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CEMETERY MAN (1996) CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972) DUEL (1971)

Italian sexton (gravewatcher) Francesco Dellamorte (played by Rupert Everett) has a problem. When someone's buried in the Buffalora Cemetery, they will arise in seven days. Dellamorte has to make sure they stay down for the second and final time. Assisted by the slow Gnaghi, Dellamorte tends to his near-solitary work when She (played by the sensual Anna Falchi) appears in his life. She appears in three different aspects (my personal favorite one is where she and Dellamorte are making love on her husband's grave and he rises up, so to speak), each time causing grief in Francesco's life. There's more, like where a pissed off Death talks to Dellamorte, but I want to save the reader a few surprises.
Acting: I was surprised to find the actor that played Gnaghi is actually a musical genius in France. I will not make any French jokes. But he shares an almost touching scene with the mayor's daughter, well...part of her...anyway. Everett did a good to excellent job and Falchi...well...good acting skills and looks. The mayor (I forget the actor) had me in stitches, no pun intended.
Plot: I sometimes imagine "Falling Down" when I watch this movie, for it goes a little in that direction of "It's time I take things on a bigger scale" mindset. And there are certain instances where the movie's dark comedy comes into play, note the scene where the two girls pick Francesco up for sex.
Enjoyment: Zombies, some nudity, gunshots, and a plot. What more could anyone ask for? My only quip (originally) was the ending, but I've come to terms with it and having given it another look, it makes sense. It also causes you to feel for Dellamorte's plight of leaving Buffalora for the rest of the world.
Rob
Ahhh..The movie about ultraviolence and Beethoven. Released in 1972, Stanley Kubricks Motion Picture potrayal of Anthony Burgess' 1963 novel, A Clockwork Orange sticks out in my mind as one of the most stylish, if not darkest, thrill rides of all time in films. I love the shit out of this movie! Malcom McDowell plays the young, murderous yabo, Alex Delarge in a fictionalized but disturbing future in Britain. Delarge and his goons go on a rampage to blugeon, rape and murder their victims. In one scene, Alex and his posse sacks an authors' home, cripples him, rapes and kills his wife after pretending to be stranded strangers in need of help. All the while singing "Singing in the Rain" with a long nosed mask as a disguise. He ultimately gets caught by the police to be rehabilitated by a new unconventional method called the "Ludovico" treatment. This treatment involves psychology and is suppose to dupe the criminal into rejecting Sex and Violence to the point of painful vomiting and also kiddies, you'll never hear Beethoven's 5th the same way again. I don't want to give this entire gem away but be warned, 'tis is not for Virgin Senses. I was so captivated by Alex. I dressed up as Alex for Mardi Gras this year. In my most humble of opinions, this is Kubricks best work. If you don't like what I just said, you know what you can do with your muzzle! Everything that you could possibly want from a classic is here. Comedy, Adventure, Intrigue, Style, Noire, Fantasy and Horror. The Acting is superb and the story is a delicious Psychotic nightmare. "Clockwork" was nominate for best picture in 1972 but lost out to Gene Hackman and 'The French Connection'. Is there a lesson to be learned from this...uh, yeah. Don't try this at home or homes. And this is from your friendly nar-ra-tor.
Dan
It's remarkable that this is the Movie that launched Steven Speilberg's career; no special effects, no motorized great white sharks, no animated aliens- just a terrifingly simplistic tale of a traveling salesman (Dennis Weaver) caught in the bullseye of a Trucker determined to end the victim's life on the bleak backroads of California Highways. Imagine your on a road by yourself and this semi comes barreling down the road behind you, on your ass at 70 miles per hour. A 90-minute thriller of road rage gone wild, this shoestring budget masterpiece shows it doesn't take millions and a "cast of thousands" to make a box office hit. All it takes is imagination. Filmed on 1971, Duel is a classic that mesmerizes me to this day!
Jason