Films I will watch in 2019.

Scarceness in film choosing picked for me a point when dignified figures of it, for whom you’re sure in high quality, are going to lesser. Often I account to watch on somebody participated in shameful film when usually I didn’t see before. In disgusting for cinematography times, for truly artists are having only two suitable variants: create own studio and find investor or leave the industry. It wasn’t before for me when the most films of the list don’t have any firmly basics behind, but even so, all of them have enough reasons for come out a wish to watch.  

VIII.) Glass

Unbreakable was of films from which I wanted a continuity, but in filming, as in gaming, industries a practice confirms a truth of adage “Beware your wishes – it can come true”. Split was so revolting film, that even I willn’t write any good on it. However, despite on this, for curiosity in unofficial form I will watch Glass. Maybe it suddenly will be better and I will see worthy continuity?

VII.) Zombieland 2

Why on such commercially successful and acclaimed by critics and audience film was needed a ten years that make a sequel? My interest on it didn’t fade since those times, but it could be happen as disappointment, because a personal practice of this kind of awaiting shows a nothing worthwhile release.

VI.) Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton is an excellent actor and the wonderful thing in him, that he has an own view. It can don’t match with mine, but I respect this quality in a man, but I can’t accept some kind of films where Norton downed himself as the actor. However, for his presence of rarest in nowadays good qualities, I’ll still watch his project Motherless Brooklyn in which also instills a trust, that it was filmed by independence studios. The acting staff is brilliant, but no people in it for whom can vouch about quality of the movie, but at least on this stage looks better than many last works of these cinema personalities.  

V.) Serenity

To the watching of this film predisposes the screenwriter of stunning films Eastern Promises and Hummingbird, where in the last one Steven Knight also directed it. Both functions he also performed in Serenity, so emanate from saw good works (the others didn’t attract my attention.) and from the fact that in creation participate only independent studios, that’s mean the individuality everywhere here, so may it be not bad at all and even non-trivial.

IV.) Full Love

Not without appearance in the list of this film. The last couple of years an information about it is more lively and this infuse a feel on release to not so long time. Few months ago, Jean-Claude Van Damme said to expect Full Love in 2019. The uncertainty stays, and indisputably for looking for of distributors. From original filming separates more ten years already, what doesn’t surprise in personal project, but even so the actor mustn’t then in Cannes to take serious a critic, thereof make an additional filming and since those time do a post-production. Must be yourself. Those circumstances brought me to decision to watch all accessed trailers, which somewhere aroused interest, but taking up in general, there manifested dangers on the story, but no case I will deny from watching of JCVD’s personal project.          

III.) Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station    

Can see how transition to low-budget variant with back-to-back production reflected on Escape Plan 2: Hades. Only thankfully to Sly Stallone it looks with presence of dignity. I don’t think Escape Plan 3 somehow will changes, but beyond dispute, I’m ready also watch it in cinema (even despite, that Chinese company participated in production, because I don’t have a thought, that they will got a profit in this time too.).  

II.) Rambo 5: Last Blood

Lethal Weapon brilliantly finished on second part if followed to original screenplay. Terminator doesn’t cause a passion affection from me, but also it would be good to stop on duology as full ending demonstrates director’s cut. However, after these films followed a new, and as occurred needless, parts and still filming and conversations rises. Production of superfluous sequels happens for reasons: commercial profit or somebody man becomes a hostage in this, but sometimes an author counts that he has what to tell. Rambo beautifully completes the story about Vietnam War veteran John Rambo and I was glad to Sly’s statement about “retiring from performance of this hero”, but all of that wasn’t last and the new film will happen. After watching of the fourth part, I wasn’t so out-and-out to idea of continuity, because the author is talented, and therefore perhaps the decent film will release, how, despite to current position, I with this conclusion coming to inevitable fifth film. However, with getting knowledges of screenplay’s details, I somewhere evince a caution to the project and holding in thoughts, that Stallone moves his character in a detached way. But it doesn’t have the importance, because in any cases I will watch Rambo V in a cinema theater.            

