tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9423530968584619362024-03-27T16:53:37.446-07:00Atomic CaravanScumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-24741216518640632402018-05-10T23:15:00.000-07:002018-05-10T23:15:21.119-07:00Taiwan Night Market (2018)<div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">An experimental documentary filmed in Monterey Park on February 3rd 2018. I've always felt at home in Monterey Park, a small patch of Chinese hills in the San Gabriel Valley, catty-cornered to East LA. Where vastly different cultures are separated by one or two blocks. Home of ghost malls and pastel treats. Boba shops are like check points and restaurants are open 24 hours a day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I've always loved walking down Garvey street and admiring the buildings and aromas with the soundtrack of Mandarin chattering. So I decided to turn a camera on and film it at least once.</span></div>
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Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-34875892132593167492017-02-13T14:24:00.000-08:002017-02-13T14:29:10.938-08:00TITanic 2000 (1999)<div style="border: 0px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been thinking about my attraction to 90's/00's softcore and it really all boils down to my childhood and the provocative clothing I observed. BOLD colors, colors men want to see on a woman's body. Usually black and red. A touch of animal print. So predictable and yet almost "classic".</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've always had an obsession with stripper clothes. When I was little my Mom used to get the Fredrick's of Hollywood catalog in the mail. Looking through it was such a thrill. Midnight blue lace and black catsuits made the models look like super heroines. Someone to be worshiped? We didn't have a Fredrick's store in my hometown, our substitute was "Condom Knowledge", your one stop shop for crotchless panties, Djarum Blacks and penis shaped pasta for your bachelorette party. They also sold pleather school girl outfits and stiletto boots that lace up to your thigh. I've never been able to wear these things, perhaps a few accents during my gothic phase when I was a teenage alcoholic but I've never grown tired of looking at bedroom clothes. Bedroom clothes and beyond. Cherry Sweet Dreams and Salvia nights in Panama City.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm attracted to these movies because I'm attracted to the trash sex culture that I was unavoidably exposed to. I want to forever look at the lace goddesses commanding your attention in G-String paradise, tits </span>affixed<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in silicone. Always and forever.</span></span><br />
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Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-30214078330275415992016-09-15T20:25:00.001-07:002016-09-29T20:39:08.925-07:00The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My previous experience with the <b>Slumber Party Massacre </b>series can be summed up in this brief timeline...<br />
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<b>-2001:</b> I discover <b>Slumber Party Massacre 2</b> at a Flea Market. It's described to me as "A real Diarrhea flick" by the redneck who sold it to me. I disregard it as being a sequel and watch it first. LIFE CHANGING. I watch it at least a dozen times. It's all I watch that year.<br />
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<b>-2002:</b> ...still watching.<br />
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<b>-2003:</b> And I continue watching still, only now I have also become immersed in Troma. My taste is taking shape.<br />
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<b>-2004/2005:</b> Having done almost no research online I finally take an interest in seeing the the original. I wondered if it featured the same killer or was a musical. I watch <b>The Slumber Party Massacre</b> and am immediately put-off by the different tone, different killer and soundtrack I found completely uninteresting. To my 18 year old schlock obsessed brain, this was too serious and failed in entertaining me in the way I had come to expect. It's worth noting that I almost always have gravitated to the less-serious sequels in horror franchises. They speak to me.<br />
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<b>-2006/2007:</b> I stumble across a copy of <b>Slumber Party Massacre 3</b>. I know that I inserted the tape into the VCR, but all memory beyond that is null. Which probably means I experienced a similar disappointment and then fell asleep.<br />
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<b>-2016: </b>I recently picked up the DVD collection so I can re-visit the series with an open mind. Starting from square one, I put on the first. I warm up to it in the opening shot. Where Part 2 is all kinds of <i>in-your-face</i> weird, the original is also kind of strange but in a more subtle, read-between-the-lines kind of way. It really doesn't "feel" like any other slashers, not in the way that slashers notoriously mimic each other. For starters, you see the killer's face immediately. There is no mystery to the identity of Russ Thorn. I may not have understood this in my teens but as an adult, I admire the approach. He's just a man, and men are scary. Men kill women. It's very simple, and it works here.<br />
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Slashers had been around for a while, and there certainly wasn't anything ground breaking about teenagers in peril. What feels fresh to me about the <b>Slumber Party Massacre</b> films is a specific feeling I get from the Southern California landscape and how these teenagers exist in it. Filmed in Venice beach, <b>Slumber Party Massacre</b> opens with a shot of palm trees. Funereal synth music plays over the credits, and our (first) leading lady Trish dresses herself for school. The nudity in this film is especially cold and deliberate. Amy Holden Jones was clearly adding it out of obligation so these scenes are completely devoid of sexuality. Kind of a <i>"just get it over with" </i>approach. The sex is in the subtext.<br />
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The thing about this film and the sequels that's so remarkable to me is; yes, there's nudity, yes they're getting murdered with a phallus but I've always picked up on a strong sense of female unity. I love the way Amy Holden Jones films these girls and shows them interacting with each other. It's very clearly the mark of a female, and likely feminist filmmaker. The idea that strong female personalities can't exist in exploitation films is a misguided opinion that has always frustrated me. The friendships in the first film seem especially real. What drew me to these as a teenager is that I had dreams of idyllic slumber parties with my girlfriends. I wanted the pizza, the popcorn and the glowing TV lighting our coven. In a way I've modeled my lifestyle around this desire. All I really want is to watch horror movies with friends and eat food I shouldn't be eating and pretend it's 1982. Is that so much to ask?<br />
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Courtney, we will be seeing her again in a different incarnation.</blockquote>
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I still have less to say about the original than it's handicapped siblings. It's very direct and I still find it mostly humorless despite claims that it was intended to be a horror comedy. It laid the foundation for what was to come, and for the ME that was going to blossom from the soot of a Panama City Flea Market because of spell that would soon be cast by a certain Drill-Guitar wielding Rockabilly Killer.<br />
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"I love you."Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-2486786359590749472016-07-06T12:31:00.000-07:002016-07-06T12:49:18.868-07:00Donna Mills - The Eyes Have It (1986)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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GURL, please. Put down the blue eye shadow and step away from the sparkly pink lip gloss. You are forty-six years old! Donna Mills proudly boasts that she does her own make-up. This video exists so she can demonstrate for we women of lesser competence, how to properly cake ourselves in layers of pasty opaque sludge. Cucumber slices on the eyes? Try an entire cucumber ON YOUR FACE. No really...</div>
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She repeatedly refers to her cosmetic style as "natural", while constantly looking like she's posing for a boudoir photo at Sears Portrait Studio. Fully airbrushed, contouring meant to cover a beard, hair teased to the heavens, Dairy Queen Glamour Shot Valentine's Day 2 for 1 special.</div>
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Then we get to see her do a little fashion show, take a bath and demonstrate the exact same make-up tips in different lighting and with colored contact lens'. C'mon Donna, you're reaching. She even shows us how to wash our own face, because we've come this far without having these skills.<br />
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I'm a fresh faced gal, do you want to know the real secret to looking young(er)? Try NOT spackling your face with nasty drywall clown paint. Eyes and lips? sure. A little concealer or powder on occasion, of course. But the Foundation/concealer/powder/blush quadroplaster? OY! She literally instructs people to PRESS POWDER FIRMLY INTO THEIR SKIN SO IT WON'T COME OFF. Just rub it in, fill those pores. It's fine, you can remove it with your phallic vegetable astringent.</div>
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In all sincerity, I fucking LIIIIIIVE FOR THIS SHIT. It's the kind of thing Shana Moulton is parodying in <a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2016/06/whispering-pines-678-2006.html">'Whispering Pines'</a>, or material you'd find on <a href="http://womans-day.tumblr.com/">'Womans-Day'</a>, the greatest tumblr of all time. Donna Mills is selling a product you can't buy at the store. Something unattainable and phony. She's selling a false sense of self-worth. And yet, I could watch this aging soap actresses do her make-up and have fashion shows in her living room all day. This is a historical relic because, simply put, they don't make 'em like this anymore! Make-up tutorials are one thing, but we're not buying the instructions, we're buying Donna and basking in her frivolous bullshit lifestyle. If I didn't love it so much it would make me SICK. And for the record, I've been dying to play with my make-up ever since I watched this. I'm not immune!<br />
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<li>How to feather brown eyeliner 40 different ways (spoiler: they're all the same)</li>
<li>How to wash our face</li>
<li>How to NOT dry our face (pat, do not rub) </li>
<li>The Mills' household has no shortage of over-sized cucumbers in the fridge.</li>
<li>Donna suspiciously doesn't seem to own any cats.</li>
<li>Frosted lip gloss is a friend to NO ONE.</li>
<li>Donna has a seemingly endless cache of lighted mirrors, and assumes that we all do too.</li>
<li>To be attractive you must be rich, coagulating in rouge, blonde and being white doesn't hurt.(Subtext, Donna. Not buying your "brown eye" tutorial for a second)</li>
<li>Donna is an asshole, one can only assume.</li>
<li>ABC Movies' of the Week clearly do not pay enough for Donna to hire someone to do her make-up PROFESSIONALLY.</li>
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Shortly after my pal Warren bestowed this priceless treasure upon me, I found myself in this weird shop on Hollywood Blvd that sells nothing but old porno mags and shell art. A harmonious marriage of objects. Given that I'm both a collector of kitschy shell crap and any ephemera of interest, I had a good time digging around. I made an amazing discovery; a publication I was not previously aware of: "Valley Magazine" - a fashion mag for women who live in the Valley. That's the stuff dreams are made of. And who do you think graces the cover of this coveted holy book?</div>
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I might add that this issue includes a Christmas shopping guide for the Sherman Oaks Galleria, aka: the Mall you've seen in EVERY movie from the 80's and 90's. Envy me, for I hold in my hands the mystic scroll...</div>
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<b>Whispering Pines</b> is a series of shorts created by and starring Shana Moulton as 'Cynthia', a woman who's on a personal journey of betterment through manufactured objects and self-exploration. There's an <i>every-woman-ness</i> about Cynthia. She reads the magazines, buys the products, lives her life in a constant limbo of health and beauty fads. There's a commentary at work here but before I get into that I need to discuss the cosmetic appeal of the world Shana Moulton has created for 'Cynthia'.<br />
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The character may have an emptiness inside of her, but like me, she's a tchotchke queen. The placement of objects in itself is an art. Muted pastels, house plants, marble side tables and trinkets from the Asian dollar store. The sets look like shoe-string Ettore Sottsass installation, with a dash of Leslie Hall. So while I'm fully aware that there's an anti-establishment message, I too am seduced by Cynthia's synthetic reality.<br />
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There are five episodes before the three I'm covering here and I believe two after, but these three (and a random episode 3 on youtube) seem to be the only available ones on the net. As they came together attached in one swoop, I'm reviewing them as one film. Like a mini-anthology.<br />
