Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
Dragonslayer (1981)
I wanted to follow up my review of Excalibur (1981) with Dragonslayer (1981), not just because it’s another sword & sorcery film released the same year, but because it’s trying to do much the same thing thematically, albeit with a … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Dragon, Fantasy, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, Sword and Sorcery, Walt Disney
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Excalibur (1981)
John Boorman is not after realism with Excalibur (1981). The dialogue, the characterizations, the behaviors – none of these are intended to replicate real life, but are deliberately outsized, almost predetermined. The characters behave as they are intended to behave: as … Continue reading
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Two years after the benchmark Ozploitation film Mad Max (1979), director George Miller returned to the world of violent punks and souped-up cars with Mad Max 2 (1981). The film was cautiously retitled The Road Warrior for the U.S., because … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Action, Australian, Car Chase, Feral Kid, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Post Apocalyptic, Punk, Science Fiction
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