Capsule Reviews

B/W 16mm combining perfectly real and fictionalised newsreel-style clips.

Reminiscent of The Man in the High Castle with an unnecessary love story, its ending is predictable but satisfying.

Great score and soundtrack!

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The film is basically a sequence of very carefully composed still shots (only once does the camera move).

This is coupled with a fantastic tale of morality vs. the “greater good” sustained by a very suitable sober acting.

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Live-action shoujo grounded too strongly in light-hearted comedy, with a bit of unamusing horror.

Its bland story is balanced by “animesque” acting and enticing visuals (special mention to the flashbacks).

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Title: Cockfighter
Year: 1974
Country: 🇺🇸
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Written by: Charles Willeford
Starring: Warren Oates; Richard B. Shull; Harry Dean Stanton; Ed Begley Jr.; Laurie Bird; Troy Donahue; Warren Finnerty; Robert Earl Jones; Patricia Pearcy

#MovieTrivia Producer William Dozier wanted a Batman film to boost the TV series, but 20th Century-Fox refused due to costs. After a 1965 screening of the 1943 Batman serial renewed interest and the TV series' success, the project was announced in March 1966.

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