After Hours [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of After Hours [VHS]
Movie Review: If you think you had a bad day...watch this.
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely hilarious! This poor guy has the worst luck ever all in a 12 hour period.Movie Review: Buyer Beware - Fake widescreen!
Summary: 3 Stars
The aspect ratio is fake.
The top and bottom of the regular full screen version has been cropped out of the picture to give the illusion your getting a widescreen - what your getting is less picture!
The studios should label the DVD's as they did when they cropped VHS video picture " this film has been modified to fit you tv screen" as in modified to fit a 16x9 tv in this case.
You have already lost one third of the picture when it was modified to full screen, now you loose an additional one third to one fourth of the movies image!
The reason leterbox and widescreen has a demand, is that the audience or consumer wants to view the Movie as it was filmed and framed by the filmaker, and not loose out on portions of the movie that the director intended.
In other words the idea to release in widescreen was for the intention of showing MORE not LESS of the movies image.
The studios believe they can get away with this, since the average buyer does not have a full screen video version to compare with, or the consumer is just unaware.
I compared this DVD to a full screen VHS version, and in many cases where some DVD's come with both Full & Wide Screen on a flip disc, compare them before watching, many of the widesreen sides are just chopped versions of the full screen.
The picture quality is great on this and most DVD's, it is unfortunate though that it has to be a conciliation for cropped picture.
Movie Review: Simply Exquisite
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this movie back in late 1985 when I was living in Florida. There were perhaps 10-12 people in the audience. I laughed until I couldn't breathe - there is such great use of irony in this film. I went back a few days later to see it again, and took a friend who also would appreciate this movie - we were the only two in the theatre. We laughed until we were oxygen-deprived.
Fast forward to late 80's /early 90's when I was lucky enough to find this movie on VHS - I turned SO many people on to this movie, it was unbelievable. By this time however, the movie was no longer available.
This cult-like film was directed [flawlessly] by Martin Scorsese. Basically, a working stiff by the name of Paul Hackett [Griffin Dunne in a role not many could have pulled off] leads a boring life of just working and going home. While reading a dog-eared copy of a Henry Miller novel in an all night diner, he is coaxed into a conversation by a strange girl [Roseanne Arquette in another role not many could have pulled off]. She winds up giving him her number, which he goes home and calls immediately, and she says 'Maybe you should come over now'. Being what amounts to the only social invitation on this man's calendar, he goes over that night to her loft in Soho.
So starts the worst evening of his life. I won't go into detail, but basically EVERYTHING goes wrong, from the cab ride over there, on to the end of the movie. Every interaction with the citizens in SoHo is hysterical, from this girls roommate, to her roommates boyfriend, to a bartender, to a freaky punk club, to a wacky waitress [another incredible character played by Teri Garr], two thieves [Cheech & Chong]. The journey of this one single night of an attempted date becomes so surreal, you can do nothing more than groan and laugh. It is a very dark comedy, but a comedy nonetheless. Look for Martin Scorsese's little cameo as the spotlight holder in the scene taking place in the nightclub "Berlin". Griffin Dunne was just incredible in this movie, as were Roseanne Arquette and Teri Garr. Also deserving credit was Linda Fiorentino as Roseanne Arquette's roommate in the loft. Sometimes the dialogue is so low, you really have to concentrate, but that makes a lot of it that much more out there and funny.
I love this movie to death and it is a valued part of my DVD library. This is one of those movies you will be turning friends onto again and again and recruiting new 'fans' every time you show it to someone who appreciates this genre and has not seen it.
HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommended! Trust me on this one!
Movie Review: One of Scorsese's most underrated classics!
Summary: 5 Stars
Paul Hackett has a very strange night when he decides to go out on a date with a woman he just met at a coffee shop. She invites him into her home, and unfortunately, their date ends too soon when he is asked to leave. After he leaves, he realizes that he's in a surrounding that he's unfamiliar with, and since he lost his last $20, he's trapped! His quest to get home quickly turns into a nightmare, as he encounters one mishap after another.
Recognized by film buffs as a cult classic "late night" comedy, After Hours features excellent direction by Martin Scorsese, and a great performance from the underrated Griffin Dunne (who you'll recognize from "An American Werewolf in London", "My Girl", and most recently "Stuck on You"). Recommended!
Movie Review: excellent film but don't buy the DVD for the commentary
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an excellent film and one my all time favs. If you like offbeat dark comedies a la Coen brothers, you will love this movie. Griffin Dunne is one my favourite actors, although he can overact at times. He is plays the frantic all around "nice guy" really well in this film. He is clearly out of his element in the wacky artsy Soho area of New York. Nobody makes any sense, especially the women, who are all lunatics. Either Scorcese or Minion is making a statement about the tendency of women to be eratic and overly emotional, I'm not sure. Scorcese comments that he hated living in downtown New York cause he just wanted "go into a building and press a button for an elevator".
Which brings me to the commentary. If you are thinking of getting this (or renting it) for the commentary, save your money, the commentary is horrible and consists mostly of the cinematographer, who I'm sure is a nice guy but he bored me silly, not enough Dunne of Scorcese, we just get endless minutes of this yutz droning on about different shots in excrutiating detail. Anyway, I'll save you trouble, basically the jist of the commentary was that Scorcese was making Last Temptation of Christ and the project got dumped, so he chose this movie because of the tight schedule. They shot the film very quickly and it comes through because there is definitely a sense of urgency that permeates it.
The end product is one of Scorcese's greatest and it is actually multi layered, with many allusions to the Wizard of Oz (trying to get home) and flames/fire (being trapped in Hell). The way all the plot elements tie together is quite clever, something you don't see in todays films, it's all paint by numbers.
Anyway, if you liked this film, check out "Search and Destroy" also with Dunne being even more manic and over the top. It also has Dennis Hopper, John Turturo and Christopher Walken. A must see!