The Parallax View, a superb drama about one man's paranoia that turns out to be the total, ... more
incredible fact, ranks among the best political thrillers. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a politi...
A parallax can be defined as the apparent displacement of an object caused by a change in ... more
observational position. Expanding the author's Lacanian-Hegelian approach to various domains (notably cognitive brain sciences), this title provides the systematic exposition of the conceptual framework that underlies his work.
A collection of films starring Warren Beatty. In THE PARALLAX VIEW, witnesses to a ... more
political assassination are systematically killed off, despite the efforts of a crusading journalist. REDS tells the story of a young couple's love affair in a war-torn world and how the Russian Revolution shook their lives. The romantic fantasy HEAVEN CAN WAIT sees an American footballer prematurely summoned to heaven. When he returns to Earth, he doesn't feel like his old self... no doubt because he's reincarnated in another man's body!
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Compelling thriller with real life similarities Disadvantages: A bit hollow if you look with bigger eyes
employed for our protection might not be all they seem. Secondly the movie burned its imagery and its story into my mind, when it finished I felt a little cold and uneasy, a shocking end arrived unexpectedly and rather suddenly. A movie that leaves you considering its many messages long after the credits roll in my opinion has to be something noteworthy.
The Parallaxview is available on the high street as well as online for around £10, while the DVD has no special features it does have a reasonably sized poster illustrating the movies original artwork promoting the picture 34 years ago. Protected by a classy cardboard outer case if you like movies that shape how the movie industry now looks then The ParallaxView is a movie you can't afford to miss.
Spencer Hawken 04/08 ...
Advantages: An excellent live performance of old and new material from a distinctive singer / songwriter and her group ably supported by a classical string quartet. This DVD is scheduled for release in the first week of September 2003. Disadvantages: None
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**DVD Wea Corp. Region 1 ? release date September 6th 2003. $12.74 (Amazon.com).
CD: Warner Bros. £11.99 (Amazon.co.uk)
[At this point no extras have been declared for the DVD release. I have a copy on pre-order and will update there are any significant changes. There were no "extras" on the laserdisc.]
UPDATE: 17/09/03: My DVD arrived from Amazon.com today. As expected there are no additions to the programme described above. Sadly there were two tracks omitted from the Laserdisc version - "Thumbelina" and "Blue Sun". The picture (slightly letterboxed) and sound quality are excellent.
[POSTSCRIPT: I was intrigued by the title of this album. Using my trusty search engine I came across an album of the same name by a Jimmie Spheeris from 1971. A footnote gives the following suggestion: "Isle of View. Say those words real ...
Advantages: Great last Bond film for Roger Disadvantages: Not rated as Roger Moore's best Bond
As A View to a kill was the first Bond film I ever saw in the cinema and I have very good memories of it, I thought I should review this one.
This was made in 1985 and was Roger Moores last outing as James Bond, he did not really want to do this one as he thought that he was too old at this stage to play the part. The storyline was actually set up for the new Bond Timothy Dalton but there was a last minute hitch and the film Dalton was currently working on had been put on hold and unfortunately for him he could not get out of it to start his first Bond film. The producers had no option to persuade Roger to do his last one in the role.
This had a very good cast setting With Roger in the title role, Christopher Walken playing the main villain Max Zorin, Grace Jones as his sidekick Mayday, Tanya Roberts playing Bonds love interest ...
Witnesses to a political assassination are systematically killed, despite the efforts of a crusading journalist.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date
02/02/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PHE 8153
Barcode
5014437815330
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Of the three films that make up director Alan J. Pakula's 'paranoid trilogy' (KLUTE, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, and THE PARALLAX VIEW), the latter most strongly conveys paranoia. A stylish suspense-thriller, THE PARALLAX VIEW mirrors the political distrust Americans began to feel during the period following the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War, culminating in the Watergate conspiracy. The film stars Warren Beatty as investigative journalist Joe Frady, whose former girlfriend and colleague Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) witnesses the assassination of a US Senator at the Seattle Space Needle. A government report declares it the work of a lone gunman, but when eyewitnesses begin showing up dead, Carter is convinced that a wider conspiracy is at work. Probing deeper, Frady uncovers the operations of the Parallax Corporation, which recruits social misfits and uses mind control techniques to turn them into assassins. In keeping with classic 1970s film, the story
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