connoisseur series500 Posted August 14, 2003 Report Posted August 14, 2003 Anyone ever see this movie? I am watching it now for the second time. Man what darkness! It's one of those character studies done like "Ship of Fools" but it is more violent and ugly. Great story; great acting. Very disturbing. No one comes out of this looking good: the younger generation, the middleaged , or the elderly. Fascinating yet deeply pessimistic. Hollywood doesn't make films this good anymore. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted August 14, 2003 Author Report Posted August 14, 2003 (edited) Don't know what the writers had in mind, but it strikes me as the self-satisfied 1950s meeting the disturbed 1960s with all Hell breaking loose. Still trying to formulate my thoughts and feelings: The 50s and its self-satisfied values are visciously ripped, but the disturbing elements of the 60s don't seem to offer any kind of hope either. Certainly this is a dark classic. Edited August 14, 2003 by connoisseur series500 Quote
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