Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of The Towering Inferno. A violent fire breaks out in a utility closet full of loose flammables, on the day of the opening of the tallest building in the world.

Act 1: 12:31

Act 2: 50:53

Act 3: 1:43:32

Director - John Guillermin

Cinematographer - Fred J. Koenekamp

Written by - Stirling Silliphant

Cast - Paul Newman Steve McQueen William Holden

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We dive into the weird world of American Graffiti. In a violently obsessed car culture town, the youth have taken to running a circuit on the strip in order to find exciting things to do. A strange group of friends have two of their own on the eve of going to college and feel the need to breakaway from the town and each other.

Act 1: 24:22

Act 2: 43:42

Act 3: 1:38:22

Director - George Lucas

Cinematographer - Jan D'Alquen and Ron Eveslage

Written by - George Lucas and Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck

Cast - Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat

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We dive into the weird world of The Getaway. In a violent Texas a bank robber, Doc, is released from prison to do another bank job under mysterious circumstances. Doc gets the money and is on the run while a treacherous and betrayed colleague gives chase.

Act 1: 6:08

Act 2: 35:27

Act 3: 1:23:26

Director - Sam Peckinpah

Cinematographer -  Lucien Ballard  

Written by - Walter Hill Jim Thompson (Novel)

Cast - Steve McQueen Ali MacGraw Ben Johnson

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We dive into the weird world of Klute. A violent John is in hiding as John Klute's best friend has gone missing. Klute goes to New York to meet with the Sex Worker who may know information to unearth the missing Tom.

Act 1: 18:35

Act 2: 44:01

Act 3: 1:27:11

Cinematographer -  Gordon Willis 

Written by - Andy Lewis and David E. Lewis 

Cast - Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland Charles Cioffi

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We dive into the weird world of Airport. In a violent airport a management team tries to keep the planes running during a blizzard and a bomb threat on an in flight airplane.

Act 1: 25:24

Act 2: 50:34

Act 3: 1:36:43

Cinematographer - Ernest Laszlo 

Written by - Arthur Hailey (novel) George Seaton (Screenplay) 

Cast - Burt Lancaster Dean Martin George Kennedy

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We dive into the weird world of Barbarella. A naïve astronaut, Barbarella is sent on a mission to find Durand-Durand in the violent city of Sogo.

Act 1: 13:09

Act 2: 44:23

Act 3: 1:15:11

Cinematographer - Claude Renoir 

Written by - Terry Southern and Roger Vadim, Jean-Claude Forest (graphic  novel)

Cast - Jane Fonda John Phillip Law Anita Pallenberg

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We dive into the weird world of Planet of the Apes. A violent future where man has been surpassed by Apes on a planet.

Act 1: 22:44

Act 2: 1:03:19

Act 3: 1:29:47

Director - Franklin J. Schaffner

Cinematographer - Leon Shamroy 

Written by - Michael Wilson  and Rod Serling (screenplay) Pierre Boulle (Novel)

Cast - Charlton Heston Roddy McDowall Kim Hunter

We dive into the weird world of Strange Days. A violent future of 1999 shows what the world would be like if the FBI created neural wiretap and then people used it as a drug and underground entertainment.

Act 1: 33:21

Act 2: 2:02:00

Act 3: 2:34:44

Cinematographer -  Matthew F. Leonetti Written by - James Cameron and Jay Cocks 

Cast - Ralph Fiennes Angela Bassett Juliette Lewis

We dive into the weird world of Johnny Mnemonic. A violent future on the verge of collapse sees Johnny, a mnemonic courier, unknowingly carrying the cure for a deadly techno nerve disease. If he dies then the cure dies, and he just wants the money.

Act 1: 23:55

Act 2: 1:02:22

Act 3: 2:00:17

Cinematographer -  François Protat 

Written by - William Gibson 

Cast - Keanu Reeves Dolph Lundgren Dina Meyer

We dive into the weird world of BlacKkKlansman. A violent time of unrest sees Ron Stallworth, the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, running an undercover operation on the Klan.

Act 1: 8:15

Act 2: 37:39

Act 3: 1:57:20

Cinematographer -  Chayse Irvin 

Written by - Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott &Spike Lee  Ron Stallworth (based on book)

Cast - John David Washington Adam Driver Laura Harrier

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