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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (Frank De Filetta, 1981, TV-USA)
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Sunday, October 26, 2014. DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (Frank De Filetta, 1981, TV-USA). Four men seek Justice outside the Rule of Law but soon learn they must pay restitution with their own flesh, blood and bone. Director Frank De Filetta proposes a simple tale of lex talionis but imbues this made-for-TV with a vicious energy and subtext while framing compositions as if this was meant for the big screen. Is it Bubba’s elderly mother? Is it the little girl?
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: Q (Larry Cohen, 1982, USA)
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Monday, October 6, 2014. Q (Larry Cohen, 1982, USA). Cohen tries to jump-start the final act with a machine-gun battle from the top of the Chrysler building (alluding to the grand finale of KING KONG. But the SPFX aren’t up to the task. The final shot of an undiscovered nest with egg in another part of town is the final payoff and as it cracks open the camera zooms into its inky blackness. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Oh great...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: THE BORDERLANDS (Elliot Goldner, 2013, UK)
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Saturday, August 9, 2014. THE BORDERLANDS (Elliot Goldner, 2013, UK). When a Father Calvino is called in to exorcise the church in the final act, the truth is finally summoned. Finally, they are crawling through rubble until the walls become a strange gluttonous mass and the tunnel closes behind them. They have crawled into the bowels of the Beast! Final Grade: (C ). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Oh great brothers of the night ...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: September 2014
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Monday, September 15, 2014. THE SACRAMENT (Ti West, 2013, USA). 1 A rite believed to be a means of or visible form of grace, especially. The film begins with talking heads on the VICE Channel, a peripheral news network seemingly more concerned with entertainment than actual facts and supporting evidence, who are. Though it’s not hard to guess what happens (as we all know the Jonestown Massacre, right? Soon an interview with Father before the whole congregatio...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: November 2014
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Saturday, November 8, 2014. WILLOW CREEK (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2014, USA). Yes, one can believe it was entirely locals fucking with them but they went through an awful lot of trouble especially being naked in thorny underbrush. Here’s the joke: Bigfoot kills the males but keeps the women for sexual partners! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). To state things plainly is the function of journalism; Alex instead writes fugitive reviews, allusive, symb...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: GENOCIDE (Kazui Nihonmatsu, 1968, Japan)
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Friday, September 12, 2014. GENOCIDE (Kazui Nihonmatsu, 1968, Japan). Aka: WAR OF THE INSECTS. 8220;The insects are singing about destroying humanity.”. Spawned the Kaiju genre which is literally translated as “Giant Beast” and the monsters quickly grew taller, nastier, campier and rubberier. Director Kazui Nihonmatsu shrinks the genre to the size of the insect world to complete the destruction of the human race. Now the story gets weird. Let us think about t...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: SHIVERS (David Cronenberg, 1975, Canada)
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Thursday, October 30, 2014. SHIVERS (David Cronenberg, 1975, Canada). SHIVERS or THE 120 HOURS OF SODOM. A nasty parasite infects the residents of an upscale apartment complex and spreads its carnal disease by physical contact. David Cronenberg’s first feature film is a modernist rendering of Pasolini’s SALO. As human beings are defiled and degraded, reduced to nothing less than insect-like impulses. Cronenberg is strongly influenced by SALO. View my complete...
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: November 2013
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Saturday, November 30, 2013. THE STEPFORD WIVES (Bryan Forbes, 1975, USA). Stepford Connecticut is a Disneyesque nirvana for the patriarchal hierarchy, the template for male entitlement which allows abusive relationships to prosper: a prescient and dire warning concerning domestic violence awareness. The film is a satire about male entitlement, ultimate power and control, representing the social enslavement of the burgeoning feminist movement. Final Cut: (B ).
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THIS DARK EXEGESIS: April 2014
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We all go a little mad sometimes.haven't you? Friday, April 25, 2014. GOD TOLD ME TO (Larry Cohen, 1976, USA). 8220;Reveal the dragon thro’ the human; coursing swift as fire, To the close hall of counsel, where his Angel form renews.”. America A Prophecy by William Blake. Final Cut: (C ). Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. THE CAR (Elliot Silverstein, 1977, USA). SIMON OF THE DESERT (Luis Buñuel, 1965, Mexico). Now this is film noir! The opening sequence shows a man...
