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The Grand Cinema Discussion Thread

CorvinaCorvina
in General Media
For discussion of movies.

Last night I watched Punishment Park and The Wicker Man (1973). I liked both. I also couldn't help but side with Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, largely because the Serjeant's sanctimonious, intolerant, frankly rude behaviour as a guest just disgusted me. Punishment Park deserves a wider audience: it's a fake documentary about a hypothetical use of the McCarran Act of 1950 against the New Left by Richard Nixon in a sadistic manner
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  • CrystalCrystal
    edited 2016-06-04 18:39:22
    Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    We already have this.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Those threads sure seem to have been active since 2013, yessiree

    Anyway, I assume the 1973 Wicker Man is not hilarious like the Nicolas Cage one.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Imipolex G said:

    Anyway, I assume the 1973 Wicker Man is not hilarious like the Nicolas Cage one.

    It isn't. It starts out campy and a bit absurd and then gradually turns into something really stark and unsettling. The protagonist is seriously a dick but that's obviously intentional, and it becomes quite clear by the end that there really isn't anyone in the film who isn't desperate to the point of delusion.
  • CorvinaCorvina
    Vampire Lady of Corvidia

    (The other Jane)
    Also perhaps it's the Christopher Lee fan in me
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