A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in post
apocalyptic Australia in search for her homeland
with the help of a group of female prisoners, a
psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.
Season of the Witch (1972)
Season of the Witch (1972)
aka
Hungry Wives
Jack's Wife
Jack's Wife (1973) was George A. Romero's follow up to "There's Always Vanilla" is an interesting film and highly underrated. The movie is about a lonely, WASPish housewife that has nothing to do in life. She's tired of her mundane existence and wants to have fun with her life. Faced with the fear of growing old, tiring of her housewife friends, social dinners and not being able to understand her daughter, she turns to dabbling in witchcraft. Jan White is Jack's Wife, a label put upon her by the couple's social friends. She's not Joan, simply Jack's Wife. There are several interesting characters in this film. One of them is Greg, a student professor (Ray Laine, a hold over from Romero's last film). He makes references to the "Graduate" whenever he encounters Joan. What I enjoy about this film is how Romero captures Middle America, and the mundane existence many of these women must feel. (IMDB Miyagis_Sweaty_wifebeater) V&D
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
This film is a pleasant homage to Italian giallo and to the under-recognized art of sound editing.
It begins as an amusing comedy with a cast of characters gently mocking the 70's Italian machismo. The very exciting central concept of the film is to deal with graphical horror without showing any real violence on the screen. This counter-fashion idea clearly marks its distance from the recent escalation in the graphic horror genre cinema, which I find honorable.
The imagination of the spectator is highly put to use compared to these days' standards. A truly outstanding atmosphere is obtained thanks to a really terrific sound editing. The atmosphere moves from light fun to disturbing fantasy with elegance. (IMDB Gonz42) FN&NV
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