Sneak Previews with Siskel & Ebert (1979) - The China Syndrome, Fast Break, The Deer Hunter

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2 ай бұрын

This is season 2 of Sneak Previews. In this episode, Siskel and Ebert review: The China Syndrome, Fast Break, Once in Paris and The Deer Hunter.

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@quintbromley2112 2 ай бұрын

In 1979, cinema was still king: Deer Hunter, Midnight Express, The China Syndrome... Can you imagine films of this magnitude coming out in the same year again? Neither can I.

@SaintMartins 2 ай бұрын

Also in '79.....Apocalypse Now, And Justice For All, Alien

@quintbromley2112 2 ай бұрын

@SaintMartins I know. It's unbelievable, right? Both Apocalypse and Alien are two of my favorites films of all time. We will never get another 1979.

@user-mu9cw8xe4r 2 ай бұрын

I hear you. Jane Fonda (who Gene and Roger mentioned as a political activist and great performer) also starred in Coming Home (Vietnam vets) in 1978. Coming Home and The China Syndrome the same year. That will help improve/ensure an actors image. By the way could you sit through a double feature of The Deer Hunter and Midnight Express.? Yikes! Five hours of the horrors of life in Vietnam and a Turkish prison. Great movies but I'm emotionally drained just thinking about it.

@quintbromley2112 2 ай бұрын

@@user-mu9cw8xe4r Lol. No. I couldn't. Double feature? Hell no!

@Hexon66 Ай бұрын

2023 - Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Kaibutsu (Monster), Poor Things. You don't have to like the films (nor do others have to like the '79 selection), but they certainly are significant. I'll cop to potential charges of recency bias, but by the same token, the nostalgia bias for 1979 is just as precarious.

@44excalibur 2 ай бұрын

The Deer Hunter was a 1978 release and it won Best Picture at the Oscars in April of 1979.

@jeremywarner2824 2 ай бұрын

Yes but it didn’t hit much of the country til February 1979

@Smeatbass 2 ай бұрын

They stealth released it in select theaters over the holidays so it could qualify for Oscars, then it became must see because it was all of the buzz that it was nominated for all of those oscars. It was a brilliant marketing campaign on top of getting the art rewarded.

@adamgrimsley2900 Ай бұрын

Nice

@scattau41 2 ай бұрын

great episode

@Smeatbass 2 ай бұрын

I know that "The Deer Hunter" is an amazing movie, and Walken was a god amongst men in that story; however, I can't help but think it's a slight bit below "Apocalypse Now". This isn't nostaliga for me, I was 10 days old when "Apocalypse Now" was released. I didn't see "The Deer Hunter" until I was about 30, and I didn't even see "Apocalypse Now" until last year. I just knew I had seen an all-time great movie after seeing "Apocalypse Now". I know "The Deer Hunter" is great, but it doesn't fill me with every emotion like the other one does. Taste, I guess? 🤷‍♂️

@schmeltingaccident 2 ай бұрын

No shame or stigma especially considering both are like some of the top 70’s American cinema examples. For me, I honestly haven’t watched either in a long time beginning to end so it’s hard to say which was better. But my father recommended me The Deer Hunter as a young teen as he was a vet and said it was legit, just not as good as his (one of) all time faves “Platoon”. Two different Vietnam war films but it’s insane to me to see how cinema used to be now all these decades later, after watching mostly crap they give us today. I’m not a snob but I think it’s just incomparable to the 70’s 80’s and 90’s.

@simonbyrd6518 Ай бұрын

Gene went right to the end of China Syndrome and more or less gave away the result..

@citygirl5705 Ай бұрын

Yeah, they basically showed the final scene. Unbelievable.

@kali3665 2 ай бұрын

They should have seen The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980), which is one of those So Bad It's ... Weird movies. Bruce Lee dies and a crazy mad scientist creates three clones to serve as secret agents (played by Bruceploitation greats ... who really look nothing like Bruce Lee and don't do a good job mimicking his style either). Seriously, you really have to see that film once because it's hilarious in all the wrong ways. You know how they always do the silly slap! bang! sound effects for these chop-socky type movies? Well, the producers of THIS film couldn't even be bothered to match the sound effects with the actual "karate" slaps! And if you're not interested in that, there's a lot of gratuitous nudity. 🤣

@quintbromley2112 2 ай бұрын

Lol. I'm down!

@EyeTunz Ай бұрын

Deerhunter bored me to absolute tears. It still bugs me that people love it so much! And the Russian roulette scene is just completely made up. No evidence exists of nothing close to that happening. Such a ridiculous movie.

@KoovinCartoons Ай бұрын

Real torture by the Vietcong was much worse than Russian Roulette. Actually read history, and stop being a woke fuck

@jonncockrell3606 Ай бұрын

Yeah I fell asleep in the middle and woke up for the Russian roulette scene. Never watched all the way through