tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post8054242864955719435..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: The Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards (1956)Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48076554306035774822012-02-05T00:06:40.560-05:002012-02-05T00:06:40.560-05:00Body Snatchers! I was but an innocent young lad, n...Body Snatchers! I was but an innocent young lad, not yet strapping, when i watched that sucker on my parent's late-night TV, sitting cross-legged on the floor, inches from the screen, with the sound turned low so they wouldn't know i was still up. Scared me just about to death. It was as John Kerry later said of the Cambodian Christmas he actually never experienced, seared, SEARED, in my memory such that, when the guy runs into traffic early in the late 70s remake screaming "they're here, they're here," I instantly grokked to the homage to the 1956 version and felt wise beyond my 20 years ... what a great film concept ... amazing that it began as a magazine series by our man Jack Finney ... I did not know that.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48322753592928529592012-02-03T09:18:03.614-05:002012-02-03T09:18:03.614-05:00if you watch closely you'll see she has real b...<i>if you watch closely you'll see she has real bruises on her arm from Karl Malden's man-handling, now that's some method acting right there....</i><br /><br />It actually is a well-done movie, as much about how money was the key to crashing barriers in the New South as it was about sexual frustration, and well-acted by Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. A revelation.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-88861896654484309662012-02-03T09:15:08.166-05:002012-02-03T09:15:08.166-05:00btw, I think that Ms. Baker is wearing too much dr...<i>btw, I think that Ms. Baker is wearing too much dress. . . .</i><br /><br />I hope they have glue for that sort of thing ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-87060771004936063642012-02-03T08:51:00.714-05:002012-02-03T08:51:00.714-05:00Baby Doll is a great movie, if you watch closely y...Baby Doll is a great movie, if you watch closely you'll see she has real bruises on her arm from Karl Malden's man-handling, now that's some method acting right there....Sissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492565066941440526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-37884778596127505792012-02-03T08:33:42.685-05:002012-02-03T08:33:42.685-05:00et cetera, et cetera, et cetera !
btw, I think t...<i>et cetera, et cetera, et cetera !</i><br /><br /><br />btw, I think that Ms. Baker is wearing too <b>much</b> dress. . . .<br /><br /><br />word verification? readbanmister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com