Notice the guy walking crouched on the left side, suspicious AF, and the other character sitting on the stairs to the other side. They're small in the frame, but give it a lot of tension. Everything about it screams dark comedy.
In English: No Other Choice.
🤣 Yes! But that technique had its awful charm, now I want to see it again. And thanks for the link to Cinemagic! I never knew how they messed up the photography so bad.
I have my old DVD disc, but I torrented (then deleted) the new remaster a year ago just to check it out. It was a 2160p, 40 GiB file, and now I can't find anything even close to that, it's weird.
As for streaming platforms, JustWatch could help: https://www.justwatch.com/
I can't recommend you buy it without seeing it first. It's a very idiosyncratic movie, you might hate it 😅
Thanks! I hope you don't hate the movie 😆
Wait, Total Recall was shot on Mexico?? It hasn't been that long since I saw it, but I never even questioned the locations. Good to know! But be mindful of the copy you choose, the remaster kills a lot of color variation from the movie. It's noticeable on every shot, but I took screenshots of this one that illustrates it very clearly:
The movie as I remember it, the palette is never dull
The 4K remaster, I understand the logic but I don't agree with it. It's like current editions want to make everything monochrome.
At the time, the production felt very real: locations, objects, fashion, music... everything was kept pretty grounded, so of course it's become a 90s time capsule :)
😁 Glad you like it. It's a tense scene but also weirdly comedic, I'm not sure if the humor will translate, but I think this movie is a blast. Lots of other cool frames right there on the trailer too.
This is an iconic shot in Spanish genre cinema, but I don't see many Spanish movies here, so maybe it's rare enough for you guys.
The movie title translates to The Day of the Beast, great Christmas horror-comedy I do recommend. Keep in mind that it can get really dark and grim.
Yep, far right bullshit, but we just call it regular right nowadays.
Things were bad before AI, so let's make them worse.
Also this shot. It didn't need to be this striking, but it is.