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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 377041" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Stir Of Echoes</span></strong> (1999)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffivewordreview.files.wordpress.com%2F2016%2F10%2Fstirofechoes-poster.jpg%3Fw%3D768&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1b69c1a74219e6c06fbaa3f16069efc06c7e4372592ace4f93e55b59be0bbee0&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 544px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">One of those film names that's stuck in my head. Perhaps I've heard/seen it referenced. Perhaps I've read about it in relation to other films or certain awards. Or perhaps the title just grabbed me. It's certainly evocative and conjures up all kinds of images. And yet I've gone all these years knowing practically nothing about it other than it stars Kevin Bacon. I don't think I'd even heard of Richard Matheson's book upon which this is based.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">It even felt a little familiar during last night's first-time watch, and I put this down more to it just feeling almost flawlessly "right" than I do its similar themes to other films released around the time this was (it came out around a month after <em>The Sixth Sense,</em> though <em>Echoes'</em> element of the ghost trying to communicate about her murder reminded me even more strongly of the following year's <em>What Lies Beneath</em>). </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">I thought this was a terrific film, creatively shot (the hypnosis scene was unforgettably surreal and subjective) and with great performances across the board. I've seen a few Kevin Bacon films (who hasn't?) and have never had any strong feelings about him one way or another. With this film, I feel he gave an impressive performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 377041, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Stir Of Echoes[/SIZE][/B] (1999) [IMG width="544px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffivewordreview.files.wordpress.com%2F2016%2F10%2Fstirofechoes-poster.jpg%3Fw%3D768&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1b69c1a74219e6c06fbaa3f16069efc06c7e4372592ace4f93e55b59be0bbee0&ipo=images[/IMG] One of those film names that's stuck in my head. Perhaps I've heard/seen it referenced. Perhaps I've read about it in relation to other films or certain awards. Or perhaps the title just grabbed me. It's certainly evocative and conjures up all kinds of images. And yet I've gone all these years knowing practically nothing about it other than it stars Kevin Bacon. I don't think I'd even heard of Richard Matheson's book upon which this is based. It even felt a little familiar during last night's first-time watch, and I put this down more to it just feeling almost flawlessly "right" than I do its similar themes to other films released around the time this was (it came out around a month after [I]The Sixth Sense,[/I] though [I]Echoes'[/I] element of the ghost trying to communicate about her murder reminded me even more strongly of the following year's [I]What Lies Beneath[/I]). I thought this was a terrific film, creatively shot (the hypnosis scene was unforgettably surreal and subjective) and with great performances across the board. I've seen a few Kevin Bacon films (who hasn't?) and have never had any strong feelings about him one way or another. With this film, I feel he gave an impressive performance.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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