I.) John Wick 3: Parabellum 

The third and I hope the words willn’t out from case the last part of suffering story of John Wick from genius screenplay writer Derek Kolstad and unchangeable director Chad Stahelski. After those pleasant feeling left by second part with wanting to know the further story and thinking I will undoubtedly precisely write – get the satisfaction from incredible shootouts became the hallmark in films, as already same importance got in cinematography. In still yet duology successfully combined feast of shootouts with the story, which evokes the intrigue, and spectacular dialogs. Enough reasons for high anticipation of John Wick 3: Parabellum.       

          

The Other Side of the Wind.

Orson Welles was a multitalented man. As an actor, he impresses in any kind of performance and even in absurdist films as Casino Royale he always like a duck to water. As a director, Welles usually shows his magician qualities and, be shortly, I satisfy from his technician and how he was filming. This man was a great teller by dialogs and voice, which charms in any film, radio performance and commercial. I don’t like Orson Welles only in one – as screenwriter. His stories have many illogical connections and very often director prefers form than content. From all watched his films I have adore feeling only to The Lady from Shanghai, where I have grudge to people who made a merciless cut. How I would like to see the original vision! The last Welles’s film The Other Side of the Wind has a decades old story of production, which not far time ago everybody get the possibility to see the final of it. And I watched…     

As many Orson Welles’s films, a story of The Other Side of the Wind starts from a death, which usually ignites a narration engine. This movie about director (in John Huston brilliant performance.) who’s going to celebrate his 70th anniversary and for his party he invited not only special for this people, but also reporters and film critics. For all of them he’s planning to show his new unfinished film. In addition, director uses a group of operators, which are here for future documentary. All of this a spectator will see before intro narration of other director (in performance and also fine of Peter Bogdanovich.) who will tell about a car crash of the main hero. In this place I don’t like here computerized titles and told text where can see it was adaptable on modern reality. In the film easy to catch modern additional work and especially in music score what none of this makes me glad.

However, you can see – this is Orson Welles’s film. Collection of nice shots, changing frames and living camera. The director is varying between color and black-and-white tones. Documentary about last day of the director changes of his last film. The Other Side of the Wind has a lot of allegories with real biography and fate performed people (Orson Welles had on mind to play the main role, but rethought.) and this long story of editing and intro narration looks as a part of Welles’s plan or fine prediction, but of course it just an effect from whole movie and it production. In directing, he is again gives enchantment and was holding in it all two hours, but Welles possessed in beautiful shots. Changing in black-and-white or color tones have no mean. Maybe it means day and night sequence or something tell about character or for atmosphere, but nothing can’t match. It doesn’t influence on the story, which absolutely senseless. You can understand what Welles wanted to say and sure after reading of his description, but he doesn’t succeed in this goal. I know, he wasn’t like New Hollywood time and can see a little dialog where two guys were talking about filmmakers wishing to make money, than art. This phrase is actual for American industry of nowadays, than to those period, when a lot of producers preferred to risk to make a good movie and directors were totally independent. Welles wasn’t one of this man and I can’t claim in full sure, but he can offend for it. He had unlucky reputation by press, which complicated to find a financer, and his films was made in time when directors haven’t yet a possibility to edit the own cut. The Other Side of the Wind tries to be a documentary, but the script pulls in surrealistic way and filming often out from it. As with the inside film all of this doesn’t try to be a movie of another men. Everywhere is Orson Welles. In inner flick, which have the same title “The Other Side of the Wind”, not about snobbish directors, it about Welles’s passion to his than muse Oja Kodar. I don’t like when filmmakers put his emotions in works, because it isn’t usually good. In collaborations with Kodar, Welles prefers to film her without any clothe. In unreleased The Deep can find frames on this subject. Absolutely unnecessary Kodar’s performance in F for Fake where whole line with her is predictable and doesn’t fit for film’s course. In special made for this flick trailer the additional scenes only contains Welles’s like to shoot her naked. The Other Side of the Wind the director stucks on this. Scenes where Kodar with wearing something are too rare. She’s good actress and excellent speaks her dialogs, which not often in Welles’s films and here she has no word. Welles in this work was losing the attention to the story and indulges on his desires. Is catching that John Huston’s character always hold a glass with scotch and often finishes it. For director it always be trouble to follow for details.

I am glad, that was released the last Welles’s film, but destroyed in quality by RKO studio’s men Journey into Fear, which the director didn’t shoot, looks a masterpiece after this. The Other Side of the Wind is senseless film.