Movie Notes: To Kill A Mockingbird
Synopsis
In a small Alabama town during the Great Depression, Lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) represents Tom Robinson, a man accused of rape. Based on an autobiographical novel.
Movie Notes: Crazy Heart
Synopsis
Worn-out, chain-smoking, alcoholic country singer Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) has literally hit the end of the road, playing crappy venues in the American Southwest.
Movie Notes: Apocalypse Now
The definitive Vietnam War movie, Apocalypse Now still raises the blood pressure and confounds today. From the opening scene of Willard (Martin Sheen) going bloody nuts punching a hotel room mirror to the confusingly brooding Kurtz (Marlon Brando), it’s a long, rough ride. By movie’s end, nearly everyone we’ve met is killed off — mostly for no good reason — and we’re exhausted.
Movie Notes: Hearts Of Darkness
Synopsis
Documentary chronicling the chaotic creation of Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic Vietnam war movie.
Movie Notes: THX 1138
Synopsis
In an oppressive, dystopian future, worker THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) leads a monotonous existence of repetitive labor and sedatives. His mate LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) stops the drugs, and the two begin a downward slide leading to their imprisonment and THX’s eventual decision to escape the society.