tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post6553426879113039980..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Unsung!: SorcererPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-7261054947411689922013-07-31T17:35:13.423-05:002013-07-31T17:35:13.423-05:00Amazing film. I have the poor dvd version, but the...Amazing film. I have the poor dvd version, but the blu will be a day 1 by for me. Friedkin made four classics in a relatively short time span: 1. French Connection, Exorcist, Sorcerer and To Live And Die in L.A. He deserves more respect!Philo Beddoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548435076407642498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-1990868459314361052013-05-02T14:36:04.811-05:002013-05-02T14:36:04.811-05:00Wow. This is great news.
On the subject of remake,...Wow. This is great news.<br />On the subject of remake, or return to source material, I seem to remember reading a story about Friedkin meeting Clouzot, (who he worshiped at the time)and told him that he was remaking Wages of Fear.<br />Clouzot's reply?<br />"Why do you want to remake that piece of shit?"<br />!!!Ken Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572724452737194416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-81836854027080826522013-04-27T14:49:31.306-05:002013-04-27T14:49:31.306-05:00Great read, and I also feel you rightfully so esch...Great read, and I also feel you rightfully so eschewed comparisons to Clouzot's film because quite frankly to me Sorcerer has always been another adaptation of the source material, not a remake and Friedkin did a great job to distance himself from it. And I prefer it to the Wages of Fear but I'd rate them equally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-15942072660991480582013-04-23T21:07:25.803-05:002013-04-23T21:07:25.803-05:00Hee heeHee heeJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-34856481021305091912013-04-23T21:06:48.375-05:002013-04-23T21:06:48.375-05:00I did not mention Clouzot's film because I did...I did not mention Clouzot's film because I did not think it was relevant.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-26226373379599590342013-04-23T21:05:27.506-05:002013-04-23T21:05:27.506-05:00Thanks, Sol. This made me laugh out loud. I think ...Thanks, Sol. This made me laugh out loud. I think the phantom shot lodged in my memory is actually from All That Jazz, halfway though the "Take Off With Us" number, when the producer behind Schieder says, "They're taking their clothes off!" I do not know where the gun came from, my imagination probably.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076030814908114779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-81069861243698574752013-04-23T15:50:25.044-05:002013-04-23T15:50:25.044-05:00Think it was his last episode of "SeaQuest 20...Think it was his last episode of "SeaQuest 2032".<br /><br />That talking dolphin had a score to settle.<br /><br />:-p<br /><br />Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-79627027506360658642013-04-23T14:17:35.440-05:002013-04-23T14:17:35.440-05:00Glad to know a restoration and Blu-ray release of ...Glad to know a restoration and Blu-ray release of "Sorcerer" is finally happening for real. It's been rumored to be "coming soon" since forever, and as a (mostly) Friedkin fan I want to see it after reading so much about it.<br /><br />In the meantime, while we wait for "Sorcerer" to turn out in a local movie screening or on home video, why not watch the original French movie that "Sorcerer" is a remake of? I'm surprised that JB didn't mention it in his column, but <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046268/?ref_=sr_1" rel="nofollow"><b>Henri-Georges Clouzot's THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)</b></a> (available on Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus & Criterion Blu-ray/DVD) is a pretty awesome movie on its own right. I don't know about "Sorcerer's," but the original bridge scene in "The Wages of Fear" is fucking tense as hell and the plot (which is basically the same, as are the characters and the overall <i>'life is cheap'</i> noir feel) tight and uncomplicated. My father saw this for the first time recently (after I left the DVD with him a couple of years back) and, since Clouzot made it a point to skewer American exploitation of the working poor in Latin America (as perceived by the French), was completely floored at both the potency of the political content and the character/action beats. It was one of the first Criterion movies I saw in the mid-2000's that fully turned me into a cinephile, and just a damn good movie in its own terms and merits. <br /><br />Not to take anything away from what Friedkin and his actors brought to their "Sorcerer" remake, but they had a lot of their work done for them by "The Wages of Fear" already. This might explain why most critics weren't nice to "Sorcerer" when it came out. To them it was an inferior remake of a critically-acclaimed Clouzot movie. So lets seek out "Sorcerer," but also not forget that "The Wages of Fear" is out there and ready for viewing right now. :-)J.M. Vargashttp://www.dvdverdict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-87716291411451949342013-04-23T12:14:15.347-05:002013-04-23T12:14:15.347-05:00I was able to grab the crappy DVD with the bungled...I was able to grab the crappy DVD with the bungled aspect ratio - but man do I love this movie. Never has South America looked more dangerous, almost primal. And that bridge scene is an all-time classic.Steve K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02141959251034133806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-9175222124047512592013-04-23T10:24:18.476-05:002013-04-23T10:24:18.476-05:00You had me at Roy Schieder, JB, great write-up! Un...You had me at Roy Schieder, JB, great write-up! Unfortunately this looks like a toughie to track down so I'll have to keep an eye out for the eventual blu-ray release.<br /><br />That scene you describe with Schieder is actually the prologue to <i>Jaws: The Revenge</i> - you didn't notice the pectoral fin resting on the trigger of that gun?Sol O.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-86042047751937594382013-04-23T07:44:36.251-05:002013-04-23T07:44:36.251-05:00Honestly, the first shot of Scheider in a bar in t...Honestly, the first shot of Scheider in a bar in the end of a movie that comes to mind is All That Jazz, but that can't be right, can it?<br /><br />OK, I now have to see Sorcerer, since it seems in my head I've been mixing up the title with The Sword and the Sorcerer, one of the cheesiest of the cheeseball 1980's fantasy films (it's the one with the three-bladed sword).Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.com