Without a formal narrative structure, Hubert Sauper ‘s documentary occasionally uses captions and intertitles as aids, but the story within Darwin’s Nightmare pretty much relies on the words of locals and powerful images to document the social and evolutionary conflicts and catastrophies within a modest Tanzanian town by Lake Victoria…
Review of Ned Wynn’s beach film dramady California Dreaming (1979).
While California Dreaming may have its fans – it features some nicely shot surfing sequences, and was filmed in the beach town of Avila prior to a major upgrade that mandated razing substantial beachfront area contaminated by petroleum seepage – time hasn’t been exactly kind to this extremely odd beach comedy / dramady / coming-of-age tale that features a unique cast of veteran and up-and-coming faces…
R.I.P. Wes Craven + reviews of Randal Kleiser’s Summer Lovers (1982), plus two doc tributes to the film’s composer: Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (1997) + Tribute to Basil Poledouris (2009).
After achieving a meteoric career boost with Grease (1978) and The Blue Lagoon (1980), Randal Kleiser took time off in Greece, and quickly noticed the swathes of young adults arriving by boat and plane, camping on the nude beaches, and engaging in assorted relationships…
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