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 . . .
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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Insert shrieking here.
Thanking 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.
You have NO idea how many times the Mythical Monkey has heard that . . . .
PS
My 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 ...
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 . . .
Hate to word it so strongly, but -- yuck.
'Unnecessarily gratuitous"???
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