Orson Welles' late career anomaly lands somewhere between an rumbling earthquake and a chorus of chirping crickets. David faithfully follows to see where that noise came from.
Criterion Reflections
David Blakeslee
Criterion Reflections – Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968) – ES 37
David gives global destruction and vampires with splitting headaches their due consideration.
Criterion Reflections – Stolen Kisses (1968) – #186
David catches up with the always-moving fleet-footed Antoine Doinel.
Criterion Reflections – Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) – #679
Ichi endures a hard beating in this one, but he's in the benevolent care of the great Takashi Shimura.
Criterion Reflections – Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) – Hulu
David sneaks away from the pit he's been digging to scratch out a few thoughts on Shohei Imamura's sadly neglected masterpiece.
Criterion Reflections – Kill! (1968) – #313
David reviews Kihachi Okamoto's surprisingly comedic follow-up to The Sword of Doom.
Criterion Reflections – Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – #630
David pays a weekend visit to the Bramford and politely says "no thanks" to a second helping of chocolate mouse.
Criterion Reflections – Capricious Summer (1968) – ES 32
David collaborates with filmmaker and podcaster Martin Kessler in a correspondence conversation about this semi-obscure pearl of the Czech New Wave.
Criterion Reflections – Salesman (1968) – #122
Albert and David Maysles would like just a few minutes of our time to let us know about a wonderful product, sure to enrich our lives and build strong character.
Criterion Reflections – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – LD #60
Stanley Kubrick's mind-altering monolith of a movie was once a Criterion Collection laserdisc.
Criterion Reflections – Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) – ES 21
David revisits - yet again! - this odd little throwaway political satire whipped out by Nagisa Oshima in the spring of 1968.
Criterion Reflections – The Producers (1968) – LD #35
David reviews the directorial debut of Mel Brooks, released on Criterion Laserdisc back in 1988.
Criterion Reflections – Golden Eyes (1968) – Hulu
This 1968 Japanese James Bond knock-off feels more like fool's gold than the real thing, but at least it doesn't require much up-front investment.
Criterion Reflections – I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) – #181
David reviews the sadly neglected "dark side of the moon" half of Vilgot Sjöman's notorious pair of pseudo-vérité mash-ups.
Criterion Reflections – Kuroneko (1968) – #584
David's blog makes the transition to Criterion Cast with this spooky tale of ghostly cats, seductive spirits and haunted samurai.