THE DANMAN CAN

I was in the perfect mindset to finally get around to viewing this film tonight, having been sick for about 4 weeks now with a dry cough and at a point in my life where I feel dispassionate and find it hard to truly connect with people.  Moore 's perfectly understated performance,  Hayne 's appropriately flat direction and  Tomney 's moody ambient score make for a powerful film.

Where The Bird Sings Best  (1992) is exactly how I expected one of Jodorowsky 's books to read. As with his films: surrealist, fantastical, absurd—filled with passion, nihilism, beauty, ugliness, poetry, religion, and politics.

The Love Witch   (2016) is visually impressive and fun but it loses steam around the halfway mark and could have easily been 30 mins shorter.

Focus On Film   Episode 51  is up! Download the MP3  HERE Danman and Rygar talk a lot about films they haven't seen, bad movies that are bad, a Glass named Philip + more! In this episode: June 2017  Criterion Collection   Titles Announcement Best & Worst Of The Month  –     DANGEROUS MEN (2005), CONTAMINATION  (1980), MOONLIGHT  (2016), THE YAKUZA  (1974) Criterion Most Wanted "Focus On Film Theme"  & commercial music:  Daniel Sardella

A perfect example of how a "remake" ( HIS GIRL FRIDAY ) greatly improved upon a solid film (this one) by switching one of its lead's gender, amping up the comedy and speed, and how much a top notch director  (and a crackerjack cast) makes a difference. A lot of the dialogue and scenarios are identical in both films but HGF is a classic and while THE FRONT PAGE  ( remade again in 1974 by Billy Wilder ) is a good film (with some pretty great camerawork), it doesn't hold a candle.

One of my top 5 comedies and one of my Top 100 Films . Brilliant performances, dialogue, and direction. Howard Hawks Films Ranked Classic Screwball Comedies Ranked