The Visitors (1972)
The Visitors (1972)
DVDRip | MKV | 712x552 | x264 @ 2468 Kbps | 84 min | 1,64 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps | Subs: Français (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
DVDRip | MKV | 712x552 | x264 @ 2468 Kbps | 84 min | 1,64 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256 Kbps | Subs: Français (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Elia Kazan
Writer: Chris Kazan (from an original screenplay by)
Stars: Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods
Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their cosy house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson and Tony Rodriguez. Mike and Tony are old acquaintances of Bill; a few years back, in Vietnam, they were in the same platoon. They also became opposed parties in a court martial - for a reason that Bill never explained to Martha. What happened in Vietnam, and what is the reason for the presence of Mike and Tony?
If you look at this in terms of Kazan's career and the way he puts his own experience in every film (even though I'm sure he'd rather not, but he just can't help himself), this is a masterpiece. If you look at it in terms of commercial cinema, you might describe it as an interesting failure. (Leonard Maltin's book describes it as a BOMB.) All I know is that I was on the edge of my seat screaming at the television, it must have had something going for it.
The filming has a "Night of the Living Dead" kind of quality, and is just as harrowing. I wish I didn't relate to Kazan's misanthropic view of humanity, but I do. If you think you're an expert on what makes a good movie, skip this, it's not for you. If you're interested in looking at the dark and fascinating side of people who do evil things, don't miss it. A depressing but great movie. At least someone knows enough about this stuff to put it in a film; the bad part is when we have to live through it.
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The Visitors (1972)
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