The Panic in Needle Park (1971) - 10/10. Brilliantly executed and (therefore) really difficult to watch. Pacino and Richard Bright were never better. Whatever happened to Kitty Winn?
1 - OUATITW2 - GBUGigantic gap, because we're leaving the realm of divine cinematic perfection to enter the world of great filmmaking by talented mortals.4 - My Name is Nobody5 - FAFDM6 - The Great SilenceAs you may have noticed, #3 is missing, and that's because it's a league of its own: DYS, which is torn between its divine and mortal status.
Thank you. Nice to see someone actually gets this.
What?s your review of Point Blank? (I caught the beginning a couple of days ago)
Point Blank (1967) - The truly great movies of the 60s were influenced by the present but created something modern and timeless. The 60s influence holds up incredibly well over 50 years later, and this type of movie will still try to be replicated. It's still modern and designer slick, yet just as gritty and visceral as the day of its release. Nearly every scene is memorable -- and maybe every scene can even be considered great. Point Blank was released in the same month as the now dated Bonnie and Clyde, which was too much of its time. Critics and audiences crowned the wrong crime movie that was released in August of '67. A++
I too prefer PB to B&C, and agree that every scene in it is memorable. My favorite is the one where Angie Dickinson tries to beat up Marvin, who just stands and takes it until Angie collapses, exhausted. My only problem with the film is the ending. It just doesn't work for me. But the film in nonetheless eternally re-watchable.
Point Blank is seriously good throughout. But Bonnie and Clyde does have that fantastic editing during the end sequence, which justifies its place in movie lore.