I can recall seeing The Shadow of the Vampire with ms. lupner and miz chris.
my strong recollection is that ms. lupner thought the flick was really, really great ["the bees knees!"] until a suddenly vicious, unexpected [well, probably *very* expected, except that the filmmaker carefully lulled us, th' bastid] violent act about 3/4 o' the way through.
thence onward, she was full of hatred and anger
but in a kindhearted way, of course. as is her wont
You are correct, sir. To this day that seems to be barely all I can remember about the film . . . and I maintain that it was an unnecessarily gratuitous display. As I recall.
If it did in fact occur only 3/4 through the film, I must have shut down completely, as was thinking it was more at the very end . . .
In honor of faithful reader lupner who professes to shake with fright whenever she thinks of F.W. Murnau's classic vampire movie, Nosferatu ...
Insert shrieking here.
ReplyDeleteThanking God that I didn't happen to see this before getting myself to bed last night. Shudder.
That's not to say I don't appreciate the thought . . .
Thanking God that I didn't happen to see this before getting myself to bed last night. Shudder.
ReplyDeleteYou have NO idea how many times the Mythical Monkey has heard that . . . .
PS
ReplyDeleteMy Word Verification code for that last entry was "SUBBLE" which my comment was decidedly not
Yeah, the only woman I'm allowed to give nightmares before retiring is Katie-Bar-The-Door ...
ReplyDeleteI can recall seeing The Shadow of the Vampire with ms. lupner and miz chris.
ReplyDeletemy strong recollection is that ms. lupner thought the flick was really, really great ["the bees knees!"] until a suddenly vicious, unexpected [well, probably *very* expected, except that the filmmaker carefully lulled us, th' bastid] violent act about 3/4 o' the way through.
thence onward, she was full of hatred and anger
but in a kindhearted way, of course. as is her wont
You are correct, sir. To this day that seems to be barely all I can remember about the film . . . and I maintain that it was an unnecessarily gratuitous display. As I recall.
ReplyDeleteIf it did in fact occur only 3/4 through the film, I must have shut down completely, as was thinking it was more at the very end . . .
Hate to word it so strongly, but -- yuck.
'Unnecessarily gratuitous"???
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