list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Innocent Blood on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Innocent_Blood/17097/default.aspx Title: Innocent Blood
Year: 1992
Director: John Landis
Plot: An uneven but entertaining blend of graphic horror and black comedy from John Landis, very much in the mode of the director's successful An American Werewolf in London. French actress Anne Parillaud -- star of Luc Besson's acclaimed thriller La Femme Nikita -- plays Marie, a lithe and lovely vampire with a conscience who will not take "innocent blood" and maintains a low profile by dining exclusively on criminals and lowlifes. She finds a virtual smorgasbord in Pittsburgh's criminal underworld, arriving in the thick of a bloody mob war sparked by ruthless kingpin Sal Macelli (Robert Loggia). After preying on one of Macelli's hoods (Chazz Palminteri), Marie fumbles her attack on the boss himself and he manages to escape, eventually transforming into a vampire himself. Macelli soon comes to appreciate his new superhuman condition and hatches a diabolical scheme to control the syndicates by turning his underlings into vampires -- including his beleaguered lawyer, Emmanuel Bergman (Don Rickles). Marie, faced with a new and powerful undead enemy, is forced to take matters into her own claws. To this end she enlists the reluctant aid (and eventual affection) of undercover cop Joe Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia), whose cover has just been leaked to the press, making him a target for Macelli and his growing army of blood drinkers. Landis has crafted a dark and brooding film, pumped up with bouts of extreme gore and gangland violence -- but where American Werewolf's occasional comic touches helped to ground the story and give the "straight" horror scenes more punch, most attempts at humor here seem jarring and out of place. The film's highlights come from numerous horror in-jokes, including cameos from Sam Raimi, Clive Barker, Dario Argento and Linnea Quigley; Rickles' explosive death scene ranks among the weirdest in cinema history. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:51:48 GMTInnocent Blood1992John LandisAn uneven but entertaining blend of graphic horror and black comedy from <a href="/players/P____98623/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Landis</a>, very much in the mode of the director's successful <a href=/films/1212/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>An American Werewolf in London</a>. French actress <a href="/players/P____55020/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Anne Parillaud</a> -- star of <a href="/players/P____81731/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Luc Besson</a>'s acclaimed thriller <a href=/films/45755/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>La Femme Nikita</a> -- plays Marie, a lithe and lovely vampire with a conscience who will not take "innocent blood" and maintains a low profile by dining exclusively on criminals and lowlifes. She finds a virtual smorgasbord in Pittsburgh's criminal underworld, arriving in the thick of a bloody mob war sparked by ruthless kingpin Sal Macelli (<a href="/players/P____42988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Loggia</a>). After preying on one of Macelli's hoods (<a href="/players/P____54860/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Chazz Palminteri</a>), Marie fumbles her attack on the boss himself and he manages to escape, eventually transforming into a vampire himself. Macelli soon comes to appreciate his new superhuman condition and hatches a diabolical scheme to control the syndicates by turning his underlings into vampires -- including his beleaguered lawyer, Emmanuel Bergman (<a href="/players/P____60156/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Don Rickles</a>). Marie, faced with a new and powerful undead enemy, is forced to take matters into her own claws. To this end she enlists the reluctant aid (and eventual affection) of undercover cop Joe Gennaro (<a href="/players/P____39765/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Anthony LaPaglia</a>), whose cover has just been leaked to the press, making him a target for Macelli and his growing army of blood drinkers. Landis has crafted a dark and brooding film, pumped up with bouts of extreme gore and gangland violence -- but where <a href=/films/114667/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>American Werewolf</a>'s occasional comic touches helped to ground the story and give the "straight" horror scenes more punch, most attempts at humor here seem jarring and out of place. The film's highlights come from numerous horror in-jokes, including cameos from <a href="/players/P___107427/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sam Raimi</a>, <a href="/players/P____80708/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clive Barker</a>, <a href="/players/P____79899/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dario Argento</a> and <a href="/players/P____58232/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Linnea Quigley</a>; Rickles' explosive death scene ranks among the weirdest in cinema history. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)8122http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t02647wukev.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Innocent_Blood/17097/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Ass_Kicking_Heroine_Films/190/39448/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: flair