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<b>Episode 6:</b><br />
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While doing a puzzle of a waterfall, Cynthia realizes she's missing the final piece. Panicked, she searches the living with no avail. Feeling lost, she finds herself in a New Age store that sells waterfall statues. She buys yet another waterfall for her home in hopes that the sound of the rippling water will give her the clarity she needs to find the missing puzzle piece. Once home all of the water devices are turned on, including an electric waterfall picture. She plays a meditation tape and the sounds put her body in a state of emotional out-pour. Once enlightened she knows to look deep inside the waterfall picture for the missing puzzle piece. As she places the final piece in the center of the puzzle the camera zooms in to reveal Cynthia's own crying face in the water.<br />
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<b>Episode 7:</b><br />
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While gazing upon herself in a vanity mirror, Cynthia notices some unsightly black heads. She reaches for her holographic box which contains several packets of pore strips. The camera zooms in on her black stippled nose as she performs her skin care ritual. As she patiently waits for the strip to dry she stares at her distorted image in the mirror. Suddenly a sphinx-like creature with her own face appears. It sings "Now That I'm a Woman" from the Last Unicorn. A song about the unicorn's sad transformation from a strange creature to an ordinary woman. Little pore strips fly around them like doves. The sphinx disappears and she slowly removes her pore strip to reveal an inspirational quote from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull'.<br />
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Best for last. Unsatisfied with the state of her plant arrangement, Cynthia embarks on a Crystal Light induced creative journey in sand art. She listens to Enya's 'Orinoco Flow' and re-imagines her once drab vase. She dumps colored craft store sand, pearls, plastic gems and fake flowers in a casserole of kitsch. She creates designs in sand directly on the table, embellishing them with crystals. Her whole house comes to life. Soon all of her plastic belongings are singing and dancing. One by one she adds them to the magical concoction of ornamental decor, creating a Chakra of artificial soil for her new flower arrangement. Once finished she places the vase by the couch and immediately begins to feel unfulfilled despite her new creation. After a few moments have passed, the vines from the arrangement grow into a magical ladder. She climbs it and enters a door that transports her to a lively rave set to an electronic remix of 'Orinoco Flow'. She joins the party until she realizes that she's just been poisoned by the Crystal Light and that it was all and hallucination. She vomits herself back to reality.<br />
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I have this thing for commercial meditation products. I collect new age cassettes and nature videos whenever I encounter them at thrift stores. The idea that this analog version of nature can bring you some kind of inner peace is fascinating. When I started collecting these types of things I was doing it in an ironic way. There was something "funny" about it. But I've discovered there is kind of a science to it. When I listen to or watch this stuff, I think it may actually work. Or at least I think it's working while I'm participating. Like some kind of neo-shamanic ritual of the digital age. Put on a tape and all of your problems will melt away. Cynthia is a prime target for this kind of advertising duplicity. When you look in a magazine and see lots of happy women, the idea is if you do as they do you also will be happy. It could be as little as one product that changes your whole life. Cynthia aspires to be the woman on the Biore box and to feel like she's in a Crystal Light commercial. That's the witchcraft of consumerism, the promise of the thing you desire leads to a momentary high and then an empty realization that not only does it not work but you're worse off than before. Shana Moulton has created a really likable character and Universe to satire these ideas.<br />
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As a multi-media artist, Moulton's work has been limited to mostly galleries. Still active today, you can see a few excerpts on her <a href="https://vimeo.com/shanamoulton">Vimeo</a>. I'm not sure if a commercial release is her style, but if that were to ever happen I'd be first in line to own these brilliant pastel fever dreams.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-61726231725748811032016-03-04T14:56:00.000-08:002016-03-04T15:11:24.893-08:00Lady Justice (1997)<i>I'm giving the whole movie away, so proceed at your own risk and keep your poo-poo spoiler complaints to yo'self - Thanks, Mgmt.</i><br />
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<b>Lady Justice</b> has arrived and with a cover looking like some kind of glamour-shot of a small claims paralegal that you'd see on a billboard in the mid-west, how could I not drop everything for it?<br />
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The opening scene is by far the best. Our leading lady, played by Suzy Milano, in a mall trying on all kinds of different outfits and modeling for herself in the mirror. I love a good fashion montage, and I absolutely LIVE for a bad one.<br />
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It's explained in a series of intertitles that we'll experience this movie with a new technique called 'Mondo-Vision' so we can interact with Suzy ourselves AS the killer. WHOA, this must be pretty high tech.<br />
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Serial rapist and killer, Frank Beaver, just got out of jail on a technicality. He targets strippers, and can't wait until he can rape and kill again. We know this because he keeps saying it. "Oh I just can't wait to rape and kill some more women" or something like that. He hasn't even stepped off of the courthouse property before spotting a woman (Suzy) changing a flat tire. He offers to help her in attempt to gain her trust, she's so grateful that she gives him a ride home, even stops at a fast food restaurant to buy him a diet pepsi to thank him. While she's in the restaurant, he notices a gun in her glove compartment. He steals it to use against her at the right moment. She gets back in the car and they have more small talk, she reveals that she's an exotic dancer and he gets an audible boner. At some point he can't take it any more and he whips out the gun and tells her to pull over. She makes a run for it and tries to lose him in an abandoned warehouse. This scene, long and fruitless, was when I realized that "Mondo-Vision" was literally just his first person perspective. IE: the camera is the killer, FAR from a new technique in 1997, and not even worth mentioning.<br />
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A few minutes later Suzy runs out of the warehouse and the killer runs after her. He fires, she goes down. He's mad he didn't get to assault her first, but celebrates her killing as a small victory. His excitement is short lived as he starts feeling woozy, he falls to the ground just in time to see Suzy getting up and walking toward him. The gun was filled with blanks.<br />
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When he awakens, he's tied to a table and Suzy is smugly lounging in a beach chair drinking a glass of wine. She explains that she's the sister of his last victim and that his diet pepsi was drugged. He whines and pleas, she taunts him with multiple weapons.<br />
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She balks about how the justice system has failed her sister, and gives him a little knick with a chainsaw set to the classic lounge song "Topsy Part 2", but then it all abruptly stops. Here I thought I was in for some good serial killer goring, and instead I get more inter-titles...<br />
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WHAT. Now Suzy, er, Evelyn is going to jail?<br />
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Luckily, she was found not guilty, PHEW! I was really worried for a second. But like, WHAT ABOUT FRANK BEAVER? Evelyn's not done with him yet. She decided to fight fire with fire and become a lawyer. lol.<br />
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SIMPLE AS THAT.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-24188816003865930342016-02-27T10:36:00.000-08:002016-02-27T10:43:56.767-08:00Nice Cats (1995)Lately I've been delving into the fascinating and awful world of Mockbuster animation. Extremely low budget rip-offs of Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks films. When it comes to trash cinema, something about this stuff seems sleazier than exploitation. Taking advantage of the ignorance of kids and the ambivalence of parents. The first example I decided to explore is this extremely crude mock-up of <b>The Aristocats</b> awkwardly titled "<b>Nice Cats</b>" ('<b>Artige Katzen</b>' in German).<br />
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Mrs. Mcdonald is taking her three cats on vacation to Acapulco. Lauren, the mother cat and her two kittens Lucy and Lionel. It's worth noting that it's they live in San Francisco, I did the math and it's 2,400 miles. That's quite the road trip. By the end of a generic incidental casio jingle, they're in Acapulco and immediately Lucy is getting the itch to wander. Mrs. Mcdonald warns all the cats that there's talk of a cat catcher on the prowl so to stay near the estate. Lucy runs off anyway and gets herself catnapped.<br />
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In cat jail she meets a stray named Charlie, they work together to plan an escape. Lucy plays dead to distract the cat catcher long enough to bite his bunghole.<br />
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By the time they get back to the estate Mrs. Mcdonald has taken the two cats and gone back to San Francisco, an ass move if I ever saw one. So now they have to travel all 2,400 miles on foot, Encountering different animals and humans along the way who help.<br />
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The plot is inconsequential. From the onset of the first frame you know that you're in for something truly horrific. One of the strangest companies to piggy back the success of Disney, the German based "<b>Dingo Pictures</b>" is responsible for other atrocities such as <b>'The Dalmations'</b> (<b>101 Dalmations</b>), '<b>Toys'</b> (<b>Toy Story</b>), <b>'Countryside Bears'</b> (<b>Winnie the Pooh</b>), and the one I'm the most excited to see '<b>Dinosaur Adventure</b>' (<b>The Land Before Time</b>). Run by a husband and wife team, Ludwig Ickert and Simone Greiss, and I suspect not a single other employee. The backgrounds look like they were hand drawn by elementary schoolers and the characters themselves appear to have been TRACED from the source material. All three cats from "<b>Nice Cats</b>" have the same outline as Duchess from <b>The Aristocats</b>. The animation style reminds me of something between outdated 70's x-rated cartoons and that creepypasta '<b>Suicide Mouse</b>'. From the limited images I've seen, it appears that all of their films have the same unfinished dullness. If the animation and copyright infringement wasn't enough, the dialog is amateurishly storybook style; with a woman narrating for every character. She has no accent but the grammar and sentax tells me that this was poorly translated from another language. With sentences like "<i>Breathing was difficult for many people because the air was stuffy</i>" - in regards to living in the city, or when the catcher caught a cat saying "<i>That was a successful cat!</i>". My favorite line however is when Lucy announces "<i>I can't find my damn hairbrush!</i>" - apparently Dingo is notorious for sprinkling curse words into their films.<br />
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the entire movie is poorly hand drawn up until the end when they board an 8 bit boat. Suddenly we're in a video game.<br />
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The placement of the characters over the background went beyond not giving a shit. Charlie is floating in the middle of the frame like some experimental Jean-Christophe Averty <a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2015/03/alice-in-wonderland-1970.html">shit</a>.<br />
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The saddest pizza I've ever seen. This isn't even Crayola, this is Roseart half way through the school year.<br />
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This racially confused Italian restaurant with a pizza being flipped like a pancake and a miniature china-man wearing a coolie and holding two sticks in front of a closed pot. This may be one of the most confusing moments in film history. I am literally stunned.<br />
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With my own "nice cat" Egbert recovering from oral surgery, this seemed like as good a time as any to participate in this bewilderment. Egbert has the luxury of pain killers why I painfully endured in sobriety. '<b>Nice Cats</b>' and "<b>Dingo Pictures</b>" in general is a personal journey you must decided if you want to take. God help you if you're as masochistic as me.Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-74240002324072737992016-02-23T14:31:00.002-08:002016-02-23T14:55:22.296-08:00August in the Water (1995)<br />
