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Wise Blood: Criterion Collection
"My church is the Church Without Christ. I am a member and preacher to that church, where the blind don't see and the lame don't walk, and what's dead, stays that way." - Hazel Motes John Huston directed nearly four dozen films during his career.
Video Event of the Week: Is it MGM's Blu-ray update of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Sergio Leone's classic spaghetti western with Clint Eastwood ? Might the new Criterion DVD of Wise Blood , the amazing John Huston film with Brad Dourif possibly get the nod? Or against everything that is good and holy, could Fox's Blu-ray of Taken -- the ...
Wise Blood: Criterion Collection
John Huston's acclaimed 1979 adaptation of the first novel by Southern writer Flannery O'Connor. Brad Dourif plays Hazel Motes, who, fresh out of the army, attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
PICK OF THE WEEK "Galaxy Quest" : Peeved at all the hoopla over J.J. Abrams's new "Trek" revival? This freshly reissued parody earns more laughs than you might expect, without belly-flopping into anything-goes gags like those increasingly tiresome David Zucker productions and their imitators.
You imagine Donnie Darko launching into another of his "I think you're the antichrist" rants at the idea that some of the people involved with Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhaal's teen alienation mindbender actually saw fit to make a sequel.
Liam Neeson plays an ex-spy who uses the old, bad skills to rescue his daughter from the slave trade.
BLANCHARD: 'Cuckoo' flies high
On one hand, we Americans dearly love our rebels. On the other, we usually do everything in our power to destroy them.
Criterion spills a lot of blood this May, "wise" and . . . otherwise. In this thrilling selection of titles, filmmakers take a look at violence done in the name of religion , war , loyalty , and the social ...
Get wise to Wise Blood and other great lost films
As John Huston's late, great curio is finally released on DVD, what other forgotten gems should be rediscovered? ) Was lost, but now is found ... Brad Dourif in Wise Blood .
Second Sight have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Wise Blood on 2nd March 2009 priced at 19.99 RRP.
Pena, Dourif round out Herzog's 'Son' cast
Werner Herzog has cast Michael Pena, Brad Dourif and Bill Cobbs in his psychological thriller My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done .
Judge Clark Douglas wonders what kind of Hooplehead wouldn't love this show? Note: This is a pre-release review.