The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Paul Schrader, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis
Produced by Barbara De Fina
Running time: 164 minutes
Should I Care?
It was a long shot that Martin Scorsese’s passion project The Last Temptation of Christ — filmed after almost five years of false starts and dashed hopes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Prostitute'
Jesus On 8th Avenue and 42nd Street
March 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Gangsters and hoodlums · Interrogation · Mother/son relationship · Prostitute · Psychoanalysis · Road trip
A Picaresque Robot Version of Pinocchio
February 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, screen story by Ian Watson, based on the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Bonnie Curtis
Running time: 146 minutes
Should I Care?
There are science fiction films that improve with age — Blade Runner tops the list [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Based on short story · Brother/brother relationship · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Man vs. machine · Mother/son relationship · Prostitute · Road trip
Highly Chaotic, Explosive, Volatile, Armageddon-like Ending
February 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments
Strange Days (1995)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, story by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
For all those movie geeks wondering how cool it would be if James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow ever made a movie together — a sci-fi epic conceived, co-written and [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Femme fatale · Gangsters and hoodlums · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy
Horses and Wagons and Hats
February 14th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Directed by Michael Cimino
Written by Michael Cimino
Produced by Joann Carelli
Running time: 219 minutes (original cut)
Should I Care?
As the 1970s came to a close, five runaway film productions loomed on the horizon, piling up doom and gloom courtesy of the mainstream news media. Suffering from fiscal recklessness at best, studio mismanagement at worst, if [...]
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