Tag Archives: Surreal

World on a Wire (1973)

Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed World on a Wire as a two-part, four-hour science fiction program for German television in 1973. The subject matter was not typical Fassbinder: based upon the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye (also the basis … Continue reading →

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Viva La Muerte (1971)

Posted on November 18, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Viva La Muerte belongs on the shelf between Buñuel’s Viridiana and Pasolini’s Saló, but it is by far the angriest film I have ever seen. Shot during Franco’s regime, there is no way it could have been filmed in Spain … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Vampire (1972)

Posted on November 9, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

This, Jean Rollin’s fourth vampire film, would be his last for a while – he would try something artsier next, before getting sidelined into the sexploitation market. You can begin to see that grindhouse pull with Requiem for a Vampire … Continue reading →

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