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Post Date: 1/13/2009 5:06:21 AM
Body: This is not intended to be as snarky as it probably reads, but looking down this column of movie posters, it's remarkable how many terrible films are listed. I say that even though I've seen most of them and enjoyed many. But when Linda Fiorentino has to be moved over from film noir, the proper category for devious _ but by no means kick-ass _ Wendy/Bridget, you know the pickings are slim in this genre. Nevertheless, here's a few that deserve attention: Terminator (1984) Linda Hamilton as a regular woman becoming kick-ass. Honorable mention to Kristanna Loken for the lesser T3. House of Flying Daggers (2004) Astoundingly beautiful, with astoundingly beautiful assassin Zhang Ziyi. Serenity (2005) Even before becoming a Terminator, Summer Glau was a very, very dangerous person. Why are there links to Firefly but not its movie, or is this now supposed to be Firefly Part 2? Innocent Blood (1992) Anne Parillaud, the original Femme Nikita, blazes through the very, very narrow category of Vampire against the Mob movies. Dangerous Beauty (1998) Granted, Catherine McCormack really only kicks Oliver Platt's butt, but she beats the Inquisition as well. Besides, she's too beautiful to ignore, especially with sword in hand. Aliens (1986) The installment in which Sigourney Weaver actually kicks butt, rather than merely surviving, and before the series lost any shred of coherence. Lifeforce (1985) Mathilda May. Space Girl. Resistance really is futile. King Arthur (2004) All right, I concede that at 98 pounds in her training bra, Keira Knightley doesn't make the most awe-inspiring warrior princess. But smeared with woad, or at least blue paint, and strapped into a skimpy and very uncomfortable looking leather harness, Knightley is still quite energetic at defending Roman Britain from the Saxon hordes. Besides, she deserves cumulative points from the ridiculous Domino and never-ending Pirates movies. This is another startling omission from the database.
]]>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:06:21 GMTflairTop 51/13/2009 5:06:21 AMThis is not intended to be as snarky as it probably reads, but looking down this column of movie posters, it's remarkable how many terrible films are listed. I say that even though I've seen most of them and enjoyed many. But when Linda Fiorentino has to be moved over from film noir, the proper category for devious _ but by no means kick-ass _ Wendy/Bridget, you know the pickings are slim in this genre. Nevertheless, here's a few that deserve attention: Terminator (1984) Linda Hamilton as a regular woman becoming kick-ass. Honorable mention to Kristanna Loken for the lesser T3. House of Flying Daggers (2004) Astoundingly beautiful, with astoundingly beautiful assassin Zhang Ziyi. Serenity (2005) Even before becoming a Terminator, Summer Glau was a very, very dangerous person. Why are there links to Firefly but not its movie, or is this now supposed to be Firefly Part 2? Innocent Blood (1992) Anne Parillaud, the original Femme Nikita, blazes through the very, very narrow category of Vampire against the Mob movies. Dangerous Beauty (1998) Granted, Catherine McCormack really only kicks Oliver Platt's butt, but she beats the Inquisition as well. Besides, she's too beautiful to ignore, especially with sword in hand. Aliens (1986) The installment in which Sigourney Weaver actually kicks butt, rather than merely surviving, and before the series lost any shred of coherence. Lifeforce (1985) Mathilda May. Space Girl. Resistance really is futile. King Arthur (2004) All right, I concede that at 98 pounds in her training bra, Keira Knightley doesn't make the most awe-inspiring warrior princess. But smeared with woad, or at least blue paint, and strapped into a skimpy and very uncomfortable looking leather harness, Knightley is still quite energetic at defending Roman Britain from the Saxon hordes. Besides, she deserves cumulative points from the ridiculous Domino and never-ending Pirates movies. This is another startling omission from the database. http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/11/25/37619.aspx Post By: usesoap
Post To: usesoap Blog
Post Date: 11/25/2008 12:44:47 PM
