tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post4808444840982922657..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: Five Minutes to Live (1961)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-2806912125933306862009-09-02T01:25:55.512+10:002009-09-02T01:25:55.512+10:00I'm a huge Meyer fan. Mudhoney is strange and ...I'm a huge Meyer fan. <i>Mudhoney</i> is strange and unpleasant in a lot of ways, but I'm fond of it. It captures a certain atmosphere particularly well. But it's not exactly fun viewing. I do prefer his more overtly outrageous movies.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-4496550950980030102009-09-02T00:51:20.073+10:002009-09-02T00:51:20.073+10:00Again you mention two good films.
In a way I do...Again you mention two good films. <br /><br />In a way I don't see how fans of "trash" can lump meyers Lorna or Mudhoney into that camp. They are pretty solid dramas. Meyer was capable of making trash but those two titles were probably more traditional and gritty.<br /><br />I am not especially a fan of either though. I only say this on aesthetic grounds.<br /><br />I love movies of a certain feel and they are not it. I acknowledge their strenghts in terms of storytelling, mood and ambience. But since both largely are hardly thrilling (unlike say motorpsycho for example) then I am left for with the aesthetic. I am not sure those particular films can resonate as well beyond america as some of meyers other titles.<br /><br />Both have a nostalgia of their own that I cannot connect with- that's why I end up watching more european fare. I know that a lot of americans lump some of the european genre stuff with the word trash and I am sure that works both ways. <br /><br />meyer did not make trash film when he made Mudhoney (though I guess he did when he made mondo topless or beneath the valley of the ultravixons). In both mudhoney and lorna I found something a little deeper- an attempt to scratch away at the veneer of smalltown faux respectability, seemingly a recurring theme of his).<br /><br />But there is still something I cannot connect with. hard to put my finger on what it is.<br /><br />You are right when you say these are underrated movies- but even though I own a few meyer titles myself (about 11 I think) the only ones I revisit is Faster Pussycat.<br /><br />I may take time to take another look to blog about these though.Nigel Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928346913206094978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-7168710630839064952009-09-01T19:46:32.057+10:002009-09-01T19:46:32.057+10:00Yes, Motorpsycho is another fun movie in the same ...Yes, <i>Motorpsycho</i> is another fun movie in the same kind of style. Meyer's early 60s black-and-white movies, like <i>Lorna</i> and <i>Mudhoney</i> as well, are underrated.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-85508510120222807482009-09-01T17:31:05.203+10:002009-09-01T17:31:05.203+10:00Yeah, you are right about The Sadist (that was on ...Yeah, you are right about The Sadist (that was on tv the other night too! and is one of my guilty pleasure favs). Another that springs to mind is Russ Meyers Motorpsycho.Nigel Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928346913206094978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-85133581190654480312009-09-01T16:20:27.467+10:002009-09-01T16:20:27.467+10:00It definitely marks a stage in the evolution of ho...It definitely marks a stage in the evolution of horror away from the supernatural towards an emphasis on psycho killers and serial killers. It would make an interesting double feature with <i>The Sadist</i>, a truly bizarre little 1963 film.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-22545609821187072732009-08-31T03:48:37.706+10:002009-08-31T03:48:37.706+10:00I like Johnny Cash music but that song he sang to ...I like Johnny Cash music but that song he sang to terrorise the hostage where he sang "Five Minutes To Live". That was pretty lame.<br /><br />That aside on the whole it wasn't a bad little B movie. There were definitely opportunities to crank up the tension that were wasted but on the positives this is the proto house invasion movie though probably has more in common with Cold Eyes Of Fear than the rougher edge of the genre.Nigel Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928346913206094978noreply@blogger.com