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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 245294" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Friday (18 August).</p><p></p><p>Solaris, 9pm, film4.</p><p></p><p>Utterly dire remake, so make sure you miss it! On the other hand, should they ever show the brilliant original ........</p><p></p><p>Being John Malkovich, film4, 10.50pm.</p><p></p><p>Shown quite a bit, recently, but still worth viewing (if you haven't yet seen it, don't miss!).</p><p></p><p>Unemployed Cussak is quite happy giving (strangely realistic!) puppet shows on street corners, but his wife nags him (Cameron Diaz, in non-blonde mode), so he gets a filing clerk job in building with an absurd "half-floor" (ceilings half height, so everyone stoops!). There's also a portal into john Malkovich, anyone can be him for 15 mins (everyone should be famous for 15 mins, said Andy Warhol!). Soon they're selling tickets, and there's a queue round the block ........ played entirely straight (that's why it's hilarious).</p><p></p><p>There's much more here, than at first meets the eye! The puppet show that begins the film is the famous story of Abelard and Heloise. Medeival phiosopher Abelard wrote about "universals"; are human beings entirely individual and separate, or do we all "participate in" just one pre-existing human nature? (shades of Plato). The existance of a portal would suggest the latter .......</p><p>(in fact, the Abelard/Heloise love affair is the basis for this film, which most critics seem to have entirely missed!).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich</a> .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics/views/view13.htm" target="_blank">http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics/views/view13.htm</a> (they called their child "astrolabe", a bit like now naming your baby "packet switcher"!).</p><p></p><p>( <a href="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/abelard-histcal.html" target="_blank">http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/abelard-histcal.html</a> ).</p><p></p><p>Dracula, Prince of Darkness, ITV4, 11.05pm.</p><p></p><p>Hammer's 1st Dracula film was made 1958, the poor Count had to wait 8 years before being ressurrected (Dr Who had just undergone his regeneration, perhaps that inspired Hammer?).</p><p></p><p>4 Brits are on holiday in Transylvannia (cheap destination), stop at a pub, and are warned "don't go near the castle, especially after dark!". But, after the taxi driver dumps them in the woods ("I don't go there, mate"), guess where they end up? Well, it's late - getting dark - but there's food on the table and made up beds. "Looks like we were expected", says one. Yes, indeedy! Dracula is back on the road, and will need lots of fresh blood (older model vampires don't do as many miles per gallon) ...... Enormous fun!</p><p></p><p>Peter cushing wasn't in this, as Van Helsing, instead it's Andrew Kier (Quatermass), there's also Francis Matthews (Captain Scarlet).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula:_Prince_of_Darkness" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula:_Prince_of_Darkness</a> .</p><p></p><p>Saturday (August 19th).</p><p></p><p>Doc Savage, Man of Bronze. Ch5, 3.15pm.</p><p></p><p>This film limps a bit, it could have been better made. On the other hand, there just aren't that many musical superhero spoofs!</p><p></p><p>When the film opens, we see the Doc at his "amazing polar base". He gets summoned, turns out his father has vanished (kidnapped). The hunt begins, the Doc accompanied by his (very strange!) companions ......</p><p></p><p>Watchable, but the best thing about this film is the music, Sousa's marches re-arranged a bit ...... you'll probably find you're tapping your feet!</p><p></p><p>Ron Ely was a tv Tarzan, then did this. He radiates "blonde coolness", is never hassled or frantic. On the other hand, when he gets worried, watch his adam's apple (nice trick!) ....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage_%28film%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage_(film)</a> .</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousaphone" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousaphone</a> (nice pic!).</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa</a> .</p><p></p><p>The Burbs, ITV1 (London), 3.25pm.</p><p></p><p>A nosey neighbours movie. USA middle class suberbia, nice lifestyles, everyone happy and content (if maybe sometimes a bit cranky!). Then, new neighbours move in. Might they be just a little bit strange? Cue much curtain twitching, peeking through windows, breaking and entering, etc.</p><p></p><p>Works as straightforward comedy, probably intended as allegory (about living with people "not like us", whether different ethnically, disabled, etc .....).</p><p></p><p>Any film with Tom Hanks in is at least watchable! Then there's Bruce Dern, as usual being paranoid, and Carrie Fisher (princess leila) ....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burbs" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burbs</a> .</p><p><a href="http://www.burbsmovie.com/" target="_blank">http://www.burbsmovie.com/</a> .</p><p></p><p>Re-animator. Film4, 11pm.</p><p></p><p>A - very grisly - version of an HP Lovecraft story, made for mainly comic effect.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I find most of Lovecraft unreadable, an exception being the brilliant: At the Mountains of Madness.</p><p><a href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/mountainsofmaddness.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/mountainsofmaddness.htm</a> .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator</a> . </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_P_Lovecraft" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_P_Lovecraft</a> .</p><p></p><p>Frenzy, 00.40am (Sun morning), Film4.</p><p></p><p>Not the very best Hitchcock, but even "2nd rate Hitchcock" is better than most other things!</p><p></p><p>Not seen for a while on free to air Brit tv. Stars Anna Massey (one foot in the grave).