Shoot the DVD Player #10: All Is Lost / Manhunter / The Imposter / School holiday wrap-up
Shoot the DVD Player #10: All Is Lost / Manhunter / The Imposter / School holiday wrap-upDescription
Episode 10! What a milestone. And like the mad scientist in The Human Centipede, we're celebrating with an extra segment.
All Is Lost (2013, J.C. Chandor)
Robert Redford in all his craggy glory plays a yachtsman contending with errant shipping containers, wild storms, and the kind of mast problems that are bound to affect a man of his vintage.
Manhunter (1986, Michael Mann)
As the sun sets over the ocean, throwing pastel pinks onto the cirrus-ridged sky, Michael Mann downs a whiskey and leans against the wall of his minimally furnished, impossibly white shoreside mansion, and contemplates the suspense-inducing qualities of "In A Gadda Da Vita". That is how a master filmmaker rolls.
The Imposter (2012, Bart Layton)
Crazy goings-on down in Texas, as a boy goes missing only to turn up three years later looking significantly older and sounding significantly Frencher than before. Somehow, his family buy it, albeit briefly. This is a true story.
School holiday wrap-up
I am joined by a special guest to discuss the school holiday movie season just concluded, as well as Dirty Dancing, because why not.
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