My introduction to Sogo Ishii came in the form of his voltaic cyber-punk films. Between <b>Crazy Thunder Road</b>, <b>Burst City</b> and later <b>Electric Dragon 80,000V</b> I thought I had Ishii pretty well figured out. Not until last year when I stumbled upon <b>August in the Water</b>, did I make the shocking revelation that in addition to his kinetic rebellious wastelands, he has the temperament to make something truly nuanced and cosmic.<br />
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Ever since her recent move, Izumi has felt a change in her body. Her senses have made her aware of impending danger on a planetary scale. A star diver, she feels psychically linked to dolphins. The film opens with her impetuously jumping in a tank with them, which catches the eyes of fellow students Kyushu and Ukiya. Kyushu is clearly smitten with her but Ukiya is more curious than anything. He contacts a computer savvy friend who discovers that the date of a big diving competition coincides with a serious impending astrological disaster. This alone may seem like a coincidence but other strange things have been happening. A massive heatwave is in effect and a mysterious disease that turns your organs to stone has plagued the city.<br />
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At the diving tournament Izumi begins to feel disoriented and uncomfortable. When confronted by her angry coach for her poor performance, she explains that the water feels "hard" but she'll do her best. In a final attempt to redeem herself she dives and the water temporarily turns to stone, something no one can see, but she can feel. She clumsily falls into the water and sinks. Kyushu immediately knows something is wrong and jumps in to save her. She falls into a coma and initially the doctors fear the worse.<br />
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Miraculously a few days later she regains consciousness. This near death experience becomes an awakening of the metaphysical kind. Every detail comes into focus. Molecules in leaves, particles in the air. She can see things that others can't. She doesn't care about school anymore, and her budding romance with Kyushu fades into the background. She has gained the knowledge of what her role in the Universe will be.<br />
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She's drawn to a particular spot in the forest where UFO's have been spotted. There's a giant meteorite with etchings, it's like a magnet for her. The crisis that is effecting the city, and possibly one day the entire world, is alien in nature and Izumi is the only one with the cognizance to do something about it - though the force driving her is much larger than human actions.<br />
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What makes this film so special is how softly it steps on very big subjects. When dealing with the universe, aliens, mysterious illnesses and ecological concerns, it could so easily be schlocky and ineffectual. Ishii captured the essence of a Pure Moods tape and transforms it into an engaging tranquil science fiction narrative. It tells a story mostly in the form of sounds, textures and a dream-like atmosphere. Giving details only when completely necessary; truly an immersive film experience. He creates a magical environment using only visuals present in reality. No crazy effects, just the transcendental cosmic beautify of what exists in nature.<br />
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The soundtrack is possibly the most perfect auditory experience I've ever had watching a film. Hiroyuki Onogawa creates an eerie minimal soundscape that reflects an alien language, singing water drops, dolphin speak and the somber echoes of a dying planet. The marriage of sight and sound are nothing short of masterful.<br />
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<b>August in the Water</b> takes new age principles/pataphsyics and makes a film that is even more relevant today than it was twenty years ago. Both in theme and Proto-Vaporwave/Seapunk aesthetic. This film lives and breathes in it's own realm. I feel as though <b>August in the Water </b>is existing even after I've turned it off. It's presence lingers in those little microscopic molecules Izumi was talking about. Like the smell of water evaporating into air.<br />
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Because it's fairly obscure and I was lucky enough to track it down I'm making Hiroyuki Onogawa's serene experimental score available to download.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-78519002963881754852016-02-19T16:02:00.000-08:002016-02-19T16:12:18.120-08:00Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (2004)I'm telling you guys, Hulu is a hotbed of unexplored terrain. I'm not sure what their process of choosing what to stream is but if you dig around a little, it's chocked full of the weirdies. I stumbled upon this Castaneda documentary with every intention of giving it a serious viewing that would potentially lead to my learning something. Before I proceed, let me just say that I'm only familiar with Castaneda by reputation. I know he was a writer, turned guru. I know he took psychedelics and found some enlightenment, a subject I'm always open to. I knew of the character Don Juan, but nothing specific. I was hoping <b>Enigma of a Sorcerer</b> would clear a few things up<br />
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As a documentary, this film is a failure. Made by a former follower of the Shaman, a group of fringey kooks talk about what it was like to study under Carlos Castaneda. As the film immediately loses focus, I remained in a state of confusion for the duration of the documentary. I thought less and less of him as the film went on. An over-sexed flaky false prophet. The followers themselves are more fascinating, particularly "The Witches", who were basically his wives. There was one librarian-looking lady with a turtleneck and a prince valiant Church bob who tells some amusing stories with the haze of someone who'd been recently probed by aliens.<br />
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The dialog was tangent-like and expresses conflicting views from person to person. Not in an unbiased journalistic way. I sensed that the filmmaker himself hadn't made up his mind about the time he spent with Castaneda. There was a huge portion of the film dedicated to whether or not anyone should be sad that he's dead. No one seemed to like him, except for his harem. Castaneda's views weren't fully formed, or at least that's how it sounds coming from the mouths of his students. I walked away viewing him more as a cult leader than a Shaman. The stories of toxic competitive relationships between the witches and his inaccurate descriptions of the harsh desert environment paints him to be nothing but a hack. Was Carlos Castaneda just a failed L. Ron Hubbard?<br />
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The rave-like graphics swirling behind the speakers are perfection. This was made in 2004 but reads as a hard '98. I felt like I was staring at the cover of an "<b>Adventures Unlimited</b>" book under the influence of ecstasy for an hour and a half. The techno-spiritual music with Native American chants in the background needs to be coming out of my speakers right NOW. If you have any interest in strange science, outsider fringe videos, if love that episode of <b>Tim and Eric's Awesome Show</b> "<b>The Universe</b>" or if you're just a fan of outdated computer graphics, you might want to give this a shot. It certainly kept me entertained.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-46733997543428394372016-02-16T13:55:00.000-08:002016-02-18T09:33:48.472-08:00Vampire Brides (1994)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last in my W.A.V.E triple feature. <b>Vampire Brides </b>follows a young woman named Christine whose just broken up with her boyfriend and needs a place to crash. Her Mom (In the film and in real life) won't let her stay there, which is really rude considering this leads to events causing her to become vampire bait. She stays with a friend and one night decides to go out by herself for a drink. She meets a guy and goes back to his apartment. They make out for a painfully long time before he reveals a mouth full of fake plastic vampire teeth. He's tempted to dine but has somehow already fallen in love with this girl he literally just met at a bar. He makes her leave because he can't bear to hurt her.<br />
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negative space/sov interiors are dreamy</blockquote>
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A few hours later he changes his mind and sends his resident zombie to go fetch her. While in route the girl has prophetic dream where she's kidnapped by the zombie and he carries her to her vampire wedding. In the dream her Mom is there, standing side by side with the zombie. They wed and have a long softcore sex scene in front of the fire. Almost painfully long. We get it, they're doing it.</div>
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One of his most recent films, <b>Bikini Girl Maid Service</b> from 2015, there it is in all it's shabby earthtone glory. You KNOW I will be reporting all future sightings!</div>
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I have a soft spot for satanic panic SOV films. I'm always looking for something to fill the void of <b>666: The End is Near</b> or <b>Cauldron: Baptism of Blood</b>. Though the likelihood of reaching Nollywood status or Ted V. Mikels' level of digital video hospice is remote. But where <b>Blood Sacrifice</b> lacks in insane Nigerian church logic and Spencer's gifts ambiance, it makes up with awkwardly placed over-sized human prop hearts...<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-91596440991834329812016-02-14T13:34:00.000-08:002016-02-14T14:05:45.697-08:00Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge (1999)When I was younger I assumed that at some point I would have seen enough movies where I would feel "satisfied". Not that it would make me slow down, but a general contentment would be reached and I would be enlightened to a higher plane of movie-zen. It hasn't come yet, and as time goes on I'm forced to find weirder - <i>often in a strange borderline boring and surreal kind of way</i>- films to satiate my addiction. I become more and more humbled by the idea of all the movies I haven't discovered. When I encounter something new to love I think about how it was there all along and it's just coincidence mixed with my obsessive internet research k-holes that I found it at all, and what are the things I will NEVER find?? Where are they?? What are they?? It's maddening.<br />
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Stacey (played by Debbie D.) works at a "cosmetic and fashion company" - according to the description on imdb, it isn't made at all clear from the film itself - and is up for a promotion. Her scientist friend in the lab has created a shrinking gun which is actually a squirt gun spray painted grey. When she gets her promotion she intends on using this technology to further her career (again, I have no idea what this has to do with cosmetics or fashion). After meeting with her boss she discovers that she's lost the promotion to a colleague. Her female boss explains that though she is very pretty, she needs the most "attractive" woman in the office to deal with the male clients they interact with. A plot device executed with the utmost sincerity, I absolutely laughed out loud. Stacey becomes angry, but not at her insane sexist boss. She takes it out on her competition and steals the shrinking gun to use on the newly appointed executive. Barging in on her in the shower, Stacey shrinks her in the nude and then eats her whole. That's what this movie is about. Eating little nude live women.<br />
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Even though the same techniques were used over and over and, at only 30 minutes, <b>Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge</b> was the perfect length for something like this. Debbie D. knew exactly what to do with the crappy dialog and seemed to have fun with it. There's something about this crap that's really fascinating. It leaves you feeling kind of gross because of the sexual context of the material, but it's so incredibly UN-sexy. The perverse nature of the subject, despite being treated lightly, with the extremely low quality of production gives the sensation of watching something you shouldn't be watching. Which leads me back to the the appeal of SOV films. They're voyeuristic and personal, like someone's home recorded pornography. This movie has the presence of cheap porn even without sex.<br />
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I couldn't get this movie out of my head after it ended. I was curious about other films by director Gary Whitson. Is this just a fluke or are there others this strange? After a bit of digging I discovered that he's made a startling 250 + films! Way more than what's covered on IMDB. Whitson's company <b>W.A.V.E. Productions</b> used to feature ads in Fangoria, Alternative Cinema and various horror fanzines in the 90's. Their business model was: You write the script and pay them to make it into a movie. Not a bad little niche as it could potentially yield a plethora of material. It attracted mostly men who would pay this money to see women act out their fetishes. Upon discovering the website and the overwhelming catalog, I began to understand their schtick. With titles like "<b>Kidnapped and Chloroformed</b>", "<b>WAVE'S Best Drowning Clips</b>", "<b>Strangled 8</b>" (As in, the 7th sequel to the first <b>Strangled</b>), and "<b>Bikini Girl Maid Service</b>". These titles don't leave much to the imagination.<br />
