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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Cat People (1942)
In certain ways, the Hays Code was a boon. Beginning in 1934, all Hollywood films had to obtain content approval via the Motion Picture Production Code, but although it’s certainly eye-opening to watch many of those scandalous “Pre-Code” films, it … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 40's, horror, Jacques Tourneur, Killer Cat, Simone Simon, Val Lewton
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Solaris (1972)
“I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past.” -Stanislaw Lem, Solaris (1961) I don’t recall where it was, but when I first learned of the existence of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian, Science Fiction, space station, Stanislaw Lem, Surreal
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Gog (1954)
I first read about Gog (1954) as a child, in some library book about robots in science fiction, this film being significant because of its malevolent machines, Gog and Magog, which are apparently named after some apocalyptic prophecy from Ezekiel. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D, 50's, Ivan Tors, Killer Computer, radiation, Robot, Science Fiction
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