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In Reply to: RE: How about one out in left field? posted by wazoo on October 13, 2007 at 21:03:53
A personal fave. Directed by Douglas Trumbull (who also worked on 2001 IIRC).
A great, quirky little movie; essentially a solo turn for Bruce Dern, with fine (for the times) special effects and the literal forerunners to C3PO to boot.
It'd probably be a big hit if released today. Heck, they'd probably win a Nobel Peace Prize for it! :-)
all the best,
mrh
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HenryCogito Ergo Spud
Yes, they were re-monikered by Dern's character after he went on the lam.
TMI dep't: I usually get misty-eyed when I watch the last scene of the movie, with the droid watering the plants with the beat-up watering can and Joan Baez singing one of the Peter Schickele tunes that comprised the sparse soundtrack.
all the best,
mrh
I don't think it's anything to regret confessing. It even gets back to a topic germain to the AA - the use of music to manipulate our emotions. Sure the scene is touching, but pile Joan's singing on top of it and you really haven't a chance ;^ )
BTW I went to Amazon and ordered it - thanks!
"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬
HenryCogito Ergo Spud
That was a good one! I haven't seen it in years; it's bound to be on DVD by now - I'll go check in a minute (and order it if I find it, thank you very much). Anyway, it was a bit quirky and certainly low-budget, but that's part of its charm and the subtext of the story is fairly chilling.
I'd put it on a par with such films as 'The Andromeda Strain' or 'Soylent Green'.
"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬
I don't know why, but as soon as you mentioned "Soylent Green" I thought of "Zardoz"! No, it's not a great film, but worth seeing at least once because of it's cult film status.
Oh, and of course "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" and "American Astronaut"!!
Rod
Haven't thought of that picture in years... I think I killed the film premise when it just started when I leaned to a friend and said... Well I won't say, but let's say I guessed the obviousness of the film title.
For the remainder of the film I kinda watched with my mouth open trying to get my head wrapped around how truly bad this film really was.
At least the movie "Battle Beyond the Stars" was so goofy it was fun to watch (and a bargain at a $1 during a midnight screening!)
I have NO idea why that film popped into my head...
Good times, good times.
-DeeCee
ddd
I've never seen it, but I will soon enough. I had no idea 'Soylent Green' was available on DVD - ordered them together from Amazon for $13. Well, I'm actually building up an order - thanks to some replies to my original post!
"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬
We can't forget about 'A Boy and His Dog'.
"Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny" FZ ♬
It had a really good environmental message. Glad someone else remembers it.
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