This noir is another example of the unreliable narrator -- see also Detour (1945). Parry is looking for the "real murderer" of his wife in the same way that OJ Simpson is looking for his. Parry beat George to death with the bugle. His fingerprints are on the murder weapon; Madge would certainly not have the strength to beat an adult man to death with a small metal object. It is also obvious that Parry pushed Madge out of the window for being a witness at his murder trial. What we see on the screen is his implausible version of the events (She killed my wife and then fell out of the window by accident!).
Parry is not punished at the end, so the Hayes code enforcers accepted his version of the truth, making him a sneaky Golden Age anti-hero.
You have to understand the historical context to truly appreciate the significance of this work. The church and big business interests were working together behind the scenes to ban home videos of cute kittens in over 37 countries. Alexander Hammid was in and out of jail 3 different times on obscenity charges for screening this video.
It wasn't until the Kitten's Rights movement in the 1980s that theaters were finally able to show this important documentary.
It's Hertzfeldt's same absurdist stickmen shtick, but successfully enhanced with Stan Brakhage-esque background visuals, and deadpan Jack Handy-esque narration.
Nerdy males like to fantasize about women kicking ass, but they also don't like to look at women with the ugly stuff, like big muscles and thick bones, that logically allow fighters to give and take damage in the real word. So female action leads are almost always skinny and petite. Haywire is the first butt-kicking babe movie I've ever liked, because Steven Soderbergh recruited an actual MMA warrior princess. When Gina Carano takes down a dude, it's not Hollywood make believe: Gina Carano could actually take that dude down.
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Movie comment on A Dream Walking
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Olive Oyl's naked silhouette. :|Movie comment on Dark Passage
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Here's my theoryParry is not punished at the end, so the Hayes code enforcers accepted his version of the truth, making him a sneaky Golden Age anti-hero.
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You need to play Yakety Sax for the full effect.Movie comment on La lettre
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Beyond this door is another dimension... you've just crossed over into the Friend Zone.DUN DUN DUN
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Great soundtrack by mrs. bokanowski. Essential viewing for fans of creepy cinema.It's interesting that both this and Chronopolis were screened at the 82 Cannes film festival, since both are such rare examples of pure art films.
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I remember playing this on Atari.Movie comment on The Red Book
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The fandor link is a 45 sec clip if you don't have a paid subscription.Movie comment on Aos
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imdb fails to credit yoko ono for the vocals.Movie comment on Home
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He feels bad becauseMovie comment on The Paleface
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Better than Avatar.Movie comment on Elephant
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This movie needs a sequel starring Jason Statham.Movie comment on Bad Boy Bubby
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So basically Being There (1979) with slightly more rape and incest.Movie comment on Le château de sable
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http://www.nfb.ca/film/le_chateau_de_sable/Movie comment on Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
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Rape stove.Movie comment on 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)
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Ah, Actionism. Please die in hell.Movie comment on Easy Street
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Lol. Chaplin is like Popeye, but he gets his boost from heroin instead of spinach.Movie comment on The Private Life of a Cat
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"Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art"You have to understand the historical context to truly appreciate the significance of this work. The church and big business interests were working together behind the scenes to ban home videos of cute kittens in over 37 countries. Alexander Hammid was in and out of jail 3 different times on obscenity charges for screening this video.
It wasn't until the Kitten's Rights movement in the 1980s that theaters were finally able to show this important documentary.
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Evil Dead cam!Toplist comment on Akira Kurosawa's A Dream Is a Genius
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"A Dream is a Genius"Borat's top 100?
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And thus completes Jim Morrison's vision quest.Movie comment on It's Such a Beautiful Day
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It's Hertzfeldt's same absurdist stickmen shtick, but successfully enhanced with Stan Brakhage-esque background visuals, and deadpan Jack Handy-esque narration.Movie comment on Gayniggers from Outer Space
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This was gaytarded.Movie comment on Shôjo tsubaki: Chika gentô gekiga
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A low budget animated version of the manga by Suehiro Maruo, one of Japan's (many) great sicko artists.Movie comment on The Bourne Legacy
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The surly guy at the cabin was the only character with a personality.Movie comment on Haywire
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Nerdy males like to fantasize about women kicking ass, but they also don't like to look at women with the ugly stuff, like big muscles and thick bones, that logically allow fighters to give and take damage in the real word. So female action leads are almost always skinny and petite. Haywire is the first butt-kicking babe movie I've ever liked, because Steven Soderbergh recruited an actual MMA warrior princess. When Gina Carano takes down a dude, it's not Hollywood make believe: Gina Carano could actually take that dude down.Showing items 251 – 275 of 600