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Cinema Autopsy

Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

November 29th 2010 06:47
Spot on review David!

The premise of this film is such a good one but it feels padded to the point that I got bored with it. It absolutely would have worked better as a short film and not showing us Santa on a rampage was a missed opportunity. Great in conception but disappointing in execution. Anyway, your review nailed it so I have nothing more to say.

Cheers
Thomas

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on I Want You

September 3rd 2010 07:11
It is a pretty obscure film, at least it is in Australia. I think I originally saw it on a preview tape at the video store I was working in at the time. I don't that store even actually ended up stocking the film.

Anyway, I am hoping to revisit the film now so thanks again for your encouraging review.

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on I Want You

September 3rd 2010 06:48
Great review David and you've encouraged me to revisit this film as it is one of the only Michael Winterbottom film that I don't like. However, I did see it ten years ago on VHS so hopefully watching this new DVD release a decade later will be a better experience.

Cheers
Thomas

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on New York, I Love You

April 27th 2010 13:51
Ha ha! I had such a different response to this than you did David. While I loved the Alexander Payne film from the Paris collection, I thought the overall standard in the New York collection was better. Also, I really had an aversion to Brett Ratner’s prom date film but thought Shekhar Kapur's film was the best one.

But I do agree that these director-ensemble films are always OK at best, although I was impressed with 11'09''01 - September 11 when I saw it. Not sure if it would still hold up now though.

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on TOP GUN: A First Encounter

April 7th 2010 03:49
This is a really fun read David and I would probably have a similar response if I saw this film for the first time today. However, I’ve got a strong sense of nostalgia for this film as when I was in primary school my sisters and I all got chicken-pox at the same time and spent most our time at home watching Top Gun repeatedly on VHS.

These days I have mixed feelings about it. Its perfectly formulaic approach to filmmaking is something I both grudgingly admire and am repulsed by. It led the way for the development of High Concept producer driven cinema that was completely critic proof. The almost non sequitur dialogue and operatic melodrama of the narrative is both perversely engaging and deplorable. It’s a film of its time but along with Flashdance reveals much about where Hollywood is at now. I love it and I hate it…

Anyway, great piece!

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on 2009: SCREEN FANATIC YEAR IN REVIEW

January 7th 2010 07:10
Hi Dave.

I thought it only fair to now comment on your list and applaud your diverse and interesting choices. I'm actually pleased to see that we disagree on a handful of films as I was starting to feel a bit weird about how similar our tastes are! For a start, I actually really enjoyed The Hangover but do admit to being highly disturbed at the time by how much I liked it!

One thing - I'm 99% certain that Let the Right One In wasn't released in Australia until 2009 because I reviewed it on air and only started doing the show that I'm on last year. So I reckon you can count it in a 2009 list.

Thanks for the heads-up on Katalin Varga, Breathless, Appaloosa and North. I didn't see any of those films so will now track them down.

Cheers
Thomas

PS 2009 really did turn out to be quite a fantastic year for cinema.


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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on Julie and Julia

October 13th 2009 11:09
Nice one David

Good to hear somebody else saying good things about this film. I suspect it has become a bit fashionable to bash it. I have to admit that I expected to really dislike it but was completely won over and ended up loving it. Maybe it helped that I do love French cuisine and I appreciate the passion that goes into it. I also really identified with the Amy Adams character as her passion (and escape) into cooking reminded me of how I feel about cinema. Plus, the Amy Adams character is played by Amy Adams (duh) and she can do no wrong in my books.

Cheers
Thomas

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Comment by Cinema Autopsy
on The Good, the Bad, the Weird

October 1st 2009 12:43
Hi David

I've only just come back from seeing this and I am still trembling with excitement. Sensational film! The final paragraph of your review pretty much sums up exactly how I feel.

In fact, thank heavens you posted this review because I almost forgot that this was screening and I hadn't twigged that it was by the same director as Bittersweet Life, which I also loved. So thanks for providing such an invaluable service!

Cheers
Thomas

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