Tag Archives: Madness

Sergio Martino, Torso

By Steen | April 29, 2007

Martino’s Torso is really a perfect example of the giallo genre. Plenty of naked girls, an insane killer, suspense and slashings. The only real weakness it has is its insistence on showing poorly executed gore sequences. As a low-budget film, it works extremely well, but in these gore sequences it is difficult not to lose [...]

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Chris Nolan, Batman Begins

By Steen | July 23, 2005

The best Batman film made to date, and probably for a long time after as well. It is unfortunate that Chris Nolan does not seem eager to pursue the franchise more, but it is quite understandable that he wishes to return to smaller films. These will probably be even better still, as film franchises have [...]

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J.G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

By Steen | July 17, 2005

One of the most experimental sf books published, in many ways it can hardly be called sf and most have only referred to it as sf due to Ballard’s earlier involvement with sf. It is a collection of semi-connected short stories with recurring characters. It also contains the beginning seeds of Ballard’s later novel Crash. [...]

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Oliver Hirschbiegel, Der Untergang (Downfall)

By Steen | June 20, 2005

A film about Hitler’s last days in the Führer-bunker, Der Untergang is a study in human madness and how far people can take their fanaticism. In this day and age, it is as powerful and relevant a comment as ever. The film is also an example of what the non-Hollywood film industry can achieve when [...]

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“Sometimes it’s only madness that makes us what we are.”

By Steen | September 11, 2004

 
Grant Morrison’s and Dave McKean’s Arkham Asylum (1989) is a graphic novel centred on DC’s Batman character. Batman has always been the darkest of DC’s characters, although there have been periods where this has been downplayed. This is not the case with Arkham Asylum which carries the subtitle A Serious House on a Serious Earth. [...]

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