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Still One Of The Best Movies I've Seen

posted 13 years ago by rivetbadtz
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I'm a huge film buff, I love anything from obscure foreign and indie films, to the current Fincher/Nolan gods of cinema, to classic filmmakers like Kubrick and Fellini. But I have to say, having just watched Fear X recently for the 7th or 8th time, I still rank it as one of the best thrillers/dramas I've seen. The tension, cinematography, acting, ominous score, etc. I know it seems dd...a straight to dvd 90 minute pg-13 film noone has really seen. How can that compare to Shining, Se7en, Silence of the Lambs, Mystic River, Taxi Driver, etc?
I don't know if it's the Daivd Lynch/Mark Romanek/David Fincher like feel to it, but this film is just visionary in my view. I agree that the ending is a bit, well ambiguous and there's a few other issues I have with it. But I just really love the hell out of this thing and wish the director would make another thriller.

A lot of the reasons I love it is of course John Turturro's acting and the cinematography.

[–] polysicsarebest 11 years ago

yeah, this is an amazing film

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Shuji Terayama forever.

[–] asktheages 10 years ago

It's far from perfect and doesn't fully live up to the potential of the first half and the fascinating material... but overall it is a great, atmospheric, haunting film, one of the best of its kind. I'm really baffled as to why it isn't more known and also why people seem to hate it so much.