Thursday, September 12, 2013

In such absolute darkness







purist: one who desires that
an item remain true to its essence
and free from adulterating
or diluting influences.

I´ve always believed the movie “experience”
is best
In the movie theatre.
The TV experience
Is not the same
TV is a mass media
And its inside your home
And has commercials

TV movies are usually very bad
With poor budgets
Bad acting
Wrong cinematography
But they are a true example
Of effort and bringing
Movies to a different window

I really think
Some TV movies
Are groundbreaking
This are my 3 favorite


IT (1990)
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Contrary to what many believe
Stephen King’s novel adaptation
Was not a theatre release
It´s probably the most famous tv movie ever.
It was a two part movie on ABC
Aired November 18 & 20 1990
Making Pennywise (Tim Curry)
An instant classic monster that hunts
Our nightmares.

Fatherland (1994)
Based on a Robert Harris book
And Directed by Cristopher Menaul
HBO produced this idea
Imagine just for a second
“Germany won
World War II”
An SS Officer (Rutger Hauer) and a
Reporter (Miranda Richardson)
Start uncovering a secret so big
That will change the world forever.


Citizen X (1995)
Based on a Robert Cullen novel
And Directed by Chris Gerolmo.
Forensic Specialist Viktor Vurakov
(Stephen Rae) searches for 7 long years
To find Russia’s worst serial killer
Andrei Chikatilo (Jeffrey DeMunn)
Starring Donald Sutherland and
Max Von Sydow
A hard to watch
HBO masterpiece.

“The greatest masterpiece in literature ,
is only a dictionary out of order”
-Jean Cocteau
 

1 comment:

  1. en mi opinión HBO cambió y está cambiando el concepto de la tv movie, han sabido dignificarla y efectivamente, en muchos casos afortunados, con buenos resultados. Hace poco vi "Behind the Candelabra" por supuesto primero por el morbo de la publicidad pero al final porque prometía buenas actuaciones y dirección, y así fue, me gustó. Otra que en este momento recuerdo es Cinema Verite, creo que también se hizo solo para tv.

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