The grind of dealing with NaNo, work and various family obligations has left me a little winded, so there hasn't been much time for me to post casual stuff.
- Infernal Affairs is finally getting a domestic Blu-ray edition (on 11/18). I was stupefied at how bad the remake, Scorsese's Departed, was — it was quite possibly the worst film I've seen from him since Cape Fear, laughably amateurish and lacking all of the gravity that made the original movie not only work as a thriller but catch fire as a story. The fact that Scorsese got consolation Oscars for that drivel only made it harder to stomach.
- Criterion's El Norte will probably end up being one of my first acquisitions from their Blu-ray catalog. I remember seeing it ages ago on VHS and even then being hugely impressed with it. It was one of those films that many of us watched in class, but I ended up renting it on my own. The "immigrant experience" is not the same for all immigrants, of course — my parents were far luckier than most — but Nava's film still felt incredibly relevant. I imagine it still will.
- A Blu-ray edition of Death Trance?! Apparently, yes. Thank you, Tokyo Shock. I need to get around to reviewing this sucker, since I already did the screenshots from the DVD edition and the movie is about thirteen different kinds of awesome and win all blended together and topped off with Tak Sakaguchi.
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Woah, after all i'm not alone regarding The Departed. One of the lamest excuses for a cop thriller, and overall for a movie, that i have seen in a long time. This would have been ripped to pieces had not been directed by Scorcese. The fact that said film got an oscar is like seeing hollywood giving themselves a pat in the back, trying to convice them of how "good" they still are at what they do and what not.
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