I watched CRIMES OF PASSION (1984) today and I know this is an old person thing to say but they *really* do not make them like this anymore.
Every weirdo who posts some copy-paste screed against sex scenes in movies should watch this and have their heads explode like the end of RAIDERS
Tonight I caught up with ROLLERBALL, a movie that anticipates (and underestimates) the player empowerment era while also anticipating (and overestimating) corporate control over our lives.
Jon-a-than! Jon-a-than! https://boxd.it/3vsWRL
Anticipates the player empowerment era, but maybe overstates the roles corporations will play in our lives. (Just try to imagine Rollerball: Presented by Meta and it's enough to give you a migraine.) James Caan's Jonathan E doesn't fit into this world. He's a regular guy who loves exactly two things: his wife and Rollerball. Well, They took his wife away (because "another executive wanted her") and now They're trying to take away Rollerball. What else does he have? A house with wood paneling and a nagging suspicion his new corporate appointed wife is going to kill him? Well, he has