Movie Reviews by and for Catholics
Posted in Documentary on Nov 21st, 2008
Directed by Alex Gibney
reviewed by John Murphy
A documentary about Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson is being released this week on DVD. I wrote a review for Godspy.com, excerpted here:
Gonzo should have been subtitled “The Life and Work and Death of Hunter S. Thompson,” because the writer’s suicide three years ago was the flare-out of a [...]
Directed by Tarsem
Reviewed by John Murphy
Tarsem, the mononomic commercial and music video director, self-financed this visually stunning labor of love, filmed over years in over a dozen countries. The product is a lavish, inventive, and darkly imaginative spectacle. A woman is trapped in a labyrinth, birds fly from a shaman’s mouth, island-exiled bandits hitch a [...]
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