joshua wilsher

Zodiac

I have been inundated with emails this week and I guess you were about to send one too. I know, there has been no movie review this week!!!! I missed TA Tuesday as I am now doing quite a few 4pm-Close shifts. But had I hit the Lux Cinema, I would now be writng about Zodiac. (God, you wouldnt have thought my reviews could get any worst and now I'm just informing of movies I would see, given the oppurtunity). The flick tells the story of a serial killer, known only as "Zodiac" who haunted the San Francisco Bay Area in the late '60s. Given my interest in prolific American killers I was suprised not to know about this one and I guess will remian the case. But most interestinly (or maybe not), Zodiac was the first feature length movie to be created without film or video tape. And to boot, it was edited with the same software I use, Final Cut Pro. So anyways, while I can't give a review on this one, if you like searial killers on your silver screen, 1974s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was inspired by Wisconsinite fruitcake, Ed Gain (Gets my vote for scariest movie ever made). For those with a less macabre palate, David Berkowitz' (a.k.a. The Son of Sam) reign of terror in the summer of '79 is the backdrop for Spike Lee's Summer of Sam (S.O.S.) A film which primarily addresses the oppressive effects of the atmosphere of fear and paranoia on a group of young Brooklynites as a result of the Son of Sam killings. And if that's not enough fun and excitement for ya, one can't beat the leader of the pack, Charlie Manson for whom numerous a script (and book and song) has been written. And lastly, while on the subject of real life killers in the movies, David Berkowitz' fellow inmate at Attica State Prison, Mark Chapman, is the subject of a film to be released later this year, entitled Chapter 27. While Mark Chapman's character is played by Jared Leto, John Lennon is portrayed by little known actor.... Mark Chapman. It's a crazy world isn't it?

posted by Joshiesmoov @ 11:11 PM