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« Reply #71 on: April 10, 2014, 07:56:25 AM » |
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I recently finished Bronson's Loose after having read the original Death Wish novel by Brian Garfield and watching all the movies. Bronson's Loose is a very interesting short book about the making of all five Death Wish movies. Bronson didn't seem to care much for most of the sequels, and Brian Garfield hated all of the movies. Garfield and Michael Winner (the director of the first three movies) were both quite outspoken on the topic. Garfield felt the films glorified the vigilante and the violence, and Winner referred to Garfield as a "bloody idiot" because Garfield seemed surprised the films were violent ("What did he think he'd written, Snow White?" Winner said--that's close to the exact quote from the book).
I also found it interesting Winner spoke about how Bronson didn't want to end the movie the way they did, with the iconic pistol shooting hand gesture. Bronson feared it would make it look as if his character enjoyed killing. One of the things I've always really liked about the first Death Wish is that you watch Kersey's character become unhinged. After he uses the sock full of quarters to get out of a mugging, he comes back to his place and slings the sock all around, striking a plant at one point in time, I believe. He looks like a real madman in that scene. And then after he shoots his first mugger, he comes back and throws up. It's really a disturbing movie.
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« Reply #72 on: April 13, 2014, 11:47:13 AM » |
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Darn it, seems like I've missed a lot of Bronson chat! I subscribe to this thread, yet I haven't gotten any notification. What's up with that? I haven't seen The Evil that Men Do, but I'd check it out. I'll watch about anything that Bronson did. A few weeks ago I saw The Stone Killer, which I thought was okay.
Bronson's own Dirty Harry! One of my favorite Bronson movies of the 70's! I´d say that The Evil That Men Do is one of my least favourite Bronson film...actually I don`t like it at all.I don`t mind (some)violent and action but this is way too graphic with violent and sadistic to my likeing.I would not recommend this one to anybody.
I was quite surprised when I watched this because it wasn't nearly as graphic or violent as I had read about - and I watched the uncut Australian DVD which has the most footage. I love it, one of the best from the 80's! During this past week, I've watched Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and 10 to Midnight. I've seen 10 to Midnight before but not Kinjite. Both movies are on the same DVD that I've had for a while but just now got around to watching. I can see why these two movies were paired together since Kinjite is about a prostitution ring and 10 to Midnight is about a killer who targets women. I liked both a lot.
Kinjite seems to be disliked by a lot of Bronson fans, I feel it is very underrated. I much more enjoy that one over Messenger of Death and Assassination. Apparently, the rest of the series is also available on Blu ray. Although, I'm not 100% sure these are American covers or if they're even available on Blu ray in the U.S.


These are the Scandinavian releases of the movies, I think they are all 1080i, not 1080p and I think I remember someone writing the picture quality being slightly poorer compared to the US releases. Of course, Death Wish V is only available in Scandinavia at the moment, so you may have to bite the bullet on that one. Please be advised that Death Wish II is cut on all releases. I'd stay away from that one until they come out with an uncut one. I have the Australian box set and the extremely rare Greek workprint VHS so I can watch it in its longer versions anyway. I also found it interesting Winner spoke about how Bronson didn't want to end the movie the way they did, with the iconic pistol shooting hand gesture. Bronson feared it would make it look as if his character enjoyed killing. One of the things I've always really liked about the first Death Wish is that you watch Kersey's character become unhinged. After he uses the sock full of quarters to get out of a mugging, he comes back to his place and slings the sock all around, striking a plant at one point in time, I believe. He looks like a real madman in that scene. And then after he shoots his first mugger, he comes back and throws up. It's really a disturbing movie.
I always just viewed that as a "You better watch it, there's a new vigilante in town", not like he's eager to kill him just for the satisfaction. Now a heads up for all Bronson fans - Violent City will be released on Blu-ray in Germany in June with hopefully some new extras: http://www.amazon.de/Brutale-Stadt-Blu-ray-Charles-Bronson/dp/B00HNHM3O4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397413627&sr=8-1&Really looking forward to that one!
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« Reply #78 on: April 21, 2014, 03:47:22 AM » |
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I love The White Buffalo. It has its fair share of critics, but I think it's one of his most entertaining movies from that period of his career (he struggled with choosing the right scripts at the end of the 70's & early 80's). The practical effects are cool and pretty well made IMO, but others used to today's CGI effects would probably say otherwise. The atmosphere throughout the whole movie is eerie and the score by none other than John Barry is terrific. There is even some good old shootouts in it. If you like Man Vs. Wild movies, you'll like it even more From Noon Till Three is a must for Bronson fans! If you're looking for a different Bronson movie, this is the one that has to be seen. I also think it's Jill Ireland's best performance and believe it or not, she even has more screentime than Bronson! I didn't think that ruined the movie at all, then again I've never really been too bothered with her on his movies. Something a lot of people don't know is that she has a beautiful voice, which she got to show by recording a song for the movie, which played during the end credits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gTIu7CCRbcThe song received a Golden Globe nomination.
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