tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post1752854976423419722..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Underrated Movie #136: SalvadorMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-13082124302968412342023-09-19T17:22:34.969-04:002023-09-19T17:22:34.969-04:00Very few filmmakers I dislike more than Stone, but...Very few filmmakers I dislike more than Stone, but I will try to give this a shot. Hopefully it’s better than NBKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-1382740139309702962011-10-24T15:22:23.961-04:002011-10-24T15:22:23.961-04:00You nailed the appeal of the film for me with bull...You nailed the appeal of the film for me with bullet point number one. It's all about the Woods' character as a point of entry into this world. There are no good guys here. Just bad guys (Woods) and worse guys (almost everyone else). <br /><br />No movie has ever used Woods better either except maybe Cronenberg's VIDEODROME, in which he plays a similarly super-smart, sleazy and self-involved media man.<br /><br />I like Oliver Stone a lot, consider him very underrated. Even his most famous films get talked about for the wrong reasons. The visual aesthetic that he introduced to mainstream feature films in JFK, NIXON and NATURAL BORN KILLERS combined ideas from Errol Morris' documentaries, Peckinpah's action editing and Soviet montage and his own brilliant cinematographer Robert Richardson's searching eye to create a genuinely new way of telling stories that's been hugely influential ever since.<br /><br />As for Stone's recent output, I'm a big fan of W., which took interesting risks in a number of ways, and I still think Stone has more great films in him.j.s.noreply@blogger.com