Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J. Murphy, 1967–2015

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Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J. Murphy, 1967–2015

Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J. Murphy, 1967–2015

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You're also at the mercy of the weather, and rescheduling a shoot just isn't an option when you only have access to your cast and location for a couple of weeks.

But for the sake of this utterly knackered reviewer, can you leave it just a little while before hitting us with the next one? Well, even with access to the original film elements, the restoration team is at the mercy of the original material, and as Murphy alludes to in the special features, when you're working on film and have to sometimes wait for weeks for it to be processed, by the time you realise the exposure was off by a stop or two, the actors have departed and the budget has run dry, so you have to live with it. Although this means the majority of the film has been lost, the surviving 16mm reversal film elements have been scanned in 2K and are presented here unedited and mute (the soundtrack was to be added later) to at least give an idea how the original Skare would have looked, making for a fascinating comparison with the later video-shot version. screens of production stills, posters, video and DVD covers, and even competition programme clippings for the films included on this disc.

The entire script for Atlantis spread over 67 pages, the usual mix of two-page spreads and detail close-ups. Initially clunky dialogue becomes functional at best, and by the halfway mark I had all the information I needed and from then on felt like I was marking time. It feels like something is missing from the finale (one character undergoes a huge attitude switch in the course of a single edit), and the final reveal seems just a tad rushed, but on the whole this is a decent remake and expansion of the earlier film. When Jacky threatens to leave and go straight to the police, Laura's husband Alan (Stephen Longhurst) warns her that "he" will stop her if she tries. The Last Night gets off to an old trope of a start when the manager of a small provincial theatre arrives upstairs just too late to hear a radio announcement that two armed and dangerous criminals have escaped from Broadmoor prison top security wing and are on the loose.

Alternative opening titles and closing credits for the film whose pixelated look suggests that they were created digitally for the film's first DVD release. When you play this film, you can elect to watch it either with its original title, Quälen, or with the alternative The Hereafter title sequence, which appeared on the American VHS edition published by Mogel Video. Although his death is thought initially to be the result of an explosion on his yacht, the police suspect foul play, and Oliver and Debbie start theorising that Shirley killed Max to gain control of his quayside business.Longhurst and Efford, who played the farm handymen in Invitation to Hell, are again teamed here and rather good as ruthless criminals Mike and the slower Gary. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Boasting all-new 2K restorations from archival 16mm and 8mm elements, as well as a number of new digital captures from Murphy’s personal tape masters, this extensive retrospective of the obsessive auteur’s work is bolstered by a wealth of bonus features, including surviving fragments from lost works, and a 120-page book, all of which provides the definitive account of the weird and wonderful worlds of Britain’s great unheralded DIY filmmaker. A jokey film award ceremony that pits ZK3 and its makers against the likes of Kenneth Branagh, Christopher Plummer and Martin Scorsese, and has awards for categories such as 'Best Supporting Dead Body'. Although he was not so happy with a key change made by Jupp for his alternative take, he admits to enjoying the film, despite some technical shortcomings, and notes that, "It's a laugh, sometimes for the wrong reasons.



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