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I was unfamiliar with the term "Vorarephilia" until I watched <b>Eaten Alive</b> and started doing some research. It's a fetish related to eating someone or being eaten. There's "<i>Soft Vore</i>", which is the fantasy of being swallowed whole while alive, and then there's "<i>Hard Vore</i>" which is a much more violent, cannibalistic form of Vorarephilia. <b>Eaten Alive</b> falls under Soft Vore - and was clearly made to satiate some random dude's weirdness.<br />
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There's something undeniably yucky about the whole thing. This film, and <b>W.A.V.E.</b> in general. After I watched <b>Eaten Alive</b>, I spent hours on the website reading synopsis' and looking at strange pictures. They seem to be violent in nature, towards women. Not in a way I'm necessarily used to from horror movies. The idea of an individual paying money to see women asphyxiating in quicksand is unsettling. Yet here I am, a woman, spending my time researching it. I became curious about Gary Whitson and found <a href="http://www.b-independent.com/interviews/whitsoninterview.htm">this interview</a>, by Tina Krause who I immediately recognized as one of the actresses from <b>Eaten Alive</b>. It's a very generic, survey-like interview. One that seems coerced and completely biased. My first thought was that it sounds like Whitson wrote the questions to accommodate the answers he wanted to give. Though it did clear a lot of things up, like his response to being considered a fetish filmmaker...<br />
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<i>"W<span style="font-size: 16px;">hat I’ve always tried to do is make a movie with a beginning, middle, and end. Something with a real storyline. I’ve refused numerous storylines whose only objective was to show some violent or sadistic scene. This isn’t to say I don’t do violent movies. But I try to make them within the context of a real story. And my feeling is everything is a fetish of some kind or another. People may just not call it that."</span></i></blockquote>
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Despite it's reputation, <b>W.A.V.E Productions</b> has my full attention.! I have a few more queued up to be watched and a list of titles I plan ordering from the website soon! I don't anticipate anything will ever live up to <b>Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge</b>, but I'll never know unless I do the work! Feel free to explore their website yourself!...<br />
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It's becoming a trend that the worst movie I see all year happens to be one of the wretched Christmas choices I make. This one looked pretty dumb but with a title like <b>Alien Sex Party</b>, Presented by MOBY no less, it could be fun? There was of course a good chance it would completely suck, but I couldn't have foreseen the level of suck. The only thing I hate more than a self-fellating Kevin Smith movie, is a pretentious rip-off of a self-fellating Kevin Smith movie. <b>Alien Sex Party</b> is openly trying to be <b>Clerks</b>, in a porn shop. I'm not one to give Clerks any credit, but it obviously had some kind of impact because shit like this was made. The actor who plays 'Dante' even makes a cameo. Filled with nauseating forced dialog, attempting to sound "real". Describing sex acts to "shock" the audience. The whole thing was extremely painful and had my face contorted to a permanent cringe. I have no idea why Moby would have anything to do with something like this, which is of course why he later tried to distance himself from it. This wasn't only the worst Christmas movie I saw, it was the worst I saw in 2015. Thinking back to last year, it gives <b>"Yule Die"</b> a run for it's money too, making this the worst, most difficult movie I've endured in several years. Every minute felt like years were taken off my life. It's times like this I wonder why I force myself to watch bad movies anyway, movies like this make me re-think my whole philosophy on movie watching because I can't do this shit. Next time I'm met with such misfortune as a <b>Clerks</b> rip-off, I'm turning the goddamn tv off and going to bed forever.<br />
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Anytime the catalyst for a plot is amnesia in a movie, you know you're in for a winner. Throw Hulk Hogan in a Santa hat in the mix and you've got yourself a cult classic. At some point in Hulk's career, he was an unstoppable force. Movies, tv, toys, he was everywhere. None of the movies he starred in make any sense and are watchable by normal standards but the sight of him makes it all forgivable. This came out on the latter end of his success. Christmas movies are the tell tale sign of dying (or dead) stardom. There are no surprises here, it's just a comfort. It's Hulk Hogan interacting with kids dressed as Santa, it's like a lullaby. That's my story and and I'm stickin' to it.<br />
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This Anthology horror film starts with two un-notable, non-seasonal segments. The final segment is about two kids who go to Grandma's house for Christmas while their parents go to Hawaii only to discover that Granny has run out of meds and is a nutjob. She, in various ways (comically) tries to hurt, kill or just scare the kids throughout their stay. On Christmas Eve she chases them around the house with chainsaw, in her wheelchair mind you. The segment ends with an expected and very satisfying conclusion. You could almost skip the first two segments completely and go straight to the seasonal favorite next Christmas!<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-3015309105680656012015-12-29T13:59:00.000-08:002015-12-29T13:59:17.651-08:00Holiday Horrible-thon Part 1: All Dogs Go To ChristmasHoly crap, <i>where </i>to begin. In past holiday marathons I usually curate a few handfuls of killer Santa movies, with some cheesy made for tv specials and with any luck, some K. Gordon Murray magic. As you may recall, last year's marathon was para-titled "<i>14 movies in 3 days</i>", which isn't <i>nothing</i>. This year I started early due to some unexpected time off. I decided to divide my time between cross stitching and shitty movie watching. The two just go hand in hand. Generally, I start Christmas Eve, If we have company I throw on whichever looks to have the most crowd appeal. Christmas Day is ALWAYS a day of rest. We stay in and watch as many Christmas movies as possible while enjoying our gifts and leftovers, and then the day after Christmas I cap the marathon. I could go up to the new year, but I usually am all holiday'd out by the 26th. Plus I need some Vitamin D and food that is not ham or candy. This year I reached new depths of Holiday insanity. Between my early-December craft sessions and my usual three day marathon I watched a <i>shocking</i> 40 Christmas movies. <b>FORTY</b>. That's not a round number for the month, I haven't made that calculation yet. A record breaking forty-fucking-Christmas movies starring people like Tori Spelling and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. No wonder I'm exhausted. My usual countdown seemed too overwhelming for this number, especially since some were pretty forgettable. Since my hands were basically in constant brainless motion, I decided to pick films that were similarly constantly in brainless motion. What came to pass was an endless loop of Christmas dog movies. How many could there be, you might wonder? An INCALCULABLE amount. Or at least like, 75.<br />
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I watched a very different kind of Christmas movie called <b>Santa Claws</b> last year. Paralleled only by season and probably budget. This one was put out by Asylum, so you know the drill. It has a Christmas story arch that really gets on my nerves. The whole; not believing in Santa in a world where Santa really exists. This is VERY perplexing. If he exists then isn't it kind of irrefutable? I mean, gifts show up for children. Wouldn't it be like this insane phenomenon? So in <b>Santa Claws</b>, a girl actually sees him turn to gold dust and tornado himself up her chimney but then grows into a woman who doesn't believe in Santa. And in turn won't let her kid celebrate Christmas. Not even a tree, not even a present. So RUDE, almost abusive. The kittens save Christmas, and make her a believer again. That's all I got. While I appreciate that someone said "HEY, enough with the Dog movies, can we get like <i>ONE</i> Christmas Cat movie?". Here it is. Take it or leave it.<br />
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I always try to focus on a director or revisit a series throughout the month of October. Last year it was the <b>Ju-on</b> films, this year my attention was on the <b>Nightmare on Elm Street</b> series. These aren't really films I've felt much of a need to discuss, not because they aren't great because I would just be echoing an already well covered area. <b>Wes Craven's New Nightmare</b> is my favorite, followed by the original; 2-5 are fairly equal in my opinion. I know a lot of people aren't crazy about <b>Dream Child</b>, but I find <b>Dream Master</b> to be the lesser of the series, but really who's counting? They're all Freddy movies and that makes for good times. The one unpredictable moment in the marathon was <b>Freddy's Dead:The Final Nightmare</b>, because somehow in my 30 years of existence I'd never watched it. Shocking, I know. I missed it somehow and by the time I realized, I decided to hold off until I was re-watching the rest all at once. What's interesting about it, and about the fact that it somehow evaded me, is how strikingly different it is from the rest of the series. The other sequels seem united by a collective theme, this one is peculiar from the onset. The tone has changed and the characters are totally unfamiliar. At first, I was off-put by how far it strayed from the formula but after a while I embraced it. There is something very "final" and empty about it. It's the <b>'Silent Night, Deadly Night III'</b> of the series - bizarre and slightly Lynch-ian. I believe director Rachel Talalay even stated that <b>Twin Peaks</b> had influenced her in the making of <b>Freddy's Dead</b>. I appreciate the risks the film took, and I don't begrudge it's failure. It added interesting if not unneeded dimension to Freddy Kreuger's mythos, and really....would the BEST film in the series have happened after if Wes Craven hadn't stepped in to say <i>enough is enough.</i><br />
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This one was an, um, "experience". It's the goriest movie I've endured in a while. I watched it in French with no english subtitles but it didn't matter much. 95% of the dialog is guttural screaming and Satanic incantations. Senseless, never-ending, ritual-like forest murder from the get go. On paper it's not something that would normally be in my wheelhouse, but the tenacity of <a href="http://letterboxd.com/street/list/murderdrone/">Murderdrone</a> pioneer Antoine Pellissier makes is the horror equivalent to watching one of those ambient fireplace screen savers. The violence exceeds a level of normalcy where it almost becomes zen. Red Jammy Jams and purple polyester. Druid-eque Satanists, Satan-<i>Heads</i>, Vampiric Crypt An Daemons, Pastoral Zombies, Goth Girls with Perms. The Works.<br />
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I wasn't really sure what I was in for with <b>Skullduggery</b>, the census seems to be of a general confusion. It is indeed a "<i>what the hell did I just watch</i>" kind of experience. It's drawing from so many different places, the end result can barely contain the sum of it's parts. Literally overflowing with the elements of five movies, <b>Skullduggery</b> crams them all into one little bizarre mish-mosh. Let's break it down.<br />
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<u>1. Role Playing Games</u>. A Dungeons and Dragons inspired slasher? One of the least successful sub-genres of horror (Throw some titles at me if I'm forgetting but <b>Mazes and Monsters</b> is the only to come to mind). What makes it work so well in this movie is that, I sincerely don't understand these games and especially something as vast as Dungeons and Dragons. It's as complex as finding any coherence in this movie. So they're united both in theme and in being unattainable.<br />
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<u>2. It's set in a Costume House.</u> Not only does this appeal to me on a personal level because I'm a costumer but it opens a lot of doors for great and senseless characters. A Wizard of Gore-ish Magician, King Arthur or something, Eve; as in Adam and..., A Gorilla, A Tic Tac Toe Janitor, Bunny Killer, Various Ren Fair looking folks as well as masked Greek orgy types.<br />
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<u>3. Dungeon Synth.</u> This discovery is relatively new to me. While the film has been on my watchlist for a while, this inspirational <a href="http://letterboxd.com/waxmask/list/dungeon_synth/">list on Letterboxd</a> by Gregory Joseph propelled to high priority. Dungeon Synth is a musical genre that sounds exactly like it's description. Evocative, atmospheric, visceral, setting the soundscape for a film like <b>Skullduggery</b> with a poetic coldness.<br />
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And for your viewing pleasure, I posted pics on <a href="http://tender-moments.tumblr.com/tagged/skullduggery">Tender Moments</a>.<br />
