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lobbycards · 7 months ago
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The Wanderers, Spanish lobby card. 1979
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nerds-yearbook · 11 days ago
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"By 2017, the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A police state, divided into Paramilitary Zones, rules with an iron hand. Television is controlled by the state and a sadistic game show called "The Running Man" has become the most popular program in history. All art, music and communications are censored. No dissent is tolerated and yet a small resistance movement has managed to survive underground. When high-tech gladiators are not enough to suppress the people's yearning for freedom... more direct methods become necessary." Opening narration from The Running Man. The events of the film take place in 2019. ("Running Man", Flm)
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cinearche · 2 years ago
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THE WANDERERS. Dir Philip Kaufman, 1979.
Sinopse: The Wanderers é uma gangue italiana de adolescentes do Bronx, Nova York, em 1963. Eles entram em confrontos com outras gangues. Drogas e armas não são coisas bacanas. A vida adulta os espera. (fonte imdb)
Tenho revisitado alguns filmes com temáticas voltadas a juventude americana e fiquei surpresa ao deixar passar o filme The Wanderers, no Brasil com o título de “Os vagabundos de Nova Iorque” de 1979 dirigido pelo cineasta Phil Kaufman. Baseado no romance do autor Richard Price. A história se passa no ano de 1963, sobre os Wanderers, uma gangue de adolescentes italianos que residiam nos subúrbios do bairro Bronx em Nova York, o confronto com as outras gangues rivais, os Fordham Baldies, sobretudo os temidos Ducky Boys (gangue de jovens misteriosos e conservadores) . Em um primeiro olhar trata-se de uma típica comédia de adolescentes, contudo o filme de Kaufman se apresenta mais do que isso e, por essa razão levou-me a refletir a sua entre linhas, ou melhor o seu entre planos, a fim de examinar essa relação estabelecida no filme: a dureza da juventude, as expectativas e incertezas em uma sociedade que passava por transformações, principalmente no campo político.
O filme começa com a provocação do Wanderers aos Baldies, sobretudo a preocupação do personagem Turkey (Alan Rosenberg), da gangue dos Wanderers com o seu futuro; preocupação que o leva a raspar os cabelos e se tornar um dos “Baldies” e toda a sua busca por ser aceito pelo grupo rival liderado por Terror (Erland van Lidth), ao lado de sua namorada Peewee (Linda Manz). Poderia elencar outras cenas do filme neste texto, porém destaco uma cena peculiar que me chamou a atenção: a notícia do assassinato do Presidente Kennedy e, as transformações culturais dos anos 60, o que culmina com o descortinar das expectativas de uma geração, na cena em destaque pressupõe um limiar de configuração entre dois tempos: as expectativas consubstanciadas em mudanças relacionadas a uma nova Era Kennedy até o seu fatídico assassinato em Dallas em 1963; na película é notória essa divisão, como igualmente na história do país.
Em uma publicação de 1979 no The New York Times, com o título de 'The Wanderers, ' a Bronx Gangs Story¹ há uma referência ao apontamento em questão, porém ressaltando a ambivalência dos conflitos raciais; como observado ao percorrer os corredores do colégio, a pluralidade de grupos de jovens de diferentes culturas coexistindo e, claro separados por grupos de rapazes durões identificados por suas jaquetas com o nome de sua respectiva gangue; ademais na cena em questão, dentro da sala de aula o professor propõe uma dinâmica de confronto entre negros e brancos, uma alusão ao “Brotherhood Week” a “Semana da Fraternidade”, a cena se torna cômica ao primeiro olhar, onde grande quantidade de apelidos jocosos é proferida mutuamente entre grupos, entrepostos por uma imagem de Abraham Lincoln ao fundo.
Pois bem, em uma estrutura narrativa como lembra Jean-Claude Bernadet -“filmar, então, pode ser visto como um ato de recortar o espaço, de determinado ângulo, em imagens, com uma finalidade expressiva. Por isso diz que filmar é uma atividade de análise.”²A partir desse pressuposto cabe um olhar com acuidade, uma observação pormenorizada da cena apresentada na película que retrata a notícia do assassinato do Presidente Kennedy e seus elementos ideológicos. Embora nesse tocante a análise pode se tornar mais abrangente o que descabe nesse argumento, afinal como descrito é um filme de comédia sobre a juventude americana na década de 60.
