Sinners is getting some good chatter, so I might check that out.
I felt the trailer gave everything away, so I'm hoping there's a bit more to it.
Over the last week or two, I've watched:
Miracle Mile (Prime) - thanks for the suggestion. I'd never heard of it, but there are several familiar 80s faces and I really enjoyed how 80s it was and how the story built, and throughout it wasn't clear if there really was something happening or it was just panic.
Maximum Overdrive (Prime) - I seem to be drawn back to this film every few years. Objectively, it shouldn't work. It's King's first and only movie he directed and he said he was coked out of his mind, the crew said he was constantly drunk and he admitted he didn't know what he was doing. His cinematographer was Italian and King thought his gaffer could speak Italian, but he couldn't, so most questions were just answered with "Yes, yes yes."
King wanted to get a feel of how terrifying trucks could be, so rode from Main to the studio in Wilminghton on a motorbike, only to arrive at the studio in a right state, and mumbling about killer trucks, so they didn't let him in at first.
They filmed in North Carolina so that they could work with none-union crew and used local trucks to save production costs.
King fell out with Dino DeLaurentiis when he insisted on Emilio Estevez over Bruce Springsteen.
The biggest issue was when King wanted to keep the blades on a killer lawnmower, despite protestations that they wouldn't be in shot and they were a safety hazard, then the lawmower went over the wooden chock holding it in place and a splinter blinded the aforementioned Italian Cinematographer, in the eye (his "shooting eye"), which he eventually lost. He returned to complete the film but sued afterwards.
However, despite all that, the film is so much fun. You've got cashpoints calling King an asshole in an opening cameo and an amazing scene of carnage as a drawbridge opens up with vehicles still on it. The iconic Green Goblin truck and a memorable cast, including Estevez, Yeardley Smith and Pat Hingle. It's got some ridiculous but memorable lines like "WE MADE YOU!"
There are echoes of it today with films like The Monkey and Y2K, but there's never going to be another Maximum Overdrive.
I felt the trailer gave everything away, so I'm hoping there's a bit more to it.
Over the last week or two, I've watched:
Miracle Mile (Prime) - thanks for the suggestion. I'd never heard of it, but there are several familiar 80s faces and I really enjoyed how 80s it was and how the story built, and throughout it wasn't clear if there really was something happening or it was just panic.
Maximum Overdrive (Prime) - I seem to be drawn back to this film every few years. Objectively, it shouldn't work. It's King's first and only movie he directed and he said he was coked out of his mind, the crew said he was constantly drunk and he admitted he didn't know what he was doing. His cinematographer was Italian and King thought his gaffer could speak Italian, but he couldn't, so most questions were just answered with "Yes, yes yes."
King wanted to get a feel of how terrifying trucks could be, so rode from Main to the studio in Wilminghton on a motorbike, only to arrive at the studio in a right state, and mumbling about killer trucks, so they didn't let him in at first.
They filmed in North Carolina so that they could work with none-union crew and used local trucks to save production costs.
King fell out with Dino DeLaurentiis when he insisted on Emilio Estevez over Bruce Springsteen.
The biggest issue was when King wanted to keep the blades on a killer lawnmower, despite protestations that they wouldn't be in shot and they were a safety hazard, then the lawmower went over the wooden chock holding it in place and a splinter blinded the aforementioned Italian Cinematographer, in the eye (his "shooting eye"), which he eventually lost. He returned to complete the film but sued afterwards.
However, despite all that, the film is so much fun. You've got cashpoints calling King an asshole in an opening cameo and an amazing scene of carnage as a drawbridge opens up with vehicles still on it. The iconic Green Goblin truck and a memorable cast, including Estevez, Yeardley Smith and Pat Hingle. It's got some ridiculous but memorable lines like "WE MADE YOU!"
There are echoes of it today with films like The Monkey and Y2K, but there's never going to be another Maximum Overdrive.
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