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Let's face it, Aliens are cool. This movie starts out with a totally sincere and terrifying aura. I'll never un-see the infamous Alien peaking from behind the armoire. Then after the first encounter, it enters pure schizophrenia. In an interview director Philippe Mora said that Walken was the kind of actor that works best with freedom, so he gave him that freedom. I'm sure a lot of people think this was to the film's detriment. His approach certainly does turn would be terrifying moments into something that's more like a joke, but a really hilarious joke you want him to expand upon. I'm sure Author Whitley Strieber was appalled to see his traumatic life changing experience basically mocked by deez nuts. My favorite moment, THEE best moment is when Walken is about to get probed and he looks at the little dude holding the phallus and says <i>"...Can we talk this over?"</i>...and if that's not enough, as the alien draws the dong shaped device close to his face he says <i>"You look like you're about to sing White Christmas."</i> My friends, <b>THIS</b> is a movie. You're removed from the horror elements but instead given this beautiful character study on the epileptic personality of Christopher Walken. I dare say I never truly appreciated him until this moment. He ad-libbed his way into my heart. In the end there's a New Age resolve that totally delights my balls. A few years ago I watched the incredible <b>"The Suns of Easter Island"</b> and my afterthought was that I desperately need more New Age Metaphysical Alien movies in my life, <b>Communion</b> is the only one that's come close since. Strange Science with an ample dose of anal probing.<br />
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That's it kiddos, sorry for the belatedness as per usual. Trying to mend fences 'round these parts. I have another movie lined up that I know for sure will be my next full review, I just hope I can deliver before the New Year! Either way I PROMISE to post my Holiday Horrible-thon in a timely manner.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-87642770093729962792015-12-03T01:21:00.003-08:002015-12-03T01:23:05.385-08:00Grandeur Nature (1974)It would appear that I like movies about grown men who play with dolls. Earlier this year I finally reviewed Joel Seria's <b><a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2015/07/marie-poupee-1976.html#comment-form">Marie Poupee</a></b>, which has found a place in my personal canon. I'm always looking for movies about dolls. Big and small, Scary or sweet, sexual or innocent. I have a small but decent doll collection myself and the idea of men (or women for that matter, though I haven't found any movies like that) fetishizing dolls is a perversion I find fascinating.<br />
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Where in <b><a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2015/07/marie-poupee-1976.html#comment-form">Marie Poupee</a></b>, Claude is secretive about what he likes to do with dolls and doll-<i>like</i> girls, Michel from <b>Grandeur Nature</b> (played by famed Frenchman, Michel Piccoli) is just the opposite. He's PROUD of his doll. He's open about her as if she's his 19 year old trophy girlfriend. Claude likes to dress and bathe his dolls - but nothing "improper". Michel on the other hand, is constantly humping and displaying her nudity for all to see.<br />
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Michel and his wife are in an open marriage, which she's growing increasingly tired of. You get the sense that Michel has been sexually active and is not at all limited to the company of a rubber doll. His bravado exudes experience which has brought him to a place of boredom. His wife is younger, attractive, and generally OK with him having extra-marital affairs (at least on a surface level), yet he still becomes distant. He's fallen into complete obsession with his Japanese Love Doll, so much that he's lost the taste for real flesh. At one point his wife tries to emulate the doll. This is obviously a final attempt to regain attention from her husband. He throws her around and stuffs her in a closet like an inanimate object. As she cries he reminds her that the doll doesn't cry, doesn't complain, doesn't want for things and is there only to silently serve him. She moves out that week.<br />
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As the narrative unfolds his frustrations surface; his dominance and jealousy are revealed. He blames the doll for the sexual attention she gains from the people he flaunts her to. He beats, strangles, abuses, rapes her and finally, has her commit a ritual-like suicide. Once a fair haired beauty, he paints her like a goth slut, as reflective of his feelings toward her.<br />
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This movie is not remotely subtle in it's message of sexual objectification. And yes, she IS an object but she's made to look like a woman. It's no secret that Michel has a disdain for women. It's practically rubbed in our face. He's such an absurd man, it's almost impossible to be offended by it. At the end of the day, he's kind of a sad joke. It seems even in a relationship with and object he can't manage to keep himself together. There's something far less sinister about Michel than our previous Doll fondler, Claude. He's simply aware and comfortable with his own kinkiness. Though of course it catches up with him eventually. A person who becomes sexually and romantically obsessed with a <i>thing</i> unravels when their passion boils over from an unresponsive prize.<br />
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One thing I noticed is the frequency of scatological dialog. At least three or four times throughout the movie Michel talks about peeing. He even walks in on a hooker peeing and she jumps up out of shock, where we get the pleasure of seeing her full bush. The film never quite crosses that threshold but I was half expecting water sports to come into play. The other perversion that's burned into my brain was when his housekeeper's baby is napping with the sex doll and takes to the tit as if it were full of mother's milk. The image is unshakable. It cannot be shook.<br />
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The film never secures itself firmly in a genre. It has comedic elements but isn't a comedy, and it's too farcical (and gross) to be a drama. It's truly an unsung little fetishy cult gem that has somehow slipped through the cracks. It's nowhere near as layered as <b><a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2015/07/marie-poupee-1976.html#comment-form">Marie Poupee</a></b>. If these films were the psychic apparatus, <b><a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2015/07/marie-poupee-1976.html#comment-form">Marie Poupee</a></b> would be the Ego and <b>Grandeur Nature</b> would be the Id. It functions on an unconscious level. The organic meets the inorganic and an almost buffoon-like willfulness against his own humanity, only to be met with inevitable coldness and unfulfillment.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-42143744067173918312015-09-19T09:38:00.003-07:002015-09-19T09:38:39.377-07:00Nagina (1986)It's been entirely too long since I've sunk my teeth into some Bollywood horror. I became captivated by<b> </b>because of an incredible image from <b>Nagina. </b>Sridevi with a penetrating icy blue gaze. Her face, those eye, seduced me.<br />
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I watched this one sans-subtitles, as I'm often forced to do with these worldly acquisitions but it was surprisingly easy to follow. here's what I gathered. A man soon to be ensnared in an arranged marriage encounters a snake while on a horse drawn stroll with his fiance. The snake takes a liking to him and hitches a ride on the back of the carriage. Soon after a mysterious beautiful woman enters his life. Her beauty puts him under a spell and after a few song and dance numbers, they're in love. He breaks it off with the other girl, which devastates both his and her family. Despite his mother's refusal to give her blessing, he marries her anyway, and everything's going swimmingly until a wicked snake charmer comes to town and informs the mother than Sridevi is actually a shape shifting she-snake and the real reason for marrying her son is to avenge the death of her late snake-husband who was killed as a result of biting him when he was a child. That part kinda lost me. In the end she falls in love despite their interspecies differences.<br />
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This horror fantasy only barely counts as horror at all. The fantasy elements take over and of course the signature Bollywood love story. I've taken issue with this redundancy in the past. The need to interrupt a perfectly interesting narrative for a song (or ten). While I enjoy it in small doses, it's never really in small doses. It's sprinkled generously throughout a 2.5 plus hour long movie. In the West we have the musical genre, but in Bollywood all genres submit to the musical format with no exception. It's something I'll never fully understand, and that's ok. Its not my culture. Perhaps the only reason it's so noticeable to me is because I'm mostly watch Bollywood Horror and the two things never quite seem to match. In <b>'Nagina'</b>, there is ONE musical number that needed to be there and that's Sridevi's exotic snake dance.<br />
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She must have broken some records with this one. The choreography is insane. Sridevi in general has a surreal beauty that is truly mesmerizing...<br />
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And other moments benefit from a lack of color. Shrouded in a cloud of mystery as if it were <b>Black Narcissus</b>...<br />
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As mild as it is in the genre, <b>Nagina</b> may be my favorite Bollywood horror to date. It spoke to my aesthetic and was shockingly engaging for a no-subtitles movie. It had a feminine quality that <b>Bandh Darwaza</b> and <b><a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2013/01/purana-mandir-1984.html">Purana Mandir</a></b> didn't share. With the Halloween season upon us I may finally indulge in the seminal, <b>Veerana </b>which has somehow evaded me for all of these years.<br />
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I'm getting a later start this year than the last few. Generally my horror marathon is in full swing by the first week in September. And as some of you may have noticed, it's my most active time of year here on Atomic Caravan. I'll try to keep up with that trend and deliver some delectable spooks for your viewing and reading pleasure.<br />
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The remains of <b>Video 98</b> today. Even the sky has lost it's color.<br />
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Whatever that business is, I bitterly wish them failure. I don't have much to add except that this was a sanctuary - seeing it again felt kind of stupidly <b>Cinema Paradisio</b>-<i>esque</i>, as did my whole trip. A sad and scary 'can never go back' feeling that makes me feel uncomfortably adult and vulnerable. So consider this a belated funeral procession for the late <b>Video 98</b>.<br />
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To read some of my old 'Video 98 Collection' review, <a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/search/label/Video%2098%20Collection">click here</a>.Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-86016722511531976502015-07-30T11:21:00.000-07:002015-07-30T11:24:12.274-07:00Mark of the Astro-Zombies (2002)I've written on my love for Post-2000's Ted V. Mikels on other online forums. His shot on video aesthetic and attention/lack-of attention to detail has become something I celebrate. In <a href="http://letterboxd.com/scumbalina/film/the-corpse-grinders-ii/"><b>The Corpse Grinders II</b> </a> there was the amazing self-styling of Shanti the Catwoman and lots of weird supermarket exposition and strange shot on video interiors. In <a href="http://letterboxd.com/scumbalina/film/cauldron-baptism-of-blood/"><b>Cauldron: Baptism of Blood</b></a> I was won over by the novelty lights and bizarre coven of strangely clad women. That one had tinges of a Nollywood horror movie (think <b>666: The End is Near</b>) if that gives you an idea of what level of other-worldly-ness these films extend. There is a sameness about them, a collective consciousness, which I enjoy.<br />
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Liz Renay seemed to be mostly improvising her lines, which was fine by me. She's just as adorable as ever. I just want to point out how Edith Massey-<i>esque</i> her delivery is. Or even just generic John Waters-speak. Brinke Stevens doesn't bring much to the table as a character except just looking great for her age, but I already knew that. Now bring on the aliens...<br />
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What I love about Ted V. Mikels and his Proto-Grandpa Gothic Universe is that no matter the restrictions, he goes through the motions. He uses tiny local outdated sound stages, he films in people's homes when necessary, he gets recognizable past-their-prime b-actors and actresses. There is "production value" despite it being extremely low. He's an old pro, and it shines through. Most of all, they're FUN and not to be taken seriously. Hell, even his early movies were made with a smirk and twist of the mustache. But this world fascinates me more. There's less restraint and a weird mixture of freedom an acceptance that <i>this is it</i>.<br />
