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Two Evil Eyes
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Features
Actors: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley, Jeff Howell, E.G. Marshall
Directors: George A. Romero, Dario Argento
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: 
Studio: Blue Underground
DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003
Run Time: 120 minutes
Average Customer Review:
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Reader Reviews
Despite being a big fan or Romero's zombie films and of Argento's more famous mid 70's to late 80's work it took me a while to get up too much enthusiasm for getting this movie, largely because of the primarily negative response to this film. And, though I generally like what Poe I've read, adapting him for film doesn't seem like such a hot idea, and not particularly wise use of these director's varied talents. (though I understand that these adaptations are, shall we say, very liberal with the source material) A couple days ago, however, frustrated with the late or non-arrival of some things I'd ordered I decided I needed to buy something, and this came to mind. Needless to say, it surpassed my expectations and was definitely worth the cash. Romero's segment, 'The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar', is much maligned, virtually always sighted as being the weaker of the 2, and generally being accused of being 'boring'. While it is the weaker of the 2, I still find it highly entertaining and genuinely creepy. It involves a trophy wife and her ex-lovers scheme to steal money from her terminally ill, elderly husband's estate by forcing him to change his will through hypnosis. Unfortunately for them, he dies before the change can go through, and they have to stuff him in the freezer in order to buy time, at which point the story takes a supernatural turn. It is frequently described as being like an extra-long episode of 'Tales from the Crypt', with the conniving, utterly selfish characters and the poetic and/or ironic fate of the villains. This is a pretty apt description, though it is certainly far better than what you'll see on that show, and more straight-forward and serious as well. And as for the accusations that it is boring, well, I think it's atmospheric. Sure, not much happens, but it's got a real air of menace in my mind, although it is extremely low-key. Rather than creating atmosphere from an excess of style, Romero creates it with a lack of it, making the camera movements slow and deliberate, the sets relatively low-key, and keeping it largely free of any out and out shock attempts until we're already most of the way through the segment. I can see why people would find this boring, but I just don't. Many people have complained about the acting in this segment, particularly by Barbeau and Zada, but I think they're fine. They aren't fantastic either, but they don't really ham it up the way so many have claimed. As you'd imagine, Argento's segment, 'The Black Cat', is quite a bit more lively from a stylistic standpoint, though it is still fairly slow moving. Harvey Keitel is Usher, a crime-scene photographer who is clearly at least a bit deranged, who has run-in's with his girlfriends hated black cat, leading to his murdering it. Naturally, the cat mysteriously returns repeatedly, and he is driven mad and to murder and so on. As you'd presume, style is the real point of this segment, and it is impressive, as always. Stylistically, it's reminiscents of Argento's previous film, 'Opera' in that it has a particular wealth of unconventional camerwork, and uses upper-class, modern day architecture rather than obviously artificial architecture of no particular era. There are some particularly flashy camera movements, as they display every nook and cranny of Usher's cavernous, ominous house, and there are some expertly executed, if rather senseless cat pov shots. There is also a very odd and hallucinatory dream sequence, apparently in the middle ages, and an even more trippy and unusual encounter between Usher and a barkeep who has a black cat similar to his girlfriend's. The film is even more self conciously stylish and flashy than his previous six films, almost as if he felt the need to get everything he'd have in a feature length film into the 60 minute time frame. This is perhaps slightly distracting at a few points, but not too often, and it's always cool. The segment also has a surprising amount of grue from Tom Savini and his crew. We've got a corpse bisected by a pendulum, a corpse with it's teeth ripped out, a really brutal murder with clever, a very odd and disturbing impalation, a partially eaten corpse and more. The execution is generally excellent. Not as good as what you'll probably see today, but still quite nice, and definitely impressive for 1989. They also have some fairly convincing and nicely done animatronic cats. And what's this, we have a great actor in an Argento film? Keitel is generally very good, as you'd expect, although he over does it slightly in a few of his 'angry' scenes. The supporting cast is generally strong as well, better than in the first segment.(It's largely a one man show, however) Yeah, these movies are good. Come in with an open mind, discard the negative predisposition you might have and and be patient. I'll bet you'll like it.
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