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I'm not getting into the debate, but I gotta echo that Love Crime is indeed a great film. Well worth seeing the original.
YES TO ALL OF THIS!
Yep, just talking about this on Friday convinced me to watch it again last night (the wife hadn't seen it). Enjoyed it a lot, and had no idea how much I had forgotten. I love chilly French thrillers a la Chabrol.
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Ostensibly the film opens at the end of May, but I don't know if it will play in any L.A. area theaters.
I am praying it is better than Passion.
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What the hell is with De Palma and Bolero? Jesus Christ.
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What the hell is with De Palma and Bolero? Jesus Christ.
Well, as we learned from that Blake Edwards film, it's SEXY music...
[One of Albert Brooks' comedy albums has a funny bit featuring Ravel's Bolero with lyrics]
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According to a De Palma fansite, Domino's "Los Angeles" release may be at the AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance, which will likely mean that this will be the first De Palma film in over 40 years that I'm not able to catch in its original theatrical run. Oh well.
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According to a De Palma fansite, Domino's "Los Angeles" release may be at the AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance, which will likely mean that this will be the first De Palma film in over 40 years that I'm not able to catch in its original theatrical run. Oh well.
Ah, that's not that far! Don't break the streak!
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According to a De Palma fansite, Domino's "Los Angeles" release may be at the AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance, which will likely mean that this will be the first De Palma film in over 40 years that I'm not able to catch in its original theatrical run. Oh well.
Ah, that's not that far! Don't break the streak!
Assuming it even has matinees, it would mean a mile-walk, then a train, then another train, then at least one bus. I'm not sure that's how I want to spend my Sunday, June 2nd, even for a new De Palma. And what if it's even worse than Passion?
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It is indeed opening at the AMC Rolling Hills in Torrance this Friday, playing two matinees a day (but no evening shows).
I've decided that if I can take two trains from Menlo Park to Berkeley to eat pizza and shop at Amoeba, then I can take a train and two buses from Hollywood to Torrance to see the new DePalma film (even if it's getting lousy reviews, and allegedly isn't even the director's cut). Wish me luck!
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I listened to the score on the link provided above, and kind of liked it. It has that distinctive sound of Donaggio doing Herrmann in places, which is fine because his De Palma scores are what got me into Donaggio in the first place. It's no Dressed To Kill, though - my favourite of theirs - but I enjoyed it enough. The Bolero track is a bit annoying, but then I've always hated Bolero! Personally I could also do without tracks that only run 17 seconds or so, and I really don't mind if they're suited together into fewer, longer pieces.
No idea when/if the film's coming out in the UK; I suspect it'll be a straight-to-DVD release, which is a pity. (Passion - a sadly uninteresting retread of the far superior Love Crime apart from the last scene, when De Palma finally gets his finger out and starts properly overdirecting, - also went straight to disc here.)
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This is a release? One theater completely out of the way and playing only matinees? Why are they bothering?
I've come to think of this kind of release as "We promised someone we'd release it, but we don't really care if anyone sees it."
But hey, who could turn down a trip to Torrance!
(Seriously, DePalma was one of my first favorite directors -- my first Super 8 film was a De Palma parody -- so the idea of missing a new DePalma film, even a terrible, re-edited one, causes me physical pain. And who cares if he peaked 43 years ago -- how many directors can make a film as great as Carrie?)
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It seems weird for them to have re-cut it -- not that De Palma makes nothing but masterpieces, but "new Brian De Palma film" seems a better selling point than "new thriller with that guy from Game of Thrones who isn't actually a box-office star," and what's the point of making a De Palma film that even De Palma won't recommend?
I saw a screening of Johnny Dangerously recently, and during the intro the New Bev staffer said that reportedly De Palma was a big fan of the film, was seen at an industry screening laughing uproariously -- this, more than anything else, explains why he made Wise Guys with Dangerously co-stars De Vito and Piscopo two years later.
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I just watched this film on PPV. It's beautifully photographed with some trademark De Palma touches, but it's obvious that editors hacked the film to bits. Character development is practically nonexistent. There's only enough continuity to barely support the various violent scenes.
Donaggio's score is excellent. I think you'll especially appreciate his "Bolero" cue that accompanies an elaborate set piece staged during a bullfight.
I suspect there was originally a very good film here. Maybe someday we'll see what De Palma really had in mind.
Wasn't there already a Bolero-like cue in either Passion or Femme Fatale?
Domino did not open in Seattle, so either it's coming here later in June or I'll have to wait for a DVD; preferably one with a director's cut.
I've been a devoted De Palma follower ever since his double whammy of Home Movies and Dressed to Kill in the summer of '80. It's cool that almost 40 years later he's still making movies, but sad that he's not on the level of respect of fellow "movie brats" Scorsese and Spielberg.
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I'm sure I'll see it when it comes to Blu-ray, which should be in about a month. I guess they do VOD and one theater releases these days so they can say it had a theatrical release? 
