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Eureka (1983)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
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Overview
An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
Rated R | Length 130 minutes
Actors
Gene Hackman | Theresa Russell | Rutger Hauer | Jane Lapotaire | Mickey Rourke | Ed Lauter | Joe Pesci | Helena Kallianiotes | Cavan Kendall | Corin Redgrave | Joe Spinell | Frank Pesce | Norman Beaton | Emrys James | James Faulkner | Tim Van Rellim | Ian Tracey | Michael Scott Addis | Ann Thornton | Emma Relph | John Vine | Ellis Dale | Lloyd Berry | Timothy Scott | Tom Heaton | Geri Dawson | Annie Kidder | Brad Sakiyama | Sandra Friesen | Raimund Stamm | Suzette Collins | Tommy Lane
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/28/2019 | TV | DVD | Library | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Firstly, WhyTF isn’t Theresa Russell a huge star? My god the last couple of films I’ve seen her in she just fucking destroys. There’s gotta be story behind this… blackballed or something. Fearless performance and devastating thru the last few sequences. I’m in awe.
RIP Rutger Hauer, the reason I picked this up from the library (was singled out numerous times on my TL when his death was announced). And holy hell let me say everyone is right; this is a tour de force from the man on par with Blade Runner. Goddamn do Rutger and Theresa make a handsome couple. Like top five onscreen couples for me.
Fuck. Rutger you are so good in this. It’s like all the primaries were trying to outdo each other. Gene Hackman. Fuck what can I say. That guy owns. It’s so crazy that this is the story about him and his gold and his fortune yet it’s as much about Hauer/Russell. Oh there’s Mickey Rourke, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci and look who shows up Joe Spinell. My god this is a movie.
Full disclosure: I didn’t know this was a Nicolas Roeg film until the opening credits. But yeah it made total sense by the end. Highly sexual and contemplative characters; who is good and who is bad when everyone is awful. This is a movie’s movie: the kind of shit that really doesn’t get made or get a wide release anymore.
Nitpicks: the timeline is all fucked. Doesn’t really add up to the 1925 start and 1945 finish with the end of WWII. An easy fix: just have the opening sequence take place earlier, like 10 or 15 years earlier. You have to put aside the TL depicted to believe anything that occurs, i.e. Hackman’s daughter being 20 years old is impossible.
A minor thing but they shoot in Miami for a brief segment and you see the highrise condos in the background… in 1945. A dumb thing but they could’ve shot around. I seriously thought they were in present day 1983 during that moment but then checked myself on the TL and realized it was just a mistake capturing that scene.
Given that this isn’t a horror movie, this film features one of the most gruesome murders I’ve seen. Which is saying a lot. I dunno if this has an updated Blu release but I would own this if so (my library only had the old MGM dvd). Hackman, Hauer, Russell are all at the top of their talent. Story is a little shakey but overcomed by these actors. Wild that Hackman is hella older than Hauer (and looks it here even) but Hauer passed before him.
I want to know the point in time when Mickey Rourke’s voice changed from the soft spoken to the gravely sound we’ve had over the last couple of decades.
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