Director Nicolas Roeg's 1973 chiller "Don't Look Now" is without question one of the great achievements in the horror film genre. This original trailer shows why. If you do view it for the first time, do so without any interruptions....this is the kind of intense experience that can be compromised by taking a snack or bathroom break!
We don't usually cover the world of stand-up comedy on Cinema Retro but this is one for the ages: a late career burst of brilliance from George Carlin that reminds us of why his legacy is safe as one of the most innovative comic minds of his time. What is not generally remembered was that Carlin occasionally appeared in feature films. His first credited role was in the 1968 Doris Day/Brian Keith comedy "With Six You Get Eggroll". He also appeared in "Car Wash", "Outrageous Fortune", both "Bill & Ted" films and "The Prince of Tides" among others.
Castle Films were noted for licensing 8mm versions of famous movies that were sold commercially. The only problem was that the films were basically very short versions of the original movies with absurdly brief running times. Still, this was hot stuff for collectors in in the era of pre-home video. What makes this 7 minute condensation of "Psycho" unusual is that the person who posted it on YouTube says it was from a 16mm version of the film, which would have been outside of Castle's 8mm line. Not sure what the intended audience was for this version since very few consumers had access to a 16mm projector. Still, whoever edited this version did a fairly admirable job of including most of the key elements. In any event, if you ever wanted to watch a movie masterpiece but had only 7 minutes to spare, your ship has come in!
Writing on the Mental Floss web site, M. Arbeiter provides 17 interesting facts about Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" that you may not have been aware of. If you want to know how John Wayne and Dan Blocker fit into the legacy, click here.