Also… a reminder that the film benefited from Roger Corman’s trailblazing in the Philippines, making low budget exploitation films from there, AND from the cooperation of the Marcos regime (which gets a mention…
I highly recommend this documentary about Corman’s production there:
Also… I’ll argue till I’m dead that the best war film ever is Come and See…
Raccoon in a candy store in the Philadelphia airport.
ETA: Dang it, not embedding. Let’s try a post instead:
Also ETA this completely unrelated, but odd/interesting, collection of websites that look like desktops:
RaccOS is completely unrelated? Riiight…
That and “Graveyard of the Fireflies” are in a dead heat, as far as I’m concerned.
“Well, let’s see. We have several respondents from out-of-country, thanks to your publishing the RFP publicly and not just inviting responses from selected vendors. Those responses have been run through the functional translator.”
“The functional translator?” the Boss asks.
“The shredder,” the PFY says. “A machine which translates one form of rubbish to a different form of rubbish.”
not actually a new thing
Yes… although Barefoot Gen is also right up there…
The Best Years of Our Lives?
ETA spelling
BRB, just checking IMDB…
Oooh, that does look promising, thanks!
You know, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that… But I guess post-war films are a slightly different genre than active war films? I guess that The Deer Hunter is supposed to be pretty solid on that front… or Born on the 4th of July (though I’m not a huge Oliver Stone fan)?
It’s a manga, too.
I’ve seen both, and while they’re both overblown in the usual Hollywood ways, there’s at least some good acting in the former. Christopher Walken is pretty spooky in it, and ultimately poignant.
Walken is such a great actor. I’ve never seen him in something where I didn’t enjoy seeing him work… even bad films. He’s sort of like Nic Cage that way…
I just witnessed my first motorized carryon bag this AM. It was hilarious! Sorry I didn’t film it but here is a product video:
If only they were street legal!
if only!
