[toxic johnny]

I took in a 70's double bill last night... The Sugarland Express

 

+ Carrie

 

I especially love 70's movies from the mainstream as well as from the underground... quite often you can't tell them apart, which you definitely could not say about mainstream cinema in the 00's.

There was room for experimentation, which I find both exciting and inspiring... even Spielberg was at it!.
Also (With certain exceptions of course) the cinematography was much more interesting then... in terms of lighting, composition and creative freedom.

Unfortunately the last new release that I went to see was Silent Hill... now I'm no snob and enjoy cult genre trash as much as the next guy but I really think that something died inside of me as a result of exposing myself to this badly put together hotch potch of CGI clichés... I know I only have myself to blame and forced myself to go because I really love the computer game. (Especially Silent Hill 2) I was hoping that at least a tiny modicum of the games creepy atmosphere would translate onto the big screen...

 

I should have known better.