Desta maneira, The Wanderers se constrói através das transformações provenientes da contracultura enraizada no estado mental daquela juventude. E dentro dessa configuração destaco a notória cena onde o personagem Richie (Ken Wahl) caminhando pelas ruas é surpreendido com a notícia do assassinato do Presidente Kennedy; o plano foca em ênfase os semblantes preocupados do personagem, em conexão com o som de “stand by me” de Ben E. King. Onde o refrão se dilui com as imagens do Presidente na tela do televisor, assim como a esperança de quem estava inconsolável diante da vitrine; a música repercutiu o drama psicológico, porém com a esperança onde devemos permanecer fortes e otimistas.
Destaque para a cinematografia de Michael Chapman (Taxi driver, Raging Bull) que expõe o detalhe do plano: diante da vitrine de uma loja de televisores, senhoras vão às lágrimas com a notícia; é uma desolação coletiva; poderia considerar a cinematografia em consonância como todo aquele momento, uma ficção que se opera a partir da realidade histórica; como ensina Susan Sontag - “As fotos mostram as pessoas incontestavelmente presentes num lugar e numa época específica de suas vidas; agrupam pessoas e coisas que, um instante depois, se dispersaram, mudaram, seguiram o curso de seus destinos independentes.”³ Porém cinema é imagem em movimento, mas através da cinematografia nos enseja a significar todo esse conjunto. E diante de significações se estabelece o ponto de divisão do filme e consequentemente na história americana.
No que tange o universo fílmico, sobretudo para o personagem de Richie, sua vida passa por mudanças significativas ao engravidar sua namorada Despie (Toni Kalem) a filha de um italiano mafioso e, se vê diante de um compromisso diante do futuro sogro: casar com a sua filha. A partir deste limiar os personagens se transformam diante das incertezas da vida adulta, e a tônica juvenil se subverte. Um pesar recaí sobre Richie diante de uma pia de louças do restaurante em que trabalha, arrefecido diante do compromisso de se casar, da incerteza à sujeição.
The Wanderers é um filme que inspira nostalgia, afinal se passaram mais de quarenta anos, merece ser revisto. É genial como o diretor Phil Kaufman em sua visão construiu sua retórica de um tempo, realmente levou a refletir sobre as interlocuções do cinema com a história e seu papel na ambivalência da montagem cinematográfica.
©Patrizia Carrán/Cine Arché.
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¹“There is also an amazingly tasteless reference to the John F. Kennedy assassination, with a rock song played over footage of the killing, plus some uneasy attempts to demonstrate that race relations in the neighborhood are implausibly strained and friendly at the same time.”
MASLIN, Janet. 'The Wanderers, ' a Bronx Gangs Story. The New York Times, July 13, 1979. Disponível em: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/13/archives/screen-the-wanderers-a-bronx-gangs-story.html
² BERNADET, Jean-Claude. O que é Cinema. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 2006. (Coleção Primeiros Passos;9).
³SONTAG, Susan. Sobre Fotografia, Ensaios. Companhia das Letras. 2004.
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brody75 · 2 years ago
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The Running Man (1987)
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80smovies · 3 years ago
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genevieveetguy · 4 years ago
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I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.
The Running Man, Paul Michael Glaser (1987)
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mariocki · 5 years ago
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The Running Man (1987)
"Killian - I'll be back."
"Only in a rerun."