Body: During last year’s “Juno” zeitgeist, I received a response from a reader who took umbrage with me slamming the film. “I guess you don’t remember what’s it’s like to be a 16-year-old girl who is unpopular, non-conforming and pregnant,” she sniffed. I always thought this to be an odd line of reasoning for an argument. By that statement, does that mean I must have spent time as a gladiator to enjoy “300?” Must I have gone through heroin withdraw after cutting short my career in punk music to appreciate “Sid and Nancy?” A film need not have leads with character traits that duplicate my own in order for me to appreciate it (“Trainspotting” immediately comes to mind). It does not even have to have leads that I respect, for that matter (say hello to my little friend “Scarface”). What it does have to contain is an involving story and, in lieu of, or addition to that, characters which captivate my attention long enough for me to want to spend two hours with them in a darkened theater. The novel “Twilight,” written by Stephanie Meyers, is not meant for me. Nor, I gather, is the film. It was meant for the two texting tweeners sitting next to me in the theater – the ones who giggled at the first sight of Edward, the ones who cheered on Bella, but also the ones who spent the majority of film bathed in the blue light of their flipped-open cell phones, apparently interested in anything else but what was on the screen. (Maybe we could find common ground.) But there were certainly enough fans to give this film a record-breaking weekend at the box office last weekend. Fandango, the online pre-sale ticket hub, reported that tickets for “Twilight” were being sold at a rate of five per second prior to the first screenings. And they are not going away any time soon; after a phenomenal Friday box office, Summit, the tiny studio that produced the film, announced plans for a sequel and perhaps a third to be filmed back to back. And for that audience, I certainly understand (and even, at times, appreciate) the appeal. For beneath “Twilight’s” façade of forbidden love, mortal danger and blood-sucking vampires lies a very chaste, safe escapist fantasy for young girls who want their films with more danger than awaiting what college Zac Efron will select upon graduating high school. And when it comes to sexuality, a subject typically intertwined with the vampire mythology, these beasties don’t even grow those phallic fangs when they get excited, but rather just chomp away with normal incisors and bicuspids. These young girls can sit in the theater and completely ignore the sociological underpinnings of “Twilight,” and instead choose to retreat into the more fairy tale aspects of the story. There are certainly worse role models for young girls than that of young Bella (played by Kristen Stewart). She’s apparently smart, plainly pretty, a little tomboyish, and the new kid at school. She’s also immediately the center of attention of fellow classmates, the object of desire from the hunky, mysterious, aloof Edward (played by Robert Pattinson) and apparently responsible enough to be given carte blanche by her separated parents. There is a kernel of an interesting tragic story in the forbidden love of its leads (too bad neither actor seems interested in really emoting it, though). The fact that she’s human and Edward’s like, totally undead and could at any moment get all bitey on Bella makes this aspect compelling, especially for a youngster. Yet for anyone old enough to drive, though, is where “Twilight” begins to wither and shrivel under scrutiny. For vampire enthusiasts, this is perhaps one of the worst treatments of the mythology since Don Rickles turned into a vampire in the woefully bad John Landis mobster-vampire hybrid “Innocent Blood.” In fact, it tosses so many of the elements that make up the creatures’ mythology (the most long-standing in film history, by the way), one wonders why Meyers did not create a mythological beast all her own. For example, when these vampires are exposed to sunlight, their skin does not singe, it twinkles. Also, Edward and his surrogate “family” are “vegetarian vampires,” meaning they feast not on humans, but tear into woodland creatures like Sarah Palin on a weekend hunting expedition. But the lack of doom and gloom with its vampires are not the stake through “Twilight’s” heart. Between their sporting more pancake makeup than a crown at a Cure concert, Edward’s family’s passion for playing a good ol-fashioned game of baseball, or even their superhuman abilities, (which are amusingly in need of a larger budget), they are extremely difficult to take as seriously as director Catherine Hardwicke wants us to. The other splash of holy water is Stewart as Bella. Edward, who is revealed to be about 90 (that’s a lot of high school biology classes to slog through!), claims he’s waited his life for someone like her. Really? Why? Do you want to borrow her lipstick? Honestly, Stewart plays her as such a serious, mopey bore, it’s really hard to see just what it is about her that is so striking to anyone, particularly someone who has spent the last nine decades chasing high school chicks. Look, I am happy to see film aimed at an oft-neglected segment of film-goers, giving them a fantasy world that does not involve crass commercialism or power through sexualization (and I hope after this initial encounter Bella goes home and has some serious “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer” marathons for tips on being more strong willed). But the fact that this was apparently based on a wildly popular young adult novel makes me sad to realize just how few options there must be out there for our daughters to read.
