GmuqYr0bVMiuysj73Uu_DTFppTkpVLsQalkiBUi6pgBYwp5zC6fBKoANYq089QzCOHEm/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-27%20at%204.49.12%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1990 cast: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeline Stowe, Sally Kirkland  rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Only a few years after TOP GUN, in which jet fighter pilots became male pin-up models, director Tony Scott returned to the soaring skies: but only long enough to establish Kevin Costner's profession...</p><p></p><p></p><p>He quickly retires to Mexico to be aged-mobster Anthony Quinn's tennis coach. And in the usual Film Noir fashion, Quinn has a beautiful young wife, Madeline Stowe, who falls for the handsomer, youthful rogue.<br />
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<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEUC6yUkJPFxZswGnmfZ5Gxk2Cpal2ey4Zb2LLoWcpBLUt1xdklxIZdxm-EPywa7wJEDw0dub-HgmTq-SqEptdn9Vu83DfhIVwYONyvDByifxqRg1lXtw6KVY55ruQzyZhrOmkfXpKoOkXf5ho2HtXZ1vbJ7U9_A-nV_P6Eyc78GYn_y5OROI_YNbCney/s720/310815_230772353638250_1563283231_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEUC6yUkJPFxZswGnmfZ5Gxk2Cpal2ey4Zb2LLoWcpBLUt1xdklxIZdxm-EPywa7wJEDw0dub-HgmTq-SqEptdn9Vu83DfhIVwYONyvDByifxqRg1lXtw6KVY55ruQzyZhrOmkfXpKoOkXf5ho2HtXZ1vbJ7U9_A-nV_P6Eyc78GYn_y5OROI_YNbCney/s16000/310815_230772353638250_1563283231_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> "This is particularly sad... Tony was great to me." Personal note from Sally Kirkland, 10-19-12</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's halfway through this steamy, beautifully shot film replete with lavish sunsets and sunrises... after Costner and Stowe are beaten to a pulp...  that the title kicks in...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, sexy Sally Kirkland plays a rock star in a steamy Mexican hotel that helps Costner rid impending foes...<br />
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Between commercial projects like BEVERLY HILLS COP and DAYS OF THUNDER, a movie like REVENGE, taking time to build suspense with characters that aren't exactly flawless, was a big risk and a true labor of love.<br />
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anthony quinn, kevin costner, madeline stowe, neo noir, nineties, sally kirkland, tony scott

TONY SCOTT'S STEAMY NEO NOIR 'REVENGE' WITH KEVIN COSTNER

year: 1990 cast: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeline Stowe, Sally Kirkland rating: *** Only a few years after TOP GUN, in which jet fig...

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