Surely by now you know that I use this blog as a place to
finish my thoughts for each episode; not to write the authoritative summary of
these films. As you can imagine, with two other gentlemen who get just as
excited as me it’s only inevitable that sometimes I will leave some thoughts and ideas
on a notepad. So this is a great place for me to cast some of those items out
into the universe after the show and have a sense of completion for the most
recent discussed films. Naturally, here I go again..
Digging Up The Marrow was a film that I felt was not
possible to capture the truest feelings about in our discussion. I was pleased with our conversation/coverage but it felt unfinished. It is a unique set
of circumstances that created a lot of anticipation, and unlike most of these
hypes in life, it lived up to it. I saw moments of this being filmed in 2013 at
Days of the Dead Indianapolis (although I did not know it was for this at the
time). We have been hearing about this
film from Director Adam Green for literally over a year, but it was shrouded in
secrecy for the viewer’s benefit. SO when it was finally time to watch it, I
was concerned it would be a letdown, whether that was fair or not. Well it certainly was
not and in actuality was quite the opposite. It ended up being better than I thought it
COULD be under the circumstances. The only real thing I wanted to dwell on here
is the wonder that it leaves you with. I cannot remember the last time I
watched a film that used subtlety and didn’t hit you over the head with what
the studio assumed you wanted as a viewer. But it did not hold off on the goods into disappointment either. Grizz expressed disappointment in the amount of what
the viewer ultimately was given visually, but on this one we disagreed. I saw
enough to be excited but not too much to be turned off. I thought
it was masterfully balanced and has left me utterly dying for a higher budget
exploratory sequel. However, if that day never arrives then this film as a
stand-alone will be just fine. It adds to his impressive indie track record and
I highly recommend anyone watch this one. The ideas are massive if you want to let
your mind dream about them.
Tusk, I was glad we covered because I would have most likely
not watched this one without a reason. I hopped off the Kevin Smith train years
ago because I felt like he was channeling all of his energy into pompous self
indulgent behavior and not his scripts.
I still have yet to change my mind on much of that. I will say this
movie had some heart in it though, along with a unique approach/concept and for that
I applaud him. I still believe strongly that he would benefit infinitely from
having a consistent writing partner to help clean up his ideas. However, Mr.
Smith will do just fine without my support. I hope he continues to venture back
into insanely unique films like this. In the end I still had problems with this film
but am still glad I saw it and think many will enjoy it.
The Town the Dreaded Sundown is one that I was delighted to cover because its importance is immeasurable in my humble opinion. It was a massive accomplishment
for independent films and influenced so many future films. If you could not tell
by the episode, I take a lot of interest in true crime. More so the detective
work than the actual gruesome acts but I hope you enjoyed my babbling about the
real case before I wore out my welcome. Check out The Phantom Killer by James
Presley (released in 2014) for really the only true and accessible work of documentation of
the Moonlight Murders.
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Beware the moon
The Professor
I feel that this topic leaves nothing further to talk about
it, as we covered the topic well enough for me within the episode. I hope it
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