Comments on: Dead Calm (1989)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:37:47 +0000

Another reason why Welles couldn’t finish the film was because Laurence Harvey died of a heart attack before he could finish getting financing.

By: Joe Valdez

Joe Valdez — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:39:56 +0000

Daniel: I’m quite impressed with what Kidman accomplished earlier in her career, with this movie and To Die For, which not only put her in the same league with Meg Ryan and Sandra Bullock, but at the top of that conference. Another flick people have forgotten is Malice, which has some really kinky stuff in it. Nathaniel at The Film Experience runs a Michelle Pfeiffer appreciation society; maybe I should consider a house of worship for Nicole, pre-The Hours, Kidman. Thanks for commenting! Craig: Thanks for sharing your appraisal. I think your statement paragraph sums up the movie even better than I could. It’s too bad that Phillip Noyce and Kidman couldn’t have made more B-movies along these lines, but everyone brushes up and gets respectable if they work long enough. Bill: Thanks for that compliment. I enjoy the vintage posters and artwork on your site, as well as the reminder of films I have neglecting seeing. Panic In the Streets is one.

By: Bill Courtney

Bill Courtney — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:23:58 +0000

I have never seen this film and had not intended to but will give it a shot if I see it. I did like Kidman in to Die For and liked Gus Van Sant as well, though usually he is way too slow and spacy for me.

Your reviews are, as I have said, well researched and loaded with info and trivia and that I why I come back here a couple times a week now. You even get in the issues with the screen play and everything. Great.

I tried my hand at a new category about film noir films at my site if you want to check them out. I do not write with all the zest and detail you do, but I love noir films and it gives me a break from horror and cult and grade B and Z movies, since most noir films were exceptionally well down.

Bill

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:50:18 +0000

I haven’t seen this one for a long long long time but I remember it as a terrific little movie that doesn’t seem like it gets the respect it deserves. It also put Kidman on the map for me.

“The filmmakers take the water wing floaties off in the very first scene and commit the movie to a hard R-rating – dark and unsettling all the way through – with plenty of exciting twists along the way.” exactly.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:19:42 +0000

I was just saying over at Marilyn’s site that I need to see more of Kidman’s earlier work – when I still enjoyed her acting. What happened to Neill and Zane by the way? Seems like they both flamed out in the 90’s.