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Mar 22 12 2:23 PM
Mar 22 12 3:01 PM
Koukol 5 wrote: Besides using my favorite Castle It also has great music.
Mar 22 12 3:07 PM
Koukol 5 wrote:Gojira wrote:Out of curiosity, what did he do to Black Sabbath? I think I have sympathies with producers who are handed films that clearly will not appeal on a commercial level - I think some directors can be far too pretentious for their own good - but Lisa isn't that inaccessible, it's just I think Bava did far better with other films. I don't know if it was Leone but the Americanized version of BLACK SABBATH was ruined (for me) with the Baxter score and the changing of the TELEPHONE story.I'm still not sure whether I like the goofy ending with Boris riding the prop.
Gojira wrote:Out of curiosity, what did he do to Black Sabbath? I think I have sympathies with producers who are handed films that clearly will not appeal on a commercial level - I think some directors can be far too pretentious for their own good - but Lisa isn't that inaccessible, it's just I think Bava did far better with other films.
Mar 22 12 4:21 PM
Mar 22 12 5:14 PM
Gojira wrote:Is it one of the German krimis?
Mar 22 12 10:02 PM
Mar 22 12 11:22 PM
Krick Wurkheiser wrote:Aw, you guys are disappointing me. LISA is a true gem of a film. I don't see the 'seventies groove' mentioned, it's pretty much in a timeless environment. It actually makes plenty of sense emotionally and within its dreamlike logic - confusing it may be, but along with maybe some of Lynch's work this is pretty much the only film I've seen that completely captures the full, terrible and sublime experience of a dream. I love pretty much all of Bava's films that I've seen - Whip, Black Lace, Sunday, Sabbath, Kill Baby Kill, Haunted World, Planet of the Vampires - but Lisa was the one that touched my heart and soul (Whip and the Body did too, but in a less surreal, heartaching way). Maybe my European blood draws me to seemingly melodramatic plots, but I can't help feeling that some of the European outlook is sometimes lost on Americans - which is in no way disparaging them, it's just a different culture and while nobody can deny Bava's visual flair (which I admit was by far the best thing about some of his films) I think Lisa succeeds well above and beyond that with its eerie story and some very good performances (Savalas and Sommer)
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Mar 23 12 1:33 AM
Krick Wurkheiser wrote:Fair enough, but Lisa can't really be faulted for that. It's just a possibly unfortunate circumstance. What do you mean by that last bit exactly? I don't think Bava was ever trying to be groovy. His films, while over the top, are quite serious in tone.
Mar 23 12 6:37 AM
Koukol 5 wrote: Gojira wrote: Out of curiosity, what did he do to Black Sabbath?
Gojira wrote: Out of curiosity, what did he do to Black Sabbath?
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Mar 25 12 8:54 PM
Koukol 5 wrote:Gojira wrote:Is it one of the German krimis? I don't think so as it's in gorgeous colour like B&BLThis is so typical of me.As soon as I find the DVD-r I'll post the title here.
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Jun 3 12 3:29 AM
Helrunar wrote:I've seen Lisa & the Devil only once--a friend read a website filled with raving accolades for the film, bought the disc, and was baffled. He loaned it out to me, requesting my opinion. What I recall of the viewing was that there were some incredible images but no coherent or compelling story to sustain them. And Savalas was to me horribly mis-cast. I'm far from being a Bava specialist; just reporting my experience with the film. I'd be willing to give it a second chance at some point. It is interesting that a number of you did just that, and even gave it a third chance, and it still failed to work. H.
Jun 5 12 9:20 AM
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