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If you want to see more screen grabs, I'll be posting them all week on <a href="http://tender-moments.tumblr.com/">Tender Moments.</a><br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-79515994349838123092015-07-03T15:26:00.003-07:002015-07-03T15:56:46.551-07:00Marie-poupée (1976)Spoilers abound, mes amis! Proceed with caution.<br />
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I've been thinking a lot about my favorite films. I always said that when I turned 30 I would make a list of my Top 500 favorite, and the top 100 would be my personal canon. I decided in my early 20's that I hadn't seen nearly enough to even have a fully formed sense of taste. Sure I liked this and I liked that but I was still discovering the films <i>of-myself</i>, and will continue to do that forever. I knew I wouldn't be anywhere close to that place of self-discovery for nearly a decade, so I gave myself a phase 1 kind of deadline of my 30th birthday. I'm not quite there yet, I still have a few more months to mull over this over but it's been in the back of my mind for so long that I know some preparation is necessary to make well thought-out decisions. For the past few years I've been trying to catch up on a lot of classics that I felt obligated to see. Some hit hard, others didn't. I'm getting closer to being comfortable with what I have seen and focusing less on what I <i>should</i> see. In doing this I'm revisiting some films that had a surprising impact on me. I need to take a closer look at a few titles that blindsided me with their greatness. The one that has been on my mind most recently is <b>Marie, the Doll</b>.<br />
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Joel Seria is probably best known for <b>'Don't Deliver Us From Evil'</b> (1971). A remarkably stylish and romantic horror fairy tale. Two girls, their love for each other and Satan. Inspired by the Parker-Hulme Murder (<b>Heavenly Creatures</b>). Already an insane true story, Seria somehow managed to top the outrageous ending with something more dramatic than the actual event. It hit me hard when I saw it and it made me very curious about Seria's other films. I soon discovered another that also starred the strangely beautiful Jeanne Goupil. After looking at one still from <b>Marie-Poupee</b>, I knew it would be love.<br />
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Marie is a teenage girl who's been emotionally stunted by the death of her parents. Child-like and sweet, she wanders into a doll shop and catches the eye of the owner, Claude. Her raven hair and porcelain white skin reminds him of the dolls he so adores. Before you know it he's showing her his personal collection at his provincial mansion. He tries to give her a doll as a gift but she rejects it saying it would make her own doll "Andrea" jealous. Andrea has been used/worn-out/beaten up/loved - and that's the way Marie likes it. This was more relevant to me the second time around, I'll come back to that later. Instead he gives her a tiny little locket for Andrea.<br />
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Almost instantly, they are married. There is no romance, no courtship. Despite only being 17 years old, and even younger than that mentally, her grandparents think Claude is the perfect man for her. He's apparently kind and used to caring for delicate dolls. You sense that the Grandparents don't really know what to do to help Marie. Hers and Claude's mutual adoration seems like the perfect solution.<br />
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On their wedding night Claude tells her he wants to play a game. She'll lay motionless while he moves her around like a doll. He has her play dress-up in the girliest pink dress ever made and parade in front of him like a living doll. He undresses her, stares at her, and bathes her. She mustn't open her eyes or speak or the game is "ruined". Marie enjoys the game and loves the touch of her husband. Afterwards when he's dressed her in a nighty and tucked her in for bed, she then is allowed to stir and hug him goodnight. Innocent kisses and a sexless honeymoon. For the moment, Marie is content.<br />
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<i>Disclaimer: Actress Jeanne Goupil was 25 at the time</i> </blockquote>
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For a brief time, they live in marital bliss. He spoils her with the best of everything. Frilly dresses, fashionable hats, and a bedroom that would make anyone vaguely interested in Lolita culture <i>gasp</i>. Her world is enclosed with soft lace and softer pastels.<br />
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She enjoys their "game" and loves being the center of his world. She feels as if she's stumbled into a fairy tale, but it's not long before she starts to feel a longing that she can't quite interpret. Claude seems to always be away on work related trips. She begs him to take her with him but he insists that it's impossible. They play the game less and less. At one point she suggests they play the game in reverse. Naturally, she wants to see and touch her husband's body. She may have the psychology of a child but she's still hormonally coming of age. She's not even aware of what sex is but she craves it. He refuses, and acts as if it's an absurd request - "that would ruin the game".<br />
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While Claude is out of town one weekend she stays with his friends. Ida, who repairs dolls takes special notice of Marie. She also wants to touch and be near her. They share a bath, a scene which I've given a lot of thought. When Claude bathes and toys with Marie, he may not physically act out on any desires but I immediately got the impression that he was fetishizing. It's some kind of psychosomatic need to fondle and posses her as an inanimate object. When Ida bathes with Marie, my initial reaction is that it's sexual, but that could just be because I'm American, and bathing together isn't common practice. I think the purpose of showing this was to illustrate a contrast between a maternal figure bathing with Marie, and Claude who in comparison seems like he's hiding something insidious. Marie so wants to be touched that it doesn't really matter by who. The biggest difference with this bath is that Ida is participating - and also allowing Marie to participate where as Claude removes both from the equation so it's mechanical and borderline necrophile. It's possible that Ida cares for dolls because she doesn't have children of her own. My instinct tells me that mutual interaction and warmth are at the root of Ida's intentions. Whatever the case may be, this scene marks the beginning of the end for Marie's fantasy world.<br />
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When Claude returns Marie becomes more tenacious about being touched. She hangs on him and pouts when he withdraws. It seems she has now built a sexual appetite (though it really hasn't occurred to her). Claude becomes very terse and irritable, now he's losing interest even in playing their limited "game". His rejection is crushing to her. She was the most perfect desirable doll and now, what is she if not a perfect object? This is where the sentiment about her own doll could be applied. Worn-out but loved, Andrea is not a perfect doll but an irreplaceable one with purpose. The new dolls may be pristine and maintained but where would that leave Andrea? Marie <i>is </i>Andrea.<br />
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She begins to wander the grounds, the caretakers are her only companions. A masculine groundskeeper named Sergio catches her eye. She's fascinated by him but isn't sure why. It isn't long before the lack of attention from Claude drives her to linger near Sergio.<br />
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Here's the thing about Serge. He's really simple. His little cottage is simple, he tends to animals. He'll skin a rabbit, he'll shave a flea infested sheep, he has no problem doing things with his hands. While keeping a respectful distance initially, you can tell he thinks Marie is a hot little piece. When he entered to story I thought, "Thank God, Marie will finally get laid soon" - because she needs it and Claude is proving to be a wimpy little wet blanket.<br />
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Influenced by her interaction with Sergio, Marie tries to care for a sick sheep. Disregarding her false image of perfection, she dirties her prettiest dress. When Claude has company over for dinner and she shows up covered in dirt, Claude chastises her in front of their guests. Scolded like his daughter, not his wife. The look of hurt in Marie's eyes is overwhelming. Yet again she runs to the comfort of Sergio. Claude makes amends to soothe her hysteria, but he knows their relationship has changed. She's not what he thought she was. She may look like a doll but she acts like a woman. A psychologically damaged woman, but a woman. If that's what he wanted in a wife he wouldn't have chosen someone docile and child-like.<br />
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Claude goes away again and we witness one of the most disturbing scenes in the movie. He meets a little girl, no older than 8, offers her a doll in a exchange to play a "game". Ugh. I wasn't expecting his character to be taken that far, but he was. Any scrap of hope for Claude is gone forever. Creep City, population: CLAUDE.<br />
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Cut to an undisclosed time in the near future. A teenage girl, dressed much more modern that we ever saw Marie, wanders into a different doll shop. She asks the owner about the bizarre life-like doll in the window. He says it's not for sale and that an old woman brought it to him saying it was her granddaughter, and that she "died from it". The girl asks "she died from being a doll?", the owner replies something to the effect of "I suppose, it didn't make much sense to me at the time". Then he asks if she'd like to take a look at any others, and she says "No thanks, I hate dolls". A poetic rebuttal to the real unasked question. The doll in the window appears to have a photograph of Marie super-imposed over it's face. Marie died from being a doll and is now forced to spend the afterlife in a frilly catatonic hell, or it least that's how it seems to me....<br />
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Claude has obviously moved on to much younger girls, realizing teenagers run the risk of challenging him with their own sexual identity when he simply wants to impose his on a doll-like form. A much more complex horror story than <b>'Don't Deliver Us From Evil'</b> which makes it's intentions clear from the get-go. Sexual maturity, and all of the messiness that comes with it are at the core. I can't help but be reminded of <b>'Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles'</b>. The prolonged sexual repression, the boredom of day to day life, the difficulty in maintaining an image, and finally a catastrophic sexual finale. The two characters are different sides of the same coin. Women who never found their voice, a lack of self-realization and individuality. Jeanne Dielman lost hers in a loveless marriage and became a slave to routine. Marie never even found hers with the death of her parents. Both defined by loss. Marie stagnated through adolescence taking comfort only what reminds her of youth. A caress from a father figure, a bath with a mother figure - but her desires are out of her control. Frightened and upset, as her virginity is ripped away from her she becomes violent. The one thing that connected her with childhood and to her dead parents is gone forever.<br />
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My initial viewing left me feeling disconnected with the choice to kill Marie. My second viewing offered a bit of perspective. This isn't the story of overcoming a great hurdle. It's a tragedy about faded innocence and the dangers old holding on to it too tightly. The distorted view of virginity as this untouchable prize. There are elements of girlhood that when applied certain ways are perceived as "sexy". Marie-Poupee shatters this image with it's coldness and delirious yearning for something intangible. The necessity to escape girlhood and become a sexual being. The two are not exclusive, a transformation must occur. Not for the sake of intimate counterparts but for personal growth and the ability to become a functional human being.<br />
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I didn't intend on allowing a six month period to lapse without updating, yet here we are. Work has been all-consuming, which is positive, but as always I want to make more time for Atomic Caravan. It's still as important to me as it ever has been, and I'll try to be more diligent in my effort to diversify my time, but as always, I can't make any promises ;-)<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-28370765145767720412015-03-18T10:17:00.000-07:002015-03-18T10:49:15.329-07:00Alice in Wonderland (1970)Few stories have been told as many times with as many variations as Alice in Wonderland. Seeking out the film versions was more relevant to me in my post-adolescence. In the early part of my womanhood movies like Svankmajer's <b>Alice</b> and <b>Valerie and Her Week of Wonders</b> helped me find definition. Not only were they taste defining but in many ways character defining. I know I'm not the only person to take something away from any given translation of the tale.<br />
