JohnSpecialK’s Film Reviews

About me: Beethoven fan, author of "Beethoven's Only Beloved: Josephine!" (http://www.createspace.com/3740694,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JohnSpecialK). Favorite movies by Altman, Buñuel, Chabrol, Fellini, Godard, Herzog, Jeunet, Kieślowski, Kubrick, Leone, Lynch, Polanski, Rohmer, Russell, Truffaut, Visconti, Wenders.
My website: www.amazon.com/John-E-Klapproth/e/B0069Z2PVM/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1364455405&sr=8-1.

85 Films have been rated or reviewed by JohnSpecialK.

Dilbert (TV Series) (1999-2000)
Christmas Carol, A (1977)
Charles Dickens Collection, The (The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend) (1999-2005): DVD ~~$90~~ $67.50
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Deliverance (1972): Extremely haunting.
Delicatessen (1992): Shows that cannibalism can be fun!
Death of a Salesman (1985)
Death in Venice (1971): DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Giant (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955): DVD ~~$20~~ $15
East of Eden (1955)
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead Calm (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Damned, The (1968)
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990): DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95
Cyrano De Bergerac (1950)
Crucible, The (1996): DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (1995)
Creature Comforts (TV Series) (2003)
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2001)
Marjoe (1972)
Root of All Evil?, The (2004)
Richard Dawkins: Growing up in the Universe (1991)
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Colonel Chabert, Le (1995)
City of Lost Children (1995)
Cinema of Unease (1996)
Noam Chomsky: Power and Terror In Our Times (2002): DVD ~~$19.95~~ $10
Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality (2002)
Manufacturing Consent (1992)
Quiet Days in Clichy (1992)
Boucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969)
Opening Night (1977)
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976)
Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)
Faces (1968)
John Cassavetes Collection Boxset (Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night) (1959-1977)
Shadows (1959)
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Burnt By the Sun (1994): Haunting!
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Phantom of Liberty, The (1974)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeiosie (1972)
Tristana (1971)
Milky Way, The (1968)
Belle De Jour (Beauty of the Day) (1967)
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Exterminating Angel, The (1962)
Viridiana (1961)
Young One, The (La Joven; White Trash) (1960)
Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (1933)
Un Chien Andalou (1928)
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)
Brazil (1985)
Braindead (Dead Alive) (1992)
Blow Up (Blow-Up) (1966)
Beethoven's Nephew (1985): portrays the uncle as furious and tyrannical, obsessed and insanely jealous. Even though the film elicits a deep sympathy for his torment, it concentrates too much on only one aspect of his life – not surprisingly, given its plot being based on novels.
Magnificent Rebel, The (1961): This film is a good little intro to the music of Beethoven for those who don\'t know anything about his life and work.
Copying Beethoven (2006): a fantasy, a made–up story to give us some insight into what might have been; the screenplay is very \"inventive\".
In Search of Beethoven (2009): a documentary, dominated by Anglo–American “experts”. Maudlin, sentimental. Despite the acclaim it received, one is left with the feeling that he did not really find him! A (still questionable) selection of lots of excellent music is just not enough.
Amadeus (1984): Not anywhere near the truth as the claim that Salieri killed Mozart goes, but Mozart\'s weirdness is well characterized!
Immortal Beloved (1994): The long overdue soap opera picture, Hollywood–style, received nevertheless only \"mixed\" reviews. The (disintegrated) plot is simply beyond belief: It turns out that she is none other than his hated sister–in–law Johanna!; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Black Sabbath (Three Faces of Fear) (1963)
Mask of Satan (Black Sunday) (1960)
Mario Bava Collection (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Hatchet For a Honeymoon, Shock, Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre) (1960-1977)
Bad Taste (1987)
At Last the 1948 Show (1967)
Home (2009)
Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)
An Angel at My Table (1990)
Tesis (Thesis) (1996)
Sea Inside, The (Mar Adentro) (2004)
Others, The (2001): DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25
Agora (2009)
Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) (1997)
Amelie (2001): DVD $14.95
Alice (1988)
1900 (Novecento) (1976)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (2002)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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