</p><p></p><p>The backdrop shot - looking towards the ship - is quite obviously fake! At one point, it was trendy to think about Hitchcock's famously bad backdrops as an "alienating device" - something obviously artificial, hence deliberate - but now they're just thought of as "bad"!</p><p></p><p>Don't forget to watch out for the Great Man himself:</p><p><a href="http://www.videouniversity.com/hitchcok.htm" target="_blank">http://www.videouniversity.com/hitchcok.htm</a> .</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenzy" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenzy</a> .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 245294, member: 192438"] Friday (18 August). Solaris, 9pm, film4. Utterly dire remake, so make sure you miss it! On the other hand, should they ever show the brilliant original ........ Being John Malkovich, film4, 10.50pm. Shown quite a bit, recently, but still worth viewing (if you haven't yet seen it, don't miss!). Unemployed Cussak is quite happy giving (strangely realistic!) puppet shows on street corners, but his wife nags him (Cameron Diaz, in non-blonde mode), so he gets a filing clerk job in building with an absurd "half-floor" (ceilings half height, so everyone stoops!). There's also a portal into john Malkovich, anyone can be him for 15 mins (everyone should be famous for 15 mins, said Andy Warhol!). Soon they're selling tickets, and there's a queue round the block ........ played entirely straight (that's why it's hilarious). There's much more here, than at first meets the eye! The puppet show that begins the film is the famous story of Abelard and Heloise. Medeival phiosopher Abelard wrote about "universals"; are human beings entirely individual and separate, or do we all "participate in" just one pre-existing human nature? (shades of Plato). The existance of a portal would suggest the latter ....... (in fact, the Abelard/Heloise love affair is the basis for this film, which most critics seem to have entirely missed!). [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_John_Malkovich[/URL] . [URL]http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/anthropoetics/views/view13.htm[/URL] (they called their child "astrolabe", a bit like now naming your baby "packet switcher"!). ( [URL]http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/abelard-histcal.html[/URL] ). Dracula, Prince of Darkness, ITV4, 11.05pm. Hammer's 1st Dracula film was made 1958, the poor Count had to wait 8 years before being ressurrected (Dr Who had just undergone his regeneration, perhaps that inspired Hammer?). 4 Brits are on holiday in Transylvannia (cheap destination), stop at a pub, and are warned "don't go near the castle, especially after dark!". But, after the taxi driver dumps them in the woods ("I don't go there, mate"), guess where they end up? Well, it's late - getting dark - but there's food on the table and made up beds. "Looks like we were expected", says one. Yes, indeedy! Dracula is back on the road, and will need lots of fresh blood (older model vampires don't do as many miles per gallon) ...... Enormous fun! Peter cushing wasn't in this, as Van Helsing, instead it's Andrew Kier (Quatermass), there's also Francis Matthews (Captain Scarlet). [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula:_Prince_of_Darkness[/URL] . Saturday (August 19th). Doc Savage, Man of Bronze. Ch5, 3.15pm. This film limps a bit, it could have been better made. On the other hand, there just aren't that many musical superhero spoofs! When the film opens, we see the Doc at his "amazing polar base". He gets summoned, turns out his father has vanished (kidnapped). The hunt begins, the Doc accompanied by his (very strange!) companions ...... Watchable, but the best thing about this film is the music, Sousa's marches re-arranged a bit ...... you'll probably find you're tapping your feet! Ron Ely was a tv Tarzan, then did this. He radiates "blonde coolness", is never hassled or frantic. On the other hand, when he gets worried, watch his adam's apple (nice trick!) .... [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage_%28film%29[/URL] . [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousaphone[/URL] (nice pic!). [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa[/URL] . The Burbs, ITV1 (London), 3.25pm. A nosey neighbours movie. USA middle class suberbia, nice lifestyles, everyone happy and content (if maybe sometimes a bit cranky!). Then, new neighbours move in. Might they be just a little bit strange? Cue much curtain twitching, peeking through windows, breaking and entering, etc. Works as straightforward comedy, probably intended as allegory (about living with people "not like us", whether different ethnically, disabled, etc .....). Any film with Tom Hanks in is at least watchable! Then there's Bruce Dern, as usual being paranoid, and Carrie Fisher (princess leila) .... [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burbs[/URL] . [URL]http://www.burbsmovie.com/[/URL] . Re-animator. Film4, 11pm. A - very grisly - version of an HP Lovecraft story, made for mainly comic effect. Personally, I find most of Lovecraft unreadable, an exception being the brilliant: At the Mountains of Madness. [URL]http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/mountainsofmaddness.htm[/URL] . [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animator[/URL] . [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_P_Lovecraft[/URL] . Frenzy, 00.40am (Sun morning), Film4. Not the very best Hitchcock, but even "2nd rate Hitchcock" is better than most other things! Not seen for a while on free to air Brit tv. Stars Anna Massey (one foot in the grave). The backdrop shot - looking towards the ship - is quite obviously fake! At one point, it was trendy to think about Hitchcock's famously bad backdrops as an "alienating device" - something obviously artificial, hence deliberate - but now they're just thought of as "bad"! Don't forget to watch out for the Great Man himself: [URL]http://www.videouniversity.com/hitchcok.htm[/URL] . [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenzy[/URL] . [/QUOTE]
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