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It would seem that at some point in my movie-watching career I reached an unconscious decision not to actively seek out this once a desirable fairy tale. This may have had something to do with the Tim Burton film or it may have already been in the works, whatever the case may have been somewhere along the line without knowing I lost interest and felt another film version would likely not offer me anything new. My attention went to new and interesting fairy tales from other parts of the world.<br />
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A few years ago I came across <b>Ubu Roi</b>, a bizarre French made for TV version of Alfred Jarry's play. The sardonic political satire was oozing with style and became one of the most visually interesting films I saw that year. Click <a href="http://atomiccaravan.blogspot.com/2013/05/ubu-roi-1965.html">here</a> for that review. While Jarry provided the source material, director Jean-Christophe Averty made it his own. His was a style that reminded me of all the things I love. Elements of films I've obsessed over since I started obsessing over films. Something I'm always hoping to find, but rarely do. I stumbled upon this version of <b>Alice in Wonderland</b> while researching experimental French films. I possibly wouldn't have stopped to consider it if I hadn't immediately noticed Averty's name attached. I immediately knew it was going to be something special.<br />
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There are no subtitles so it's good that I'm already quite familiar with the story. It doesn't appear to stray and in fact at 2 hours long, it seemed to devote itself pretty sincerely to the book. I was very pleased to see a similar paper cut-up style that was present in <b>Ubu Roi</b>, but starkly contrasted to the monochromatic black and white. Alice is pulsating with a psychedelic handmade looking technicolor. A mixture of live action, animation and puppetry, it's a rainbow colored pinwheel that's spinning out of control. The quality wasn't spectacular, a third or fourth generation vhs rendering of what was already a made for TV film. Strangely, this added an expressionistic effect that's perfectly fitting. With such a strange no-holds-barred color palette and the film being slightly out of focus it seemed even more like an abstract art project. You get a strong sense of how Nightmarish Wonderland is through Jean-Christophe Averty's kaleidoscopic lens. Made the same year he did <b>'Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali'</b>, I sense that his inspiration was pure and with budding technology he didn't appear to be fine tuning his method but let go a bit and express himself liberally. There's a lack of restraint that's thoroughly exciting if you're an aesthetic junkie such as myself. And really, with a story we all know so well extreme creative liberties are necessary to make it less redundant.<br />
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It's so refreshing to see films that not only still excite and inspire me but are able to help me reconnect with girlhood and re-examine the films that brought me to the place I am today. Averty's Wonderland might not be the greatest version out there but it's not to be dismissed. Like a bizarre puppet show saturated in a motley prism, there's something not quite right about it, but the end result is something that feels textured and adventurous. There may have never been a more Atomic Caravan-looking film as this. You can bet this won't be the last you read about Jean-Christphe Averty on this blog.<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-16721127927420775032015-02-01T18:03:00.000-08:002015-02-01T18:05:04.844-08:00Tampon Tango (1984): Atomic Caravan's First Porno!January turned out to be a pretty chaotic month for me. I was hoping to have at least one review posted before the end of the month but wasn't able to get it together quite in time. I watched stuff but not the way I wanted; a mainstream movie here, a classic there, very little of the stuff that keeps me so invested. The few I did squeeze in were phenomenal. I kicked off the month with Sogo Ishii's <b>August in the Water</b> which has set the tone for the kind of movie year I want 2015 to be. It was dreamy and ethereal - kind of new age-y. It's catapulted a newly revived obsession with Sogo Ishii. I saw <b>Electric Dragon 80KV</b> and <b>Burst City</b> years ago when I was going through an obligatory Japanese Cyber Punk phase. In more recent years I saw <b>Crazy Thunder Road</b> which I enjoyed equally. His films of that ilk are totally genius but such a far reach from <b>August in the Water</b> I could hardly believe it was the same guy. I sought out <b>Mirrored Mind</b> which is a life altering experience that I highly recommend. I don't really want to talk about it yet though. I have a hard time committing to movies that effect me so strongly. Movies that become apart of me need at least two, but more like three or four viewings before I can attempt to piece together what they mean to me. So perhaps that's something I'll come back to in a few years. Where I'm going with this is that my interest has once again turned to Japan and a slightly different kind of Japan than my <i>cinemagnatism</i> would normally be drawn. What I crave at present is more meditative than abrasive, it's an unusual direction for me and I'm totally digging it. I've since fallen into various research comas that have lead me to lots of different stuff. Not much that's as notable as the two Sogo Ishii films. Lots of interesting shot on video pieces, digital works and video art. I came across this one and for whatever reason it piqued my interest, and because I've never reviewed a porno before I decided to break the silence with something out of character for me.<br />
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<b>Tampon Tango</b> drew my attention because it seemed like it wasn't sure what it wanted to be. It appears to be very film-like but then of course there is real sex. Coming from Japan it could very well be a substantial cult film and also features weeners and vaginas uniting. It immediately breaks the fourth wall by joyously announcing that it's a porno and panning out to see very harmless-looking public sex. Very non-invasive and innocent. Almost fake looking. I immediately thought <i>"well if that's as bad as it gets, this will be a breeze"</i>. As the film progresses the only information that's really given is that they will be inserting tampons because "<i>it's never been done before</i>". Then there's THAT scene and it's as expected. Totally un-porn-like, almost instructional. While one girl is inserting a tampon at a lake she's struck by a meteorite.<br />
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They reach their destination, a house where they'll be filming. Everyone has sex to "practice". This is when it actually starts to resemble porn. Poorly lit shot-on-video mounds of pubic hair 80's porn. The thing about porn and sex in general really is that it's really boring and I don't want to watch it. It serves a purpose, but like sitting there watching porn with the intent to review is kind of a chore, one that garners a bit of weird self-reflection that I don't necessarily recommend. I admit to you now that I fast forwarded through most of the sex scenes unless there was dialog. <b>Tampon Tango</b> in particular was especially un-sexy. It wasn't gross in the sense that they were doing things incorrectly but it was wholly unflattering and I felt like I was observing some kind of science project. The moral of this story is, don't watch this for the reasons one might typically watch a porn. It will surely not work.<br />
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Thankfully it ends on a high note. A fantastically silly group sex scene with a giant tampon, confetti (or was it popcorn?) and men in cheerleader skirts twirling batons. Everyone seems really happy and it's probably the most uplifting and memorable final act of a porno ever. Is it worth enduring all 55 minutes? Eh, I'll let you decide.<br />
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Did it satiate the craving that those masterpieces I watched earlier this month created. No. But it was an interesting diversion.Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-4316831998912805982014-12-27T23:55:00.000-08:002014-12-28T00:00:58.756-08:00Holiday Horrible-Thon - 14 Movies in 3 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These past few years I've been taking my Christmas marathon more seriously. Where as I would have normally tried to catch <b>Jack Frost</b> or <b>Black Christmas</b>, in recent years it's been more of an event. Last year I didn't blog but still watched. It's becoming a more solid tradition to engage heavily in Holiday horror and seasonal schlocks. Not just a little but to excess. Work kept me extremely busy this month so I didn't even have a chance to sit down to a movie of any kind for two weeks leading up to Christmas. Because of general exhaustion and getting a late start, it was a very low key Holiday. I committed to taking it easy and getting into some festive atrocities. Here's everything I watched on my three day bender ranked from worst to "<i>best</i>".<br />
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I've seen a lot of shitty killer Santa movies in my day but none so uninspired as "<b>Yule Die</b>". Not surprisingly it takes cues from <b>Silent Night Deadly Night</b>, and every other Christmas horror movie of this ilk. On top of being completely unoriginal, the acting is beyond dreadful. Clearly civilians reading lines for their friend's movie. The zero budget would be forgivable if there was some kind of pay-off or charm but it truly leaves you feeling cold. On her Lettboxd review Hollie Horror said she couldn't immediately tell whether or not they filmed this with a cell phone. A sincere question all viewers might find themselves asking. I cannot say enough bad things about it. It's the kind of terrible movie that makes you feel angry for having endured it. The kind that sets the bar so low for every other movie, nothing so horrendous could even sink to it's level.<br />
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<b>13. Two Front Teeth (2006)</b><br />
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What can I say? It isn't good. But it's NOT <b>Yule Die</b>. The acting is bad but at least they're trying. They're trying REALLY hard. The overacting from the leading lady often had me cringing. The story was all over the place and actually quite ambitious. Killer elves, killer tooth fairy, killer nuns, killer rogue easter bunny. Lots of killer-things. The use of color was nice. The biggest problem was the forced dialogue. It tries to be too quipy and on-the-nose like say, <b>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</b>. It doesn't succeed. Again, I didn't particular like it but after <b>Yule Die</b>, every film has a silver lining.<br />
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<b>12. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)</b><br />
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I've been on a Brady kick lately. It happens every once in a while. I've been watching part of an episode before going to sleep. It's such ignorable popcorn, almost white noise. I've seen this before but it had been years. I hardly remembered a thing. Seemed like as good of a time as any to revisit it. It's possibly more square than the original series. Something about the Brady's in the eighties just doesn't feel kosher. All that teased hair and white furniture. It's odd. I'm still weirdly comforted by all of these characters. I know what to expect. They're all just a bunch of dependable old squares.<br />
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<b>11. the Monster's Christmas (1981)</b><br />
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I was honestly surprised I didn't enjoy this more. Based on pictures I'd seen it looked like some kind of John Waters/Richard Elfman offspring. The creatures are neat and the witch's wardrobe kind of rules. Despite all of these things working in it's favor, it's utterly un-fun. Something like this should be brimming with quirky quirks. It's not. It falls extremely flat. The story meanders and completely failed to capture me. Oh well...<br />
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<b>10. Santa Claws (1996)</b><br />
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I honestly expected this to be much worse. Again, and I'm seeing a trend here, it isn't good. But I found it tolerable. Debbie Rochon helped A LOT. I like her, she always brings something to the otherwise not-outstanding movies she appears in. She's smart, and it shows. I met her once, she was very sweet and classy. Written and Directed by <b>Night of the Living Dead</b> alumni John A. Russo. This movie has a horrible reputation for being in the gallows of shit Christmas horror, and aptly so. But hear this, any misgivings toward <b>Santa Claws</b> were formed many years before <b>Yule Die</b> was made and is therefore void of all meaning.<br />
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<b>9. Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Present (2005)</b><br />
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The one I thought would be the shining star of killer Santa movies this year. Also, my first experience with <b>Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater</b>. I've read mixed but mostly unfavorable things about the whole series so I had certain reservations. This particular Christmas entry however, I was convinced would be great. Japanese Christmas movies are rare I figured by simply being NOT-Western, it would be interesting. It more or less followed the same cues as American killer Santa movies, leaving very little to celebrate. Mostly cheap, a little slow in spots (despite only being 50 minutes), and slightly confusing - it's never really made clear why the characters are seeing different killers. But still relatively engaging, at least enough to watch without resentment. I won't praise it from the rooftops but I won't send it to the clink with <b>Yule Die</b>.<br />
