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Tag Archives: musicals
3 things about Walt Disney’s FANTASIA
Fantasia [1940] 1. The two harpists are female; but apparently the rest of the orchestra is male. 2. Lonely centaur is introduced to lonely centuarette. 3. Writhing flames twist into creatures.
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3 things about Julie Taymor’s ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Across the Universe [2007] 1. “Do, do, do, do, do!” 2. Yes, she actually does come in through the bathroom window. Groan. 3. He sullenly leaves the room, cradling his bowl of fruit. Every generation gets the Bee Gees’ Sgt. … Continue reading
3 things about Busby Berkeley’s THE GANG’S ALL HERE
The Gang’s All Here [1943] 1. Bananas thrusting. Human pistils. Too abstract for the censors to catch. 2. “I’m a teetotaler–I never touch alcohol.” “You don’t touch it, you drink it!” 3. A magenta circle of water-jets. 3 other things.
3 things about Lloyd Bacon’s FOOTLIGHT PARADE
Footlight Parade [1933] 1. “Last time I saw you, your vocabulary was practically dese, dems, and doses.” 2. An enormous female zipper. 3. The flag briefly turns into an image of FDR.
3 things about Andrew Davis’ STONY ISLAND
Stony Island [1978] 1. Dennis Franz as a hustling exotic fish salesman (!) 2. A muddy hardwood floor. A refrigerator with its door ripped off. The kitchen door opens onto the back stairway. He stands there and surveys the empty … Continue reading
3 things about Robert Wise’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC
The Sound of Music [1965] 1. The steps become staff paper. 2. “Why am I always last?” “Because you’re the most important!” 3. He takes the wrong tack by saying, “You’ll never be one of them.”
3 things about Francis Ford Coppola’s ONE FROM THE HEART
One from the Heart [1982] 1. She keeps the model of the Empire State Building on the dining room table as a memento. 2. “Where are you going, in that dress?” “To hell and back.” “You’ll probably get there, in … Continue reading
3 things about Jim Sharman’s THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1975] 1. The bones become visible through the bandages. 2. Dr. Frank-N-Furter runs his index finger down the treasure trail. 3. An uncanny replica of the RKO logo. Believe it or not, I’d never seen … Continue reading
3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 [1933] 1. For no discernable reason, the song switches to Pig Latin for a chorus. Dolly into an extreme closeup of Carol. 2. “Look what I got out of it already: gold, platinum, animals!” She fondles … Continue reading
3 things about Roy Rowland’s THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. [1953] 1. “Mrs. Collins! Why are you standing there with that null-and-void expression?” 2. The buses of the Terwilliker Institute are Fords. 3. Everyone is panicked: the Air-Fix is “atomic.” Wonderful, wonderful. The world … Continue reading
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