Comments on: Venice Review: Sam Fuller Documentary ‘A Fuller Life’

By: Pig Bodine

Pig Bodine — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

So the reviewer gave it a C+ but also initially misidentified the titles of THREE of Fuller's films, even as he called them "classics" and "masterpieces." Not sure how to take that. One is a brain fart, two is a shame, but three really makes me wonder if he's familiar with the subject.

Would've loved to have seen what he did with a title like "Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street." "Live Dove on Mozart Avenue"?

By: Taylor Jones

Taylor Jones — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

Franco really wants us to take him seriously as an artist, I guess. Everything this guy creates had its inception from an artist much larger (and canonized as "Great") than himself, i.e., Faulkner, McCarthy, Crane, C.K. Williams, Van Sant. How do festival audiences stifle their groans when they expect to see an appreciation of Samuel Fuller only to have Franco appear and speak of his influence on his art? He seems to think his ubiquity is performance art (on the nature of celebrity or somesuch) too while cashing easy checks. Find your own voice and a single pie, man. These literary adaptations reek of him reading these two books this one time; basically the cinematic equivalent of consciously elevating a copy of "Gravity's Rainbow" on the subway. But I suppose grousing about Franco is as tired as Franco is himself. Obviously there's a reason there's a picture of James Franco leading a review of a documentary about Samuel Fuller.

By: lizbethalisa12

lizbethalisa12 — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

Hmm. not a great grade, but still curious.

By: Rip Torn

Rip Torn — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

The trifecta of "Four Guns", "Pickup On Fourth Street", and "Killer's Kiss" = http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Jerry-Seinfeld-No-Thanks-and-Leave.gif

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

the film was called FORTY GUNS, not four guns.

By: Dick Schitz

Dick Schitz — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

I know bloggers aren't journalists, but a semblance of professionalism (i.e. proofreading!) would go a long way…

By: Ham On Rye

Ham On Rye — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

Ummmm, it's "Pickup On SOUTH Street", not "Fourth"

By: Art

Art — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:09:13 +0000

Killer's Kiss is a Kubrick film. The Naked Kiss?