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7 feb 22

DeRank™: 25,34

Krzysztof Komeda - Lullaby - (Rosemary's Baby - 1968) The first of Polanski's fleeting visits to Hollywood, with stunning and well-deserved acclaim, success, and recognition. I won't say a damn thing about this film because even the stones know it by heart, it's beautiful of course, well done to everyone. The last (chilling) soundtrack by Komeda with Polanski, because this somewhat unlucky film is, poor thing (and poor Komeda too). And then this curious intersection-collaboration between two great directors (and actors, both also good at that) like Polanski and Cassavetes (am I crazy or is there a clear resemblance between Cassavetes and the name Castavets? Ok), two roosters in the same henhouse who engaged in a continuous clash with their opposing ways of seeing and thinking about cinema during the shoot (just look at Cass's contemporary "Faces"). Only, Polanski isn’t the kindest rooster to challenge in his henhouse, I’d say. Cassavetes financed his subsequent films with an excellent performance, slimy as hell.
 
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6 feb 22

DeRank™: 14,93

Da "Complotto di famiglia" (A. Hitchcock, 1976) I had never seen the last Hitchcock before. Can I say it’s a gem of a film? Forget about being pulled apart, here the curtain closing is held up beautifully, after over fifty films spread across six, yes six decades of career. I love this 70s Hitch, with a style that blends more modern openings and solutions from an older cinema, understandable in a director from a completely different generation (by 1976, the car sequences with rear projections already have the "vintage" label; you can't even say they have aged poorly). "Frenzy" was a great film, and this one follows closely, fresh and fun, and although Hitch died with in mind the project of what could have been his first film in the 80s, this really tastes of farewell: a summary of hitchcockianism, all his trademarks, many explicit or less explicit nods to his other films, humor at full blast, the final wink at the audience through the interposed person of Barbara Harris. And then a cast devoid of stars but filled with talented actors, all perfectly cast, from the new generation yet all with considerable experience and behind them important (very important) titles of new American cinema (three out of four had already been Altman faces, Harris and Karen Black in "Nashville" and Devane in "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", just two of the greatest new Hollywood masterpieces, mere trifles...), Dern is a great actor. Unforgettable is Devane's smirk.
 
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5 feb 22

DeRank™: 1,91

Open HD | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Warner Archive Here, this definitely isn't podium material, but I like it; I find it quite charming, a horror-tinged comedy or a comedy tinged with horror, with a deliciously unhealthy and "homemade" atmosphere and fitting sets. It even has some funny moments. Plus, it’s the "first" of many things for Polanski: the first color film, the first comedy (or at least, the first that’s so clearly lighter compared to his initial trio of films and most of his later work), the first with a sensibly substantial budget, the first where he had to argue with the producers. It's the third film out of four written together with Brach (there will be quite a few others) after the wonderful "Repulsion" and "Cul de sac," and the third with music by Komeda (after "Knife in the Water" and again "Cul").
 
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5 feb 22

DeRank™: 17,69

Cul-de-sac (1966) Original Trailer [FHD] Podio Polanski ? Podio Polanski (2)
 
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4 feb 22

DeRank™: 10,96

Judas Priest - Killing Machine An album that is more rock/hard rock and less "heavy metal," thus an excellent rock album. Second only to Tristi Ali del Destino.
 
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4 feb 22

DeRank™: 19,32

Repulsion (1965) Original Trailer [FHD] Podium Polanski? Podium Polanski.
 
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4 feb 22

DeRank™: 4,91

Knife in the Water - A Knife Comes in Handy A discreet debut feature, don't you think? A film that is not only very well written but also, or rather especially, excellent technically, in terms of cinematography, composition of shots, direction, truly "elegant" and the crème of the Polish/Eastern European auteur style of the time.
 
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3 feb 22

DeRank™: 18,70

Cows - On Plasma Pond There must be a riff here, somewhere, in the midst of the chaos.
 
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1 feb 22

DeRank™: 13,50

Cows - Yellowbelly The album is from 1987, so I can't help but associate it with what I consider a Masterpiece of garage/blues/rock'n'roll soaked in noise and depraved madness, namely "Right Now" by Pussy Galore. I rank this a good notch below (perhaps because it’s even more shamelessly crooked and messed up, almost silly in its crazy distortion, but in a good way, you know) but it’s really a cool album within its scene, a classic.
 
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hjhhjij
1 feb 22

DeRank™: 9,11

Cows - Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass Cover!) Philip Glass who one morning gets out of bed, stubs his little toe on the dresser, and feels out of sorts.
 