]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:44:47 GMTusesoapusesoap Blog11/25/2008 12:44:47 PMDuring last year&rsquo;s &ldquo;Juno&rdquo; zeitgeist, I received a response from a reader who took umbrage with me slamming the film. &ldquo;I guess you don&rsquo;t remember what&rsquo;s it&rsquo;s like to be a 16-year-old girl who is unpopular, non-conforming and pregnant,&rdquo; she sniffed. I always thought this to be an odd line of reasoning for an argument. By that statement, does that mean I must have spent time as a gladiator to enjoy &ldquo;300?&rdquo; Must I have gone through heroin withdraw after cutting short my career in punk music to appreciate &ldquo;Sid and Nancy?&rdquo; A film need not have leads with character traits that duplicate my own in order for me to appreciate it (&ldquo;Trainspotting&rdquo; immediately comes to mind). It does not even have to have leads that I respect, for that matter (say hello to my little friend &ldquo;Scarface&rdquo;). What it does have to contain is an involving story and, in lieu of, or addition to that, characters which captivate my attention long enough for me to want to spend two hours with them in a darkened theater. The novel &ldquo;Twilight,&rdquo; written by Stephanie Meyers, is not meant for me. Nor, I gather, is the film. It was meant for the two texting tweeners sitting next to me in the theater &ndash; the ones who giggled at the first sight of Edward, the ones who cheered on Bella, but also the ones who spent the majority of film bathed in the blue light of their flipped-open cell phones, apparently interested in anything else but what was on the screen. (Maybe we could find common ground.) But there were certainly enough fans to give this film a record-breaking weekend at the box office last weekend. Fandango, the online pre-sale ticket hub, reported that tickets for &ldquo;Twilight&rdquo; were being sold at a rate of five per second prior to the first screenings. And they are not going away any time soon; after a phenomenal Friday box office, Summit, the tiny studio that produced the film, announced plans for a sequel and perhaps a third to be filmed back to back. And for that audience, I certainly understand (and even, at times, appreciate) the appeal. For beneath &ldquo;Twilight&rsquo;s&rdquo; fa&ccedil;ade of forbidden love, mortal danger and blood-sucking vampires lies a very chaste, safe escapist fantasy for young girls who want their films with more danger than awaiting what college Zac Efron will select upon graduating high school. And when it comes to sexuality, a subject typically intertwined with the vampire mythology, these beasties don&rsquo;t even grow those phallic fangs when they get excited, but rather just chomp away with normal incisors and bicuspids. These young girls can sit in the theater and completely ignore the sociological underpinnings of &ldquo;Twilight,&rdquo; and instead choose to retreat into the more fairy tale aspects of the story. There are certainly worse role models for young girls than that of young Bella (played by Kristen Stewart). She&rsquo;s apparently smart, plainly pretty, a little tomboyish, and the new kid at school. She&rsquo;s also immediately the center of attention of fellow classmates, the object of desire from the hunky, mysterious, aloof Edward (played by Robert Pattinson) and apparently responsible enough to be given carte blanche by her separated parents. There is a kernel of an interesting tragic story in the forbidden love of its leads (too bad neither actor seems interested in really emoting it, though). The fact that she&rsquo;s human and Edward&rsquo;s like, totally undead and could at any moment get all bitey on Bella makes this aspect compelling, especially for a youngster. Yet for anyone old enough to drive, though, is where &ldquo;Twilight&rdquo; begins to wither and shrivel under scrutiny. For vampire enthusiasts, this is perhaps one of the worst treatments of the mythology since Don Rickles turned into a vampire in the woefully bad John Landis mobster-vampire hybrid &ldquo;Innocent Blood.