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  • The Big Cube

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    The Big Cube  (1969)

    A lame, poorly stylized film about drugs. I'm sure it was an attempt from the studio to be as relevant as Easy Rider and other films of the time, but the filmmakers obviously had no experience or any idea what they were talking about. It's camp but in no way enjoyable. A train-wreck that you don't want to see. 

  • Big Screen Kurosawa

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    Seven Samurai  (1954)

    So I just saw this on the big screen, and It just solidifies this as a masterpiece to me. What else can be said about this film that hasn't already been said thousands of times before. Let me just say that seeing this in the theater is a completely different experience. Everything from Kurosawa's framing, composition, and even  the most minor directing choices are so much more apparent and hard hitting when they are seen larger than life. If you ever get a chance to see this in a theater, don't be foolish enough to pass it up!

  • I miss you already!

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    What makes You're Gonna Miss Me so different than other "Where are they now" documentaries, is the fact that Rocky Erickson (singer from the psychedelic rock group 13th Floor Elevators) is not the only one in his family completely missed up. Sure because of his excessive drug use through the years Rocky is basically just a the shell of a man, but when we are introduced to his mother & brothers we see that the Erickson family is fill of problems. The film starts in a courtroom, where Rocky's brother Sumner is shown taking action against his mother, but this is not the point of the film. In fact the filmmakers so delicately handled everything to where I walked away not disliking anyone. You're Gonna Miss Me doesn't necessarily have a distinctive style like some new "hip" documentaries do, but the story and characters are so likable even in tough subject matter, that the film is very distinct in being unconventional. This was a very enjoyable & ultimately hopeful film. Now excuse me as I am off to download (legally of course) the 13th Floor Elevators catalog.

 

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