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This one surprised me! It was recommended to me for enjoying <b>Rare Exports</b>. I knew of course, that nothing could or will ever top <b>Rare Exports</b>. It's totally wonderful and unique, but as you can see, I'm running out of options here! All suggestions must be explored. I had pretty much decided in all of my Scroogey Curmudgeon-ness that <b>Saint</b> would Suck. It didn't. It was far from Christmas perfection but I found it quite enjoyable and with a flavor I'm totally not used to. While it's nothing like <b>Rare Exports</b>, I've realized that my enjoyment of these films is rooted in the idea that Santa being an actual monster or killer is much more interesting than a guy in a Santa suit killing people. Especially when it's the European folklore style Saint Nick/Krampus/Belsnickel. Which I don't think has been explored enough despite being infinitely more interesting. Anyway, this movie is very flawed but the foundation is great. It has some amazing moments and a few that even made me jump.<br />
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So, what the's deal with everyone hating this movie? Not just this one but the last three <b>Silent Night Deadly Nights</b> - I'll get to the 5th in a few paragraphs. I LOVED the 3rd. I thought it was totally idiosyncratic and dreamlike. I could maybe understand why these sequels would be reviled if the first, and second were stellar cinematic achievements but they're all essentially b-movies. The bar was not set by a'one of these films. That being said, this one which is probably the biggest misfit is about a coven of witches and is barely even a Christmas movie. I still say it has a lot working in it's favor. First, Brian Yuzna in the director's chair. Not his finest moment but not so far gone from what we love him for. The practical effects by Screaming Mad George aren't just addequate they are AMAZING. Totally disgusting and on par with <b>Society</b>. And lastly, CLINT HOWARD AND REGGIE BANISTER. I'm upset that this movie has been painted as some kind of wart on the <b>Silent Night</b> franchise. Sure, the script is weak and Neith Hunter's acting range isn't dazzling - but it's weaknesses are counteracted by all of the aforementioned strengths. You know what else? It's not <b>Yule Die</b>.<br />
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In the Philippines it's tradition to watch this (or it's brethren) on Christmas day. This has nothing to do with a content. The Metro Manila Film Festival starts on December 25th every year and with a whopping 14 sequels, this popular campy horror anthology series usually makes the bill. I've been told by word of mouth that it is somewhat synonymous with Christmas for this reason despite having no thematic ties to the Holiday (until the 9th sequel). I've been trying to spice up my Holiday marquee by digging a little deeper and exploring seasonal cinema outside of all these shitty Santas. This seemed like a good opportunity to learn about another culture's customs while conveniently experiencing the most popular pinoy horror film ever made.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Seriously dorky straight-to-video tape of organ player Dennis Awe. It's more of a special than a movie but with his sequined jacket, interactive rainbow puppets and ultra-kitsch personality there's really no reason to ever go a Christmas without popping this on. I'm adding it to my Things-to-show-at-Christmas-Parties list. The highest honor of shitty Christmas-dom!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know I already vented a little bit about how I've been </span>dissuaded<span style="font-family: inherit;"> from seeing these last few SNDN films, so forgive me as I go on. THIS one was shockingly entertaining. While admitedly part 4 was more balanced between good and bad, I felt completely and utterly won over by </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">the Toy Maker</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. For starters, it's about Mickey Rooney making toys that kill children. Jesus Christ, people. What more could you ask for? Let's go a step further and add that again we have Screaming Mad George, Clint Howard and Brian Yuzna (producing, but still present). The entire movie had me endlessly delighted but the finale with Pino was almost more than I could bear. I've become instantly obsessed with this character and story arc. Brian Bremer's portrayal of this sexually twisted </span>Pinocchio<span style="font-family: inherit;"> usurps the seminal </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Pin</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in his brief, maybe 15 minutes total of screen time. I can't even remember the film's flaws because I'm so </span>enamored<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with him. Do I dare say it? Yes, this is my favorite <b>Silent Night Deadly Night</b>. But you know what? The whole series rules. Watch <b>Yule Die</b>, then any one of these and tell me otherwise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Polonia brothers </span>entered<span style="font-family: inherit;"> my life this year. I saw <b>Splatter Farm</b> for the first time in October. In fact, I had planned a big review, I watched it TWICE, once with commentary and even took screenshots but wasn't able to find the time to write the lengthy review I had planned before falling into a work-spiral. So let's just say for now, the official Atomic Caravan <b>Splatter Farm</b> review is TBA. I will say that it was pretty much love at first sight with these guys. I adore their approach, sense of humor and style. I knew that for the Holidays I absolutly had to make the <b>Feeders</b> films a priority. I watched them back to back, thinking that the first was also holiday themed I spotted a "Seasons Greetings" sign in one scene but that wasn't really enough. It was good. Not as good as <b>Splatter Farm</b> but fun for sure. Part 2 on the other hand, was exactly what the doctor ordered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That about wraps it up for this year. I'm ready to squeeze in a few more good movies before committing to my Top 50 of 2014. I normally do 25 but I watched A LOT this year. Over 500 movies if you include shorts. I promise to at least link my list if I can't muster up the energy for a formal 50 review post, which is will likely be the case. See ya next year my little reindeer farts!</span></div>
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<b>Heungbu and Nolbu </b>is a Korean folk tale about two adult brothers who are left an inheritance from their father. The older bother, Nolbu, is greedy and hateful so he kicks his brother Heungbu and his family out of the estate so he can have all the money and property to himself.<br />
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Nolbu and his wife are visited by a variety of spooky ghouls.<br />
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Including these absolutely amazing and terrifying Japanese-esque Onryo style female ghosts that look like a cyclops Sadako and green-faced Kayako Saeki. This is not the kind of imagery I'm used to from puppet films in the 60's. I could go on about the story, but why? I was really just leading up to this. These images say it all.<br />
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I've found very little information about this South Korean gem. There's a live action version from 1959 that seems to be easily confused with this one on the few sites I've unearthed. It has tinges of Jiri Barta's work and elements of the more recent <b>Blood Tea and Red String</b> by Christiane Cegavske. Despite the shades of horror, it's a bit too traditional to be akin to someone like Jan Svankmajer, though I struggle not to mention that fans of his might get some enjoyment out of this. It's a bit slow to start but once the magical elements take shape, it unfolds into a highly entertaining example of Eastern Kiddie Matinee cinema. I watched it without subtitles, but having a basic knowledge of the folk tale, it wasn't hard to follow along. If you're interested in seeing this one, I could only find it streaming on viewster...<br />
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<a href="http://www.viewster.com/movie/1061-10260-000/heungbu-and-nolbu/">Heungbu and Nolbu</a><br />
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This isn't much of a review. I'm not sure how to be critical of a flick like this. This post serves more to spread the words because as far as I know this has no Western audience what-so-ever. On that note, I'll leave you with all the weird-y cute animals from the film...<br />
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<br />Scumbalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153992944006620974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942353096858461936.post-28592709370099255682014-12-01T16:17:00.000-08:002014-12-01T16:33:05.287-08:00Das Triadisches Ballett (1970)I always felt that ballet was the art of pushing the human body to move naturally in unnatural ways. <b>Das Triadisches</b> does the opposite, these dancers are stiff and inorganic. They glide around like little wind-up toys. Putting you under hypnosis in a minimalist waltz. Developed by Bauhaus mastermind Oskar Schlemmer, who has painting, sculpting, choreography and all areas of design to his credit. He was hired as the Master of Form at the Bauhaus Theater Workshop in 1922. He choreographed many ballets in his duration, <b>Das Triadisches</b> being the most famous.<br />
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Translating to "<i>the Triadic Ballet</i>", it unfolds in three parts which can be distinguished by colors and high evocative costumes. Almost unreal geometric figures that's mobility feels rooted in some kind of dark magic. In 1970 is was made into a 29 minute color film directed by Marianne Hasting, Franz Schombs and Georg Verden with a contemporary score by Erich Ferstl.<br />
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Part one features a sunshine yellow background with robot-like figures and a faceless ballerina. Emoting a clinical and space-age vibe.<br />
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Part two features a very bubblegum inspired pink background and more humanoids...<br />
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My favorite dance, still part of the second act...<br />
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She's like a confectionary work of folk art. Gumdrop skirt and headdress. The music in the sequence is absolutly perfect. I imagine little children in the Bavarian Forest would play with these toys on Christmas day, or something terribly charming like that.<br />
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Part three, all in black, possible the most dramatic, expressive and frightening of the three....<br />
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This amazing get-up reminds me of a snail, or something aquatic. Maybe she's Venus? There's something mysterious and goddess-like about her.<br />
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Then we have possibly the most dangerous looking costume. I say this because no one will convince me that her tutu and head piece is not made out of razor wire. In my perception, this black cloaked world is like a very dangerous game of chess and she is the queen. She WILL fuck you up, like a wasp, she was programmed by aliens to destroy us all. God help us.<br />
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The segment ends with this animated figure, which I haven't decided if he represents failure. The inevitable captivity of the player, or if he represents the player himself. You've failed so now you're apart of the world, stuck in a motionless statue.<br />
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Of course nothing I've said is true. It's just how watching this makes me feel, which I love. It's one of my favorite things I've seen all year. It experiments with time and movement. I'm convinced that I've fallen into this world of giant dancing toys, like some kind of Bauhausian Wonderland. Filled with both enchanting beings and ghastly villains.<br />
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On the left, Schlemmer's costume from the early 20's, on the right Bowie wearing a strikingly similar costume by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kansai Yamamoto.</span></span><br />
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And lastly I'm convinced that it influenced Barry Levinson's <b>Toys</b>, particularly Joan Cusack's character...<br />
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I promise to review this movie some day. I have plenty to say about it and I want to take no less than 200 screen grabs.</blockquote>
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These all have flutters of beauty that are rooted in the Bauhaus movement and at the center is Oskar Schlemmer and his contributions. I couldn't recommend this short film more. So if you please, pour yourself a beverage and take a half hour break from your day to enjoy this quizzical objet d'art.<br />
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