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31 jan 22

DeRank™: 8,43

Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? After a fundamental career as a screenwriter, Scola confirms himself as one of the purest talents of Italian cinema in the '60s, also as a director, with this excellent film, a prelude to the masterpieces of the '70s, those of the "Commedia di piombo," of which he will perhaps be the absolute banner carrier.
 
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29 jan 22

DeRank™: 9,85

CineCibo | Ladri di Biciclette - Mozzarella in Carrozza One of the greatest human stories that cinema has ever given us. For me, the most extraordinary neorealist film and the Masterpiece by De Sica and Zavattini, as well as one of the greatest films in world cinema.
 
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28 jan 22

DeRank™: 13,61

Deftones - Digital Bath Deftones - Entombed Give me their two best albums, please. Oh god, I left the last two behind, never got around to them, maybe I messed up.
 
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27 jan 22

DeRank™: 24,67

DEFTONES - WHITE PONY [2001] - Full Album A very nice album that I enjoy returning to from time to time.
 
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24 jan 22

DeRank™: 6,76

Amenra Mass III [Full Album] Nice filth, I don't mind it at all thanks to @[De...Marga...]
 
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23 jan 22

DeRank™: 6,76

One, Two, Three (1961) – Billy Wilder – Communists Another big comedy from Wilder, with him and Diamond here shooting (it's appropriate to say so, the screenplay and dialogues of this film are a red arrow with broken brakes) at capitalism and communism as two hilarious furies. Cagney is outstanding. A very nice film, unfortunate due to timing and extracinematographic reasons, not inferior to the subsequent "Irma La Dolce," in fact, it probably maintains its pace slightly better until the end.
 
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23 jan 22

DeRank™: 14,06

Toe Fat 1970 - Bad Side Of The Moon Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslak, and John Glascock (the best bassist of Jethro Tull and also the unluckiest, for those who don’t know) in one of their very first bands (not the first to be honest, they had already been playing together in The Gods) covering a contemporary piece by Elton John and Taupin, who were also very young and rapidly on the rise. 1970. A classic album of the Rock-Soul-Blues-Pop era, super enjoyable.
 
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hjhhjij
22 jan 22

DeRank™: 11,54

Judas Priest - Stained Class (Full Album 1978) Calciorotante punch in the teeth. One of my favorite Judases.
 
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21 jan 22

DeRank™: 7,16

Nazareth Guilty with Lyrics in Description Another point in favor of Nazareth is their excellent musical taste (much more varied than their hard-rock coordinates, but very, it seems) and their excellent choice of artists for their covers ;) Besides Newman, they covered Guthrie, Little Feat (!), Joni, Dylan (really?), and Leon Russell (someone whose solo career deserves a bit of rediscovery, apart from his work as a musician-songwriter-sessionman). In short, they had good taste, at least.
 
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21 jan 22

DeRank™: 9,47

Nazareth - 1692 (Glencoe Massacre) A beautiful album. Nazareth, like other bands that later found success in hard rock, initially created these albums with different coordinates (in their case, more folk) that no one pays attention to just because Nazareth has to be either Hard or Death (I've seen it in old reviews here; it's true for UFO, the very early Scorpions, Thin Lizzy, but if you look closely, it's also true for the 60s Deep Purple) and instead, these are good/excellent albums, damn it.
 
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17 jan 22

DeRank™: 11,00

The Front Page 1974 Trailer | Jack Lemmon | Walter Matthau Damn, Billy, I remembered it as a great film, but it's actually one of your best. The other side of the Ace in the Hole, the part of the comedy, but pure, pitch-black. And anything that kicks journalism (and politics, law enforcement, there's something for everyone here) in the ass is a gold medal in my book; if it does so with this kind of class, fluidity, black comedy that works like a charm, and superb rhythm, it's a masterpiece (and it’s the third version of the subject, not that Hawks did any worse with the debaserian second version...)
 
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hjhhjij
17 jan 22

DeRank™: 7,31

Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis - Les fées carabosses Favorite song from their debut, more focused on acid-psych-folk with Catherine's over-the-top, earth-shattering vocals.
 
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16 jan 22

DeRank™: 5,32

Catherine RIBEIRO + ALPES - Poème Non Epique Venerable French band never praised enough. Great record.
 
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13 jan 22

DeRank™: 9,44

Deliver Me from Mine Enemies @[Almotasim ] you reminded me of it. This is his most KA-BOOM album.
 
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