Comments on: My Grindhouse Double Feature http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:56:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-134 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:08:11 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-134 Flickhead - What a great triple bill that must have been! I love Bava's <b>Four Times That Night</b> and <b>Double Agent 73</b> is fun stuff. I've never seen the Romero film you mentioned and now I'm curious about it. Curt - Glad you enjoyed <b>Grindhouse</b>. I've never been a fan of Rodriguez or Tarantino's movies but obviously I'm in the minority. They've both got legions of fans and the critics really love them. Peter - I'm glad I could introduce you to <b>Brother Charles</b>. It's a really unusual blaxploitation effort and I hope you'll give it a look soon. I kind of got the impression from the reviews I've read that a lot of the <b>Grindhouse</b> critics hadn't actually seen a lot of grindhouse movies. Just looking at the previews and reading about the movie makes it look and sound a lot more like an 80s summer blockbuster such as Terminator or one of the Mad Max movies, and the budget is similar. I've read that the budget for <b>Grindhouse</b> is more like 100 million when you start adding in the cost of publicity. That kind of money blows my mind. Can you imagine what someone like Doris Wishman or Roger Corman could have done with that kind of budget? I would have been more interested in seeing <b>Grindhouse</b> if the directors had made their movie for $100,000 with no name actors and shot it on old 8mm or 16mm film stock. Flickhead - What a great triple bill that must have been! I love Bava’s Four Times That Night and Double Agent 73 is fun stuff. I’ve never seen the Romero film you mentioned and now I’m curious about it.

Curt - Glad you enjoyed Grindhouse. I’ve never been a fan of Rodriguez or Tarantino’s movies but obviously I’m in the minority. They’ve both got legions of fans and the critics really love them.

Peter - I’m glad I could introduce you to Brother Charles. It’s a really unusual blaxploitation effort and I hope you’ll give it a look soon. I kind of got the impression from the reviews I’ve read that a lot of the Grindhouse critics hadn’t actually seen a lot of grindhouse movies. Just looking at the previews and reading about the movie makes it look and sound a lot more like an 80s summer blockbuster such as Terminator or one of the Mad Max movies, and the budget is similar. I’ve read that the budget for Grindhouse is more like 100 million when you start adding in the cost of publicity. That kind of money blows my mind. Can you imagine what someone like Doris Wishman or Roger Corman could have done with that kind of budget? I would have been more interested in seeing Grindhouse if the directors had made their movie for $100,000 with no name actors and shot it on old 8mm or 16mm film stock.

]]> by: Peter Nellhaus http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-131 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:51:33 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-131 Kimberly: I have to be in awe of you when you write about a film I've never heard of, in this case <b>Brother Charles</b>. As for <b>Grindhouse</b>, I suspect the better reviews will come from those who've never even bothered to see a random DVD from Something Weird, or have any first hand familiarity with Tarantino's frames of reference. My introduction to Chesty Morgan was when a photo of her topless was actually published in the NYU newspaper I wrote for, sometime around the release of the Wishman film. Kimberly: I have to be in awe of you when you write about a film I’ve never heard of, in this case Brother Charles. As for Grindhouse, I suspect the better reviews will come from those who’ve never even bothered to see a random DVD from Something Weird, or have any first hand familiarity with Tarantino’s frames of reference. My introduction to Chesty Morgan was when a photo of her topless was actually published in the NYU newspaper I wrote for, sometime around the release of the Wishman film.

]]> by: Curt http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-129 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:31:55 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-129 I actually liked GRINDHOUSE a <i>lot</i>. I actually liked GRINDHOUSE a lot.

]]> by: Flickhead http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-128 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:40:57 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/04/07/my-grindhouse-double-feature/#comment-128 I saw <i>Double Agent 73</i> at a drive-in in Buffalo, New York, sometime between 1976 and 1978. It was on a <i>triple bill</i> with George Romero's <i>Jack's Wife</i> and Mario Bava's <i>Four Times That Night</i>. You could say that was the grindhouse <i>l'age d'or</i>! I saw Double Agent 73 at a drive-in in Buffalo, New York, sometime between 1976 and 1978. It was on a triple bill with George Romero’s Jack’s Wife and Mario Bava’s Four Times That Night. You could say that was the grindhouse l’age d’or!

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