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Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
Barbarella (1968)
My first viewing of Barbarella (1968) was held to commemorate the purchase of a lava lamp, which, in retrospect, was ideal, because the film seems to exist inside of one. Roger Vadim’s science fiction spectacle is at its grooviest when … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, angel, cheesecake, Comedy, Fantasy, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Psychedelic, Roger Vadim, Science Fiction, sexploitation, Surreal
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Phase IV (1974)
For a long while, Phase IV (1974) was, to me, that VHS box with the ant crawling out of a bloody hole in someone’s palm. It was a misguided DalĂ reference, exploitation-style; and at the time it scared me away … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, horror, Killer Ants, Post Apocalyptic, Psychedelic, Saul Bass, Science Fiction, Surreal
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Trilogy of Life: The Decameron (1971)/The Canterbury Tales (1972)/Arabian Nights (1974)
For me, these films were a gateway. I was living in Seattle, going to grad school, renting movies compulsively (it helped that I lived down the street from one of the best video stores in the country, Scarecrow Video). I … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Arabian Nights, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Pasolini, The Devil
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