She heads for the showers and afterwards (Simon makes sure to take advantage of a shower scene here) the killer pursues her through the locker room. The girl is practicing alone when the loud speakers suddenly explode into music. This sequence is possibly the most skillfully directed scene in the entire picture. The most gruesome of the killings involves one of the tennis players seen earlier. When the killer traps his intended victim, no one seems to ever hear the loud roar of a chainsaw carving up a screaming woman on the college campus. The two barely move, remaining stationary, or the same reaction shot is repeated over several times. The tennis scene is a riot as it's easily apparent neither Linda Day nor her "opponent" are skilled at all in the sport. The often times ridiculous dubbed dialog re-enforces the overall nonsensicalness of the whole thing. In addition to the heavy dosage of sadism and flagrant nudity, there's a lot of incessantly stupid actions on the part of the actors. There are also anachronisms present in the opening sequence from 1942 such as the touch tone phone and the use of plastic bags. Simon states that the script was written in such a way to defy logic and believability lacking any form of coherency. In his defense, Simon does show some flair in a few scenes but fumbles the ball much of the time. What's even more perplexing is that this nasty little film is directed by the same man responsible for the kid friendly monster flicks, THE FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1976) and MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND (1980).
If ever a movie epitomized the term 'sleaze', it's PIECES (1982). The film itself looks grimy oozing a cancerous aura that extends to the numerous scenes of sadistic violence and extreme gore. Without doubt one of the trashiest, most misogynistic movies ever to unspool onto a celluloid screen. The killer takes certain pieces corresponding with the pieces of a puzzle featuring a naked woman the same puzzle from 40 years prior. Forty years later, gruesome chainsaw murders are taking place on a college campus. The police find the body hiding in his closet and his mothers severed head in the adjoining closet. Instead, the boy returns with an axe that he promptly places in his mothers skull. The mother gets hysterical and demands the boy bring her a garbage bag to burn everything in his room. In Boston, 1942, a young boy is caught by his mother putting together a puzzle that features the completely naked frame of a beautiful woman. Absolutely no one under 17 permitted to read this review*** ***WARNING! This review contains pictures of nudity and graphic violence. Holden), Jack Taylor (Professor Brown)ĭirected by J. Scroll down to discover our selection of the best Debussy works.PIECES 1982 aka MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE aka 1,000 CRIES HAS THE NIGHTĬhristopher George (Inspector Bracken), Edmund Purdom (Dean Fowley), Linda Day George (Mary Riggs), Ian Sera (Kendall), Paul Smith (Willard), Frank Brana (Sgt. His major works include ‘ Clair De Lune’ (from Suite Bergamasque, 1890–1905), Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune, the opera Pelléas Et Mélisande (1902), and La Mer. He developed a highly original system of harmony and musical structure and his later music was perceived as sharing certain characteristics with the Impressionist painters, Monet, especially. When challenged by the registrar of the Paris Conservatory as to what rule he followed when composing, Debussy replied disarmingly, “Mon plaisir!” Reacting against the dominant influence of Germanic music with its logical rigours of form and development, he sought a new music of colour, sensation, fleeting mood and relaxed form that would be distinctively French, as well as distinctively his own. Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is regarded as the founder of musical impressionism.