Quick Ratings/Reviews of The Week

 12 films seen this week, only one of them was a rewatch. Not bad viewing, if I may say so myself...


 Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas - 1998 directed by Terry Gilliam
8/10
This is one of the few Terry Gilliam films I had not seen previously, I don't know why I had never got around to it exactly, maybe because of the mixed reviews or because of the fact that I don't consider Johnny Depp to be a very good actor.
But I was very pleasantly surprised, this was such a fun film, wildly entertaining and very different from what I was expecting. I realise now that I should have had faith in Gilliam, who is one of my favourites, and watched this earlier, as it's a great film.
I might even read the book now..

C'Etait Un Rendez Vous - 1976

I actually saw this many years ago as a young child, it stuck in my mind ever since and I've only recently managed to track in down, it's such an exciting piece of film, if you haven't already seen it then here's a video, if you have, well just watch it again anyway because it's so cool:

Filmed by Claude Lelouch one morning, he had 10 minutes of film left to use after shooting was finished so he just attached the camera to his Ferrari (some say Mercedes, but it's doesn't really matter) and sped across Paris, with no precautions whatsoever and breaking dozens of laws...The result, although it got him into trouble with the authorities, remains a fascinating and so refreshingly real piece of Cinema even after all these years. It's spontaneity and recklessness is endearing and I loved seeing a speeding car non-glamorised by Hollywood films, with their various stunts and precautions.
And it's just great fun to watch!

It remains one of the best car chases, even though it's technically not a chase, ever put on film alongside the ones in The French Connection and Bullitt.