# 44
The Year of Living Locked Up (Gustavo Charif, 2020).
Runtime: 104 minutes.
Format: 16:9 HD / Color.
Country: Switzerland / Spain / USA.
Language: original in English and luzaniano, with Spanish version and few quotes in Russian, Chinese, German, French and Italian.
NOTE
Original in English available for free in YouTube (click here to see) from July 11, 2020.
Versión en castellano disponible gratis en YouTube (click aquí para ver) a partir del 18 de julio de 2020.
Trailer available here.
VISUAL EFFECTS, EDITION, SCRIPT and DIALOGUES
Gustavo Charif
ADDITIONAL DIALOGUES
William Shakespeare, John Clifford, Joseph Green with Rex Carlton, and Maurice Sandoz
FOOTAGE in PUBLIC DOMAIN
Benjamin Christensen (1922), Roland West (1925), Frank R. Strayer (1933), Louis J. Gasnier (1936), William Cameron Menzies (1953), Bert I. Gordon (1958), John Newland (1959), Sid Davis (1960), Herk Harvey (1962) and Joseph Green (1962)
QUOTATIONS
Georges Schéhadé, 冰心 (Bing Xin), Robert Walser, Ludwig Wittgenstein, André Gide, William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, Kurt Schwitters, Leonardo da Vinci, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Boris Vian, Bruno Teinturier, Meander of Mile End
MUSIC
Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Gieg, Frédéric Chopin, J. S. Bach, Erik Satie, Gene Moore, Marlin Skiles, Albert Glasser, Manfred Drefnam, Gustavo Charif, Harry Lubin, Tony Restaino, Abe Baker, and Doug Maxwell / Media Right Productions.
MUSIC (opening credits)
E Minor Prelude, composed by Frédéric Chopin and performed by Charif.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Daniel Abigador - Manuel Zamora
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Martín Ramírez
CAST (archive footage) in order of appearance
John Newland : Virus Man
Ken Miller : Little Man
Scott Peters : Little Man
John Agar : Little Man
June Kenney : Little Woman
Laurie Mitchell : Little Woman
Marlene Willis : Little Woman
Jason Evers : Gunnar Eduard von Hashem Hausenrhïn
Lola Mason : Donna
Audrey Devereau : Jeannie
Virginia Leith : Violet
Bruce Brighton : Dr. Whisker
Benjamin Christensen : Lord of the Tar, the Devil
Johnny Arthur : Honolulu Man
Doris Brent : Talker Nurse
Gerald LeRoy : American Guy
Kevin Tighe : American Guy
Shannon Wallace : American Boy
Anthony La Penna : Dr. Britva
George Diestel : Government Receptionist
Adele Lamont : Lola
Mike Connors : Anarchist Friend in a Bar
Ruggero Romor : Duceist Friend in a Bar
Jason Evers : PePe Guy
Eddie Carmel : Podemos Guy
Tora Teje : Woman Dreaming
Fay Wray : Silent Film Actress
Melvyn Douglas : Silent Film Actor
Stella Adams : Enlightened Woman
Arny Freeman : Manolo
Dan Abigator : Himself
Bruce Kerr : Beauty Contest M.C.
Marilyn Hanold : First Contest
“Terri Lund” : Conchita
“Betty Brockton” : Valkyrie
“Helen Appleton” : Pam
Candace Hilligoss : Mary
Sidney Berger : John
Bonnie Sharie : Pin Up Dancer
Herk Harvey : Man in the Waters
June Kenney : Stalked Girl in Advertisement
John Hoyt : Enlightened Man
Stan Levitt : Psychiatrist
Jack Sheldon : Romeo Betto -the Dolce Duce-
Anthony Holland : Voice Over reading Vian
Katherine Emery : Lady Producer
Richard Carlson : Man Producer
Veronica Hurst : Girl Producer
Herk Harvey : Enlightened Man on Route
Josef Forte : Newscaster
Michael Pate : Charif’s Steward
Robin Hughes : New Character - Funny Man
John Dodsworth : New Character - Thinker Man
Veronica Hurst : New Character - Young Lady
Hillary Brooke : New Character - Elegant Woman
Richard Carlson : New Character - The Third Man
Frances Feist : Pariah Lady
Stan Levitt : Pariah Man
Judith O’Dea : Swedish Activist Teen
June Kenney : Charif’s Bride
John Agar : Gustavo Charif
SPECIAL THANKS
Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives, Brewster Kahle, The Internet Archive, Eric Eldred, Lawrence Lessig III, Hal Abelson, Creative Commons, YouTube Audio Library
Official Charif’s Site: infinilogy.wordpress.com
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Häxan (1922) - Episode 79 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
“Here, young maiden, take a potion of cat feces and dove hearts, boiled during the full moon. A drop of this in a man's drink will soften his heart at once.” Yummy, yummy, yummy. I’ve got love in my tummy. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew - Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Jeff Mohr and special guest host Ralph Miller - as they learn about witchcraft through the ages with Benjamin Christensen’s innovative silent film, Häxan (1922).
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 79 – Häxan (1922)
Part history lesson followed by re-enactments with actors, this film depicts the history of witchcraft from its earliest days through to the present day (in this case, 1922 or thereabouts). The result is a documentary-like film that must be among the first to use re-enactments as a visual and narrative tool. From pagan worship to satanic rites to hysteria, the film takes you on a journey through the ages with highly effective visual sequences.
IMDb
Writer/Director: Benjamin Christensen
Cinematography: Johan Ankerstjerne
Selected Cast:
Benjamin Christensen as the Devil
Ella la Cour as Sorceress Karna
Emmy Schønfeld as Karna's Assistant
Kate Fabian as the Old Maid
Oscar Stribolt as the Fat Monk
Wilhelmine Henriksen as Apelone
Astrid Holm as Anna
Elisabeth Christensen as Anna's Mother
Karen Winther as Anna's Sister
Maren Pedersen as the Witch
Johannes Andersen as Pater Henrik, Witch Judge
Elith Pio as Johannes, Witch Judge
Aage Hertel as Witch Judge
Ib Schønberg as Witch Judge
Holst Jørgensen as Peter Titta (in Denmark called Ole Kighul)
Clara Pontoppidan as Sister Cecilia, Nun
Elsa Vermehren as Flagellating Nun
Alice O'Fredericks as Nun
Gerda Madsen as Nun
Karina Bell as Nun
Tora Teje as the Hysterical Woman
Poul Reumert as the Jeweller
H.C. Nilsen as the Jeweller's Assistant
Albrecht Schmidt as the Psychiatrist
Knud Rassow as the Anatomist
Your Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Grue-Crew takes a deeper dive than usual into Häxan. As an innovative, seminal film, it demands the added attention. Crewmate Joseph Perry is unable to join the Grue-Crew for this episode but special effects artist Ralph Miller is an eager and more than able guest host.
Ralph considers Häxan to be quite an ambitious film, especially for the time, with its imagery of witches and the devil. Whitney is stunned by the beautiful yet very strange artistry of Häxan, which is unlike anything she’s ever seen. The images that played out in the film were startling to Chad, but what really grabbed him is how superstition and mental illness led to women experiencing accusations of witchcraft, persecution, suffering, and death.
If you haven’t seen Häxan, you need to remedy that condition immediately. If you haven’t seen it for a while, it’s time to watch it again. The film is readily available to stream from various sources and on a stunning Criterion Blu-ray.
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era puts out a new episode every two weeks. The next episode in their very flexible schedule will be War of the Colossal Beast (1958), chosen by Chad.
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