#the running man#1987#action film#films i done watched#Date night movie#paul michael glaser#arnold schwarzenegger#Maria Conchita Alonso#yaphet kotto#jim brown#Jesse Ventura#Erland van Lidth#Marvin J. McIntyre#Gus Rethwisch#Professor Toru Tanaka#mick fleetwood#dweezil zappa#richard dawson#stephen king#steven e. de souza#I suppose I must have seen this as a teenager. Certainly I was familiar with the basic beats and plot points but then like a lot of Arnie#Films this has become something of a pop culture touchstone. On watching again (date night movie) it actually stands up pretty well#Oh sure it is meathead action nonsense and sure Arnie's one liners are pretty horrendous. But it's fun! Is it successful as a critique of#Consumer culture and trash TV? Not entirely but it at least has a go. Playing on long established tropes (with nods to The Most Dangerous#Game and Kneale's Year of the Sex Olympics) the film invites us to imagine a far flung future dystopia (2019..) in which uhhhhh there has#Been an economic crash and oil reserves are running dangerously low whilst the rich live in skyscrapers and the poor struggle to feed#Themselves and the police react with indiscriminate violence. So. Yeah. Pretty... Hard to imagine.. That.. Cough. Perhaps the most#Disturbing element of this film (certainly the most perplexing) is that the last forces of resistance are led by... Mick Fleetwood?!#Apparently playing himself?! I mean his character is called Mic and he refers to his music career... They even did a pretty good job of#Aging him up to look like his 2019 self‚ albeit with rather more hair than he actually retained. Also Dweezil Zappa is his right hand man?!
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scenesandscreens · 4 years ago
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The Running Man (1987)
Director - Paul Michael Glaser, Cinematography - Thomas Del Ruth
"I told Killian I'd be back. I wouldn't want to be a liar."
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coupdetorchon · 8 years ago
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cultfaction · 4 years ago
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Bonus Ep: The Life and Career of Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
Bonus Ep: The Life and Career of Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
In this special bonus episode we take a look at the life and career of Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, star of The Wanderers, Stir Crazy, Alone in the Dark, and The Running Man. The episode has a special contricubution from Tony Ganios who starred with Erland in The Wanderers. https://cultfaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Erlind-Van.mp3  
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lindamanz · 8 years ago
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Linda Manz as Peewee in The Wanderers (1979)
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brokehorrorfan · 3 years ago
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Blu-ray Review: Alone in the Dark
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Not to be confused with the 2005 video game adaptation of the same name, 1982’s Alone in the Dark has all the makings of a horror classic. It’s written and directed by Jack Sholder (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, The Hidden), stars screen greats Jack Palance (City Slickers), Donald Pleasence (Halloween), and Martin Landau (Ed Wood), features a special effect by Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th), and was the first production shepherded by New Line Cinema (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Lord of the Rings). It would be notable for all the talent involved even if it was bad - but it's a genuinely great genre outing. Scream Factory aims to change the tide on the under-seen picture with a Collector's Edition Blu-ray.
The film follows psychiatrist Dan Potter (Dwight Schultz, The A-Team) to his new position at a new-age psychiatric hospital known as The Haven. Its righteous founder, Dr. Leo Bain (Pleasence), uses unorthodox methods to get through to patients - or voyagers, as he refers to them - that other doctors have written off. Potter is stationed on the third floor, where the potentially dangerous individuals are housed: paranoid schizophrenic veteran Frank Hawkes (Palance), pyromaniac ex-minister Byron Sutcliff (Landau), child molester Ronald Elster (Erland van Lidth, The Running Man), and serial killer John "The Bleeder" Skaggs (Phillip Clark).
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Under the delirious belief that Potter killed their old doctor and that they are next, the patients plot to kill him first. A power blackout allows them to make an easy escape, followed by riots through the city where they blend in. The last act feels a bit like Night of the Living Dead, as Potter and his family - wife Nell (Deborah Hedwall, Mare of Easttown), liberal sister Toni (Lee Taylor-Allan, Stargate), and young daughter Lyla (Elizabeth Ward) - are trapped in their house with the armed killers lurking outside, then it slowly becomes a home invasion as the madmen make their way inside one by one.
Slasher is the easiest way to classify Alone in the Dark, but that's not entirely accurate. Produced during the subgenre's golden age, the movie certainly contains key slasher elements but also eschews several of its tropes. Notably, it centers on adults rather than teenagers, college kids, or young adults. Coincidentally, it’s set in a town called Springwood (pre-dating A Nightmare on Elm Street by two years) and features a killer donning a goalie mask (arriving the same year Jason Voorhees picked one up in Friday the 13th Part III).
