The Grand Cinema Discussion Thread

Corvina

For discussion of movies.

Last night I watched Punishment Park and The Wicker Man (1973). I liked both. I also couldn't help but side with Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, largely because the Serjeant's sanctimonious, intolerant, frankly rude behaviour as a guest just disgusted me. Punishment Park deserves a wider audience: it's a fake documentary about a hypothetical use of the McCarran Act of 1950 against the New Left by Richard Nixon in a sadistic manner

Crystal

We already have this.

Imipolex G

Those threads sure seem to have been active since 2013, yessiree

Anyway, I assume the 1973 Wicker Man is not hilarious like the Nicolas Cage one.

Sredni Vashtar

Imipolex G said:

Anyway, I assume the 1973 Wicker Man is not hilarious like the Nicolas Cage one.

It isn't. It starts out campy and a bit absurd and then gradually turns into something really stark and unsettling. The protagonist is seriously a dick but that's obviously intentional, and it becomes quite clear by the end that there really isn't anyone in the film who isn't desperate to the point of delusion.

Corvina

Also perhaps it's the Christopher Lee fan in me