Last Sunday, I resumed my archiving/digitalization of my movies collection and while going through my collection, I saw all these titles which have been gathering dust (some dvd's bought more than 10 years ago and never watched) and decided it would be a good idea to finally go ahead as it requires less time and persistence than defeating my games backlog.

So obviously, as it's a "backlog" thread, it's not for the new theatrical releases but more for "not so recent" movies connoisseurs. The goal of the thread is to help fellow GOG'ers defeating their movies backlog by sharing their reviews so it can be useful for the community and give some incentive to push forward in their endless quest.....

To ensure some "quality" and relevance (and for better readability), reviews should have some kind of formatting to quickly gather infos for viewers like:

*** GOD IS A DJ *** (1998 - UK - Faithless)

Plot: some black dude saying "this is my church, this is where I heal my heart" and so on....

Review: Too good dance track from the 90's! This is real dance music with soul and style. In the first part, the director make clever use of some kind of sign language thus making a parallel with music being a communication means beyond spoken languages among people and this idea finds its conclusion in the second part with live shots of a concert where the crowd is vibing together at the sound of Faithless like a new religion. Only default is the quality of the live footages and blablablabla.....

Trailer: https://youtu.be/bhSB8EEnCAM

PS: about trailers, put a NSFW tag if you think so.

I have lots and lots and lots of movies and most of them I have yet to watch. Most are rare, lesser known, foreign, older movies that I've downloaded from a site that specializes in such movies. Here's a list of the top 20 I've "been wanting to watch" but haven't gotten to yet, and I'd like recommendations and a bit of information (other than what is readily available on imdb or elsewhere) about them to motivate me to watch them sooner rather than later. NO SPOILERS please!

The Ox-Bow Incident
Ulzana's Raid
The Devil's Rain
The Devil's
Last of the Dogmen
8 Million Ways to Die
Chappaqua
Mephisto
New Rose Hotel
Two Deaths
Family Viewing
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Ironmaster
The Browning Version
Bill & Bill On His Own
The Cassandra Crossing
Death Watch
Forever Lulu
Red Heat
Miranda

For 8 miilions way to die, I remember an article from 20 years ago in the French press by Quentin Tarantino where he was analyzing and praising his favorite gunfights scenes (along with John Woo and Sam Peckinpah scenes).

New Rose Hotel: I might have it somewhere (because Asia Argento + Abel Ferrara combo).....

Family Viewing: watched and liked it. If you like early Egoyan movies in general, go ahead (although I prefered Next Of Kin and Speaking Parts). Actually all his early movies are almost the same in style and thematics (I just have to rewatch The Adjuster to refresh my memory)

Death Watch: there are several movies under this name but if it's the one from Bertrand Tavernier with Keitel and Schneider, you should definitely put it in high priority! For a 1980 flick, it nailed perfectly the phenomenon of real-TV way before its time and the two stars deliver great performances.

*** BLASTFIGHTER *** (1984 - Italy - Lamberto Bava)

Plot: After being in jail for years, an ex-cop goes to the mountain countryside to live a peaceful life but a bunch of poachers from the nearby town is creating trouble. Aside from that, his now all grown-up daughter (whom he barely knew) tries to recreate ties with him.

Review: It's quite an unusual movie in the filmography of Lamberto Bava as he mostly did horror and giallo movies and actually it's surprisingly good. To sum it up it's kind of "Rambo meets Delivrance" (it even has the banjo kid) with splendid natural settings where violence naturally emerges. Even if it's sold as a B-movie actioner, most of the time, the movie avoids silly action and let its characters and the plot evolves at a good pace letting the human aspect prevails (the relation between father and daughter) without being boring (always some little bit of action here and there). Movie would have been near perfect if it hadn't use some kind of stock-shots for explosions near the end but it's only a small default for what might be the most underrated Lamberto Bava movie.

Music Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DomH4NGJxk

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wu5quivscY

Netflix IS my backlog.

I'll get to it on my own pace...

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