Goin' South Vinegar Syndrome 4K UHD (1 Viewer)

[titch]

Due to ship from Vinegar Syndrome's "Cinématographe" sub-label this month:

Goin’ South – Vinegar Syndrome

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I have never seen this western comedy, directed by Jack Nicholson and I will be picking this up, as I'm working my way through all his films, now that he has retired and is in his dotage. Going' South seems to be quite obscure - didn't get very good reviews at the time. Maltin found it "amusing, but not for all tastes". Danny Peary: "an amiable comedy western...a nice change of pace for western fans".

The Red Rock West blu-ray and Little Darlings 4K UHD from the Cinématographe label were really impressive, so I'm expecting this to look good. Now, if only we could get a decent release for The Missouri Breaks, the film Nicholson starred in, immediately prior. The Kino Lorber blu-ray is out of print and wasn't impressive to look at.

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[Robert Harris]

What an apropos title to be released by VS.

 

[lark144]

What's imperishable about this film is Nestor Alemendros' cinematography, which, as I recall, uses a lot of candle-lit interiors, which, when I saw it, reminded me of BARRY LYNDON, though this being the frontier, it's rougher and much less elegant. What happens on the screen may be a series of amiable if somewhat insubstantial running jokes, kind of an improvisatory Wild West version of a mellow, stoned-out SNL episode, which I've completely forgotten but the images, especially Alemendros lighting, similar in many ways to his work in DAYS OF HEAVEN, have remained in my memory. Imagine Truffaut directing ANIMAL HOUSE set in a fairly realitic western landscape, and you might get the idea. In spite of Nicholson winking at the camera, the film possesses a kind of savage beauty; defintely Nicholson's best outing as a director.