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Sholder shows remarkable control in his direction for a feature debut, delivering a tight 93 minutes with a couple of chilling stalk-and-slash scenes. Working with cinematographer Joseph Mangine (Alligator, Q: The Winged Serpent), the film features some beautiful, blue-tinted nighttime sequences. The score, composed by Renato Serio (The Pumaman), is begging to be pressed on vinyl. Its main theme is reminiscent of The Exorcist's "Tubular Bells" with hints of Italian prog rock and John Carpenter influence.
Schultz is considerably more restrained than his over-the-top Murdock from The A-Team, but he’s understandably overshadowed by - and billed below - the bigger names. Palance, per usual, commands attention every time he's on screen. Pleasence’s Dr. Bain is the inverse of his Dr. Loomis from Halloween; one is convinced his patient is pure evil, the other believes they are harmless. Landau adds further gravitas. Brent Jennings (Lodge 49) plays the ill-fated third floor security guard, while a young Lin Shaye (Insidious) pops up as the first inmate Potter meets. Punk band The Sic Fucks appear as themselves, performing the infectiously macabre "Chop Up Your Mother" and more at a nightclub.
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Alone in the Dark has been newly scanned in 2K from the interpositive with DTS-HD Master Audio stereo sound for Scream Factory's Collector's Edition Blu-ray. It features reversible artwork with a new design by Hugh Fleming that leans into the slasher elements and the ominous original poster art. A new interview with Sholder is one of the best director featurettes in recent memory. The sharp, 40-minute piece offers detailed anecdotes about the Friday the 13th's inspiration, the original script being set in New York City, how editing The Burning taught him how to make a horror movie, and more.
Sholder's archival audio commentary from the 2005 DVD is also included. A lot of information from the interview is repeated, but the longer form allows him to go into greater detail. Film historians Justin Kerswell (author of The Slasher Movie Book) and Amanda Reyes (author of Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium) provide a new audio commentary in which they analyze the subtext of the film. A new featurette finds former Fangoria editor-in-chief Michael Gingold visiting the New Jersey filming locations (including one later used in Orange is the New Black) as they appear today.
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Both new and archival interviews with The Sic Fucks vocalist Russell Wolinsky and back-up singers Snooky Bellomo and Tish Bellomo show the band members taking pride in their small part in horror history. An archival chat with actress Carol Levy is also included; she recounts playing the libidinous babysitter in addition to her work in other productions, then shows off her ability to put her legs behind her head. The theatrical trailer, TV spot, two radio spots, and a gallery of stills round out the extras.
Alone in the Dark is available now on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray via Scream Factory.
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locke-writes · 7 years ago
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The running man. I actually have watched that one.
Correct! Fun Fact: Erland van Lidth ("Dynamo") was a classically trained Helden baritone opera singer, so in his introduction when Dynamo is singing an aria from "The Marriage of Figaro", it actually is van Lidth singing.
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saturdaynightmatinee · 5 years ago
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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10
Título Original: Stir Crazy
Año: 1980
Duración: 111 min.
País: Estados Unidos
Director: Sidney Poitier
Guion: Bruce Jay Friedman, Charles Blackwell
Música: Tom Scott
Fotografía: Fred Schuler
Reparto: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams,Miguel Angel Suarez, Craig T. Nelson, Barry Corbin, Charles Weldon,Nicolas Coster, Joel Brooks, Jonathan Banks, Erland van Lidth
Productora: Columbia Pictures
Género: Comedy, Crime
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081562/
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvYse_rQ5A
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80smovies · 6 years ago
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carolinecastro123 · 4 years ago
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Erland Van Lidth DeJeude: During his short acting career he was cast as an intimidating brute and child molester. In real life he held a SB in Computer Science & Electrical Engineering from MIT, was a bass-baritone with an NYC opera company and was an alternate for the 1976 Olympics wrestling team
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