&rdquo; In fact, it tosses so many of the elements that make up the creatures&rsquo; mythology (the most long-standing in film history, by the way), one wonders why Meyers did not create a mythological beast all her own. For example, when these vampires are exposed to sunlight, their skin does not singe, it twinkles. Also, Edward and his surrogate &ldquo;family&rdquo; are &ldquo;vegetarian vampires,&rdquo; meaning they feast not on humans, but tear into woodland creatures like Sarah Palin on a weekend hunting expedition. But the lack of doom and gloom with its vampires are not the stake through &ldquo;Twilight&rsquo;s&rdquo; heart. Between their sporting more pancake makeup than a crown at a Cure concert, Edward&rsquo;s family&rsquo;s passion for playing a good ol-fashioned game of baseball, or even their superhuman abilities, (which are amusingly in need of a larger budget), they are extremely difficult to take as seriously as director Catherine Hardwicke wants us to. The other splash of holy water is Stewart as Bella. Edward, who is revealed to be about 90 (that&rsquo;s a lot of high school biology classes to slog through!), claims he&rsquo;s waited his life for someone like her. Really? Why? Do you want to borrow her lipstick? Honestly, Stewart plays her as such a serious, mopey bore, it&rsquo;s really hard to see just what it is about her that is so striking to anyone, particularly someone who has spent the last nine decades chasing high school chicks. Look, I am happy to see film aimed at an oft-neglected segment of film-goers, giving them a fantasy world that does not involve crass commercialism or power through sexualization (and I hope after this initial encounter Bella goes home and has some serious &ldquo;Buffy: The Vampire Slayer&rdquo; marathons for tips on being more strong willed). But the fact that this was apparently based on a wildly popular young adult novel makes me sad to realize just how few options there must be out there for our daughters to read. http://www.spout.com/groups/Travelling_with_film/Re_Watch_any_good_foreign_films_lately/87/12738/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: lukasblu
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Post Date: 6/30/2007 11:23:27 PM
Body: how about movies with anne parilaud;The ones i have seen and liked are:La Femme Nikita (1990)the original version of point of no return with bridget fonda;It is about a woman convicted of crime and instead of getting the death penalty ,she is trained to become a hired assasin for the govt.Innocent Blood (1992)a funny vampire movie,Map of the Human Heart (1993)it is about foster /orphan eskimo boy and a half-breed little girl(french/indian) that meets at the the foster home and begins to like each other,later seperates and meet each other later in time;Very heartwarming moviethe three colors series of movies by Krzysztof Kieslowski :Three Colors: Blue(1993),Three Colors: White (1994),Three Colors: Red (1994)
]]>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:23:27 GMTlukasbluTravelling with film6/30/2007 11:23:27 PMhow about movies with anne parilaud;The ones i have seen and liked are:La Femme Nikita (1990)the original version of point of no return with bridget fonda;It is about a woman convicted of crime and instead of getting the death penalty ,she is trained to become a hired assasin for the govt.Innocent Blood (1992)a funny vampire movie,Map of the Human Heart (1993)it is about foster /orphan eskimo boy and a half-breed little girl(french/indian) that meets at the the foster home and begins to like each other,later seperates and meet each other later in time;Very heartwarming moviethe three colors series of movies by Krzysztof Kieslowski :Three Colors: Blue(1993),Three Colors: White (1994),Three Colors: Red (1994) http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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