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1. Stanley Kubrick said that he learned much more from studying

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 08:08 AM

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terrible films than from studying great films.

In passing, you seemed to reference Exorcist II. Is that "Exorcist II: The Heretic" by John Boorman? I remember seeing that film with my mother and us and many in the audience laughing through the entire thing. And Boorman was a really good director (Deliverance, Beyond Rangoon).

I'll think about your question. Sitting here right now, I remember that three attempts to resurrect the musical in the 70s and 80s didn't go well (to put it mildly):

At Long Last Love (1975, Peter Bogdonavich)
Sg Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1979, Michael Schultz/Robert Stigwood)
Xanadu (1980, Robert Greenwald)

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Stanley Kubrick said that he learned much more from studying Mike 03 Thursday #1

Xanadu was just incomprehensible. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #2

Xanadu is one of my guilty pleasures Mad_Dem_X Thursday #16

I feel the same way about Flashdance. It takes longer to make coffee than it took the lead actress to get success AZLD4Candidate Thursday #20

Your reviews alone are worth following... jmbar2 Thursday #3

Proud to say I've never seen nor heard of any of those. sinkingfeeling Thursday #4

I've seen all of these except "Apple". And I have no shame. Midnight Writer Thursday #8

The Apple makes you watch it with your jaw dropped how incompetent it is. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #11

Also. efhmc Thursday #22

I have one for your review. JohnnyRingo Thursday #5

Pre 1970. I'll do a 1940-1969 list later. AZLD4Candidate Thursday #7

I implore you to check it out anyway. JohnnyRingo Thursday #10

Found it on youtube AZLD4Candidate Thursday #12

It's so bad, yet you can't stop watching. JohnnyRingo Thursday #14

I just got through the Richard Burton part and my jaw dropped. HO LEE SHYTE!!! AZLD4Candidate Thursday #21

Keep that in mind for your list. JohnnyRingo Thursday #25

I'm looking at the cast AZLD4Candidate Thursday #13

OMG, I saw that hot mess years ago! Ocelot II Thursday #19

The Night of the Lepus was hilariously awful. Ocelot II Thursday #6

Frogs was great. You could tell Sam Elliott was phoning it in from his first line AZLD4Candidate Thursday #9

So much cringe in Frogs MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #29

"But... Sam Elliott was smoking hot." 3catwoman3 Thursday #36

College roommate and I got drunk one night and watched Night of the Lepus on late night TV. Diamond_Dog Thursday #26

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Janet Leigh was in Lepus! VGNonly 11 hrs ago #49

The Thing with Two Heads, Lee Frost, 1972. boonecreek Thursday #15

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Could you look at it without breaking up? 😄 boonecreek 17 hrs ago #45

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I wouldn't have lasted long. boonecreek 15 hrs ago #48

I saw one the other day "The Dead Don't Die". This small town was being invaded by doc03 Thursday #17

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Eating Raoul enid602 Thursday #31

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No Sergeant Pepper? ProfessorGAC Thursday #34

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