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I know it's been ages since I've posted.. since then I've been travelling for work.. and pleasure. More on that later. I am planning on starting to post some images again in the next few days.. some really cool stuff I've gotten in the last month or two. Let's begin with Hostel 2. I've seen this film twice... I have to admit the first time I sat through it, I really didn't enjoy it... I kinda missed the comedic elements of the first film and then the first kill doesn't happen until maybe 45 mins in... and on top of that, one death left me really... disturbed. Yes, me, mr. horror fan found something disturbing!
Then on weds, thanks to my good old LGF rep, I was invited to the NYC premiere of the film, with most of the cast in attendance. Anyhoo, sitting through the film a second time gave me the opportunity to really grasp the film's subtext behind all the extreme tortures being shown on screen. Eli Roth and co did provide some insight as far as the narrative and the themes explored in this sequel and I was pleasantly surprised that I agreed with mostly everything. I still think the end is stolen right out of Takashi Miike's FUDOH, but, that's another story...
After the lengthy Q&A some of the cast stayed behind to sign stuff and of course I brought along two of the four available posters for Hostel 2 (see pics).
This screening was sponsored by the Museum of the Moving Image and unbeknownst to me Hostel 2 is just the first film in the IT'S ONLY A MOVIE: HORROR FILMS FROM THE 1970s AND TODAY program that's running from June 16-July 22, 2007. The selection is slim but still worthwhile catching if you haven't seen some of these on the big screen. I'll probably be at a couple for sure.
