Jim Brennan
VHS Member Old Skool
Anyone else see this doc on TCM tonight? I thought it was pretty good. Funny how life imitates art, or in this case it may have been the other way around.
Val Lewton?
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Nice documentary. Similar to Shadows in the Dark documentary on the Warners Val Lewton DVD set.
Val Lewton Blogathon:
http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2008/01/val-lewton-blogathon.html
Val Lewton Blogathon:
http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2008/01/val-lewton-blogathon.html
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Wrathborne
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An interesting, but depressing man. He had some really grand ideas as a filmaker, and a low budget filmaker. I'm glad he left many lessons for us to learn from and inspiration as well.
Jim Brennan
VHS Member Old Skool
It becomes almost a cliche to say that what you don't see is scarier than what you do see. But his films are a great example of how true that is. Whether it was only the limits of his budgets that led him down that path, I don't know. But I think it takes a certain confidence both as a filmmaker and in your audience to make movies like that.
Cat people was the only film of his I was familiar with, but I'll be looking for more.
Cat people was the only film of his I was familiar with, but I'll be looking for more.