This movie scared the shit out of me when I first watched it hahaha especially the dream sequence with the transmission coming through. I think it’s looked at as one of his weaker movies but I think it’s probably his creepiest? Anyway, it sits high on my list of horror movies
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A masterpiece..to be seen as many times you can...👍👍👍🇸🇻
I've fancied him since I first laid eyes on him in this movie. I skipped school to go and watch it in the Cameo theatre in Edinburgh. He was the most perfect specimen. Just re-watched Dexter and he's still got it. Still get FF, and yes, I would.
Brilliant writing by David and superb production by all. I know I’m late to the party but this is the best western series I have ever watched ! Thank you especially for the ornate western language.
I haven't watched it myself (I follow someone who does and thus where a bulk of my knowledge comes from), but is a shame so many boomers who pretend they have virgin ears get all ruffled because of the vulgarity, and didn't give the series a chance. I try to tell my dad what's it's trying to do, but he's SO DAMN fixated on "every other word is the C word, or the F word." (especially when he swears a blue streak at any mild inconvenience) when it's true they didn't use the modern vulgarity we know as swearing, Much of their swears at the time would be considered very tame by our standards, so he substituted modern vulgarity to convey the same impact to the audience.
Part of the joy of Deadwood is finding another human who has never seen it and watching it get into their bloodstream to the point where they ask you if they can borrow your Blu-ray set so they can binge-watch the entire series.
My favorite John Carpenter film, great score by Carpenter and Howarth. This movie is like "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Altered States", combining the 3 elements of: Religion, Science and Horror. Still a hard watch today, very underrated.
I saw the film in our local theater and was rivetted because I had just taken saber fencing training from an Hungarian olympic trainer. Still got some of the gear. Got the DVD. What a soundtrack and cast.
I was a competitive fencer *US) when this film came out. I also taught fencing at the NorCal Renaissance Faire for twenty years. All the fenders I knew agreed that this was the most realistic portrayal of dueling ever presented. A few adjustments to Mr. Carradine's comments about modern fencing and this film; the first fight is with small awards, which were in that period the typical dueling weapons and the action is fairly tight. The saber does cause for wider actions, but as Sir Richard Burton proved on paper and through historical argument, the tip is not only quicker as it is closer to the target, but a piece is typically more deadly than a slash. Also, the modern on-guard is the culmination of the dueling experience. By the end of the 19th century, using anything but the sword, such as a mittened hand, etc., was disallowed, the swords were similar to the modern epee, the blades were disinfected, and the action looked very much like a modern fencing match. A fight to the first blood was usually all that was required to settle a dispute or insult. In "The Duelists," the stone barn saber duel is a representation of the hatred that had grown between the two because there was hardly any refereeing and the two were so wild that if either had controlled themselves enough for a moment, the thing would have been brought to a quick end with a fatal use fo the tip. I think that the point of that scene was to illustrate that both had lost their civility at that point. DHubert had been brought down to Ferrault's level. Yes, sabers have tips, and cavalry was considered a shock force. Patton correctly considered the cavalry advantage with he designed his saber which was the last used by the U.S. cavalry. it was a straight blade and charges were made with full extension with the tip at the target. This was also true for the British cavalry. The Rench kept the curved blade, along with the red and blue uniforms right into WW1, and paid a price for it. William Hobbs was first a competitive fencer. He hadn't won any titles but knew that he wanted to add more to the typical "swashbuckler" style that earlier films had employed using modern fencing methods and even blades. The Tyronne Powers, "Mark of Zorro" was done with modern saber hilts and epee blades. The film was sped up to add the impression of super quickness, BTW. William Hobbs did a lot to bring more historicity into the period being portrayed as he also did in "MacBeath" in 1970. Interesting to the reader who gets this far, might be that the modern Olympics was established by a French noble who was a fencer and duelist, Pierre de Coutrin. Dueling continued into the 20th century. T here are some films of such duels on RU-vid. Here is one from 1949, France. Note the disinfecting of the blades before the action begins. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bKEX89M22oU.html
Identify with this movie because Harvey character looks very similar to a fellow Airborne trooper I new who we ended up having a falling out due to a woman, very same personality
Anyone who has seen the film knows how to pronounce the names of the main characters. Whatever film school wannabe narrating this ( 0:40 ) clearly has not. Still gets a like just for Keith.
I just watched this again. Every time it’s such a treat. It is so good that everything else seems to be just filler. Shout out for Diana Quick’s role and performance…much more significant than Christina Raines…no offense. Quick’s “Soldier’s Woman” was epic. One could not help but totally empathize with her situation, condition, hopes and absolute loss.
In the segment of this interview when Carradine talks about Cristina Raines as Adele, the interview is intercut almost entirely with scenes of Diana Quick as Laura. This forms a false impression on viewers who don’t already know that there were two principle female roles and suggests that the interview’s editor didn’t know, either.
Cooololla. Mr K Carradine thanks. I'm really glad that you took a brief ,oh I, it is great to hear from you ,man. I hope that you are doing A-OK. And you too,interviewer Dude.
