#ken films

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▪︎Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis▪︎

Scared Stiff

SUPER 8 REEL SILENT HOME MOVIE 📽

Amazing digitalization of a rare Super 8 Reel film from the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie Scared Stiff (1953).

This 8mm film was provided by Ken Films Inc. home movies.

I think this specific one is from around 1973, but I'm not sure.

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Youtube video: Mr. AV

Photos: atticandbarntreasures.com

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The Great Material River was kind to me today! This is the 1977 Ken Films Super 8 release of Star Wars- the only way you could have it at home then! These were cut down to about 30 minutes. Some had sound, some were subtitled without sound. This one is even in black and white. You can find more about it here:

https://starwars.fandom.com/f/p/3053573323880400153

I am so stoked to get this!

[ghost-in-the-corner]

Also, props to Allan???

He's a doll most people have never heard of. He got discontinued forever ago cause he was perceived as gay by consumers and they didn't like that.

But I love that he had an actual role in Barbie. He was very queer coded, yeah, but he didn't like when all the Kens turned to Patriarchy. He was so uncomfortable that he wanted to abandon Barbieland all together. He knew it was wrong.

And then he helped the Barbies get themselves back. He had a pink jumpsuit and sunglasses and went out all stealthy to get the Barbies in the van. He even voted at the end to keep the constitution the way it was.

Big Allan fan over here.

[reprehensible-ghost]

Is this anything?

The hanged man tarot card can often symbolize wisdom and enlightenment through sacrifice. Thought it was fitting for Barbie :)

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Truths that Co-Exist

Barbie (2023) is a giant product placement that profits off nostalgia.

The writing is profound and life-changing and understands why we seek nostalgia in a way most nostalgia-driven entertainment doesn’t.

The film is self-aware about how even now, Barbie dolls set incredibly unrealistic beauty standards. Their “body diversity” does not even scratch the surface of what that phrase really means. I don’t expect this to change.

The film still made a beautiful statement with the scene on the bench about how societal beauty standards are narrow and restrictive! And that beauty comes from experiencing life and the marks it leaves on you!

Its feminist statements are validating. Many of us see our reality onscreen, and the great thing is that it includes how cishet men fall down a pipeline of toxic hypermasculinity. It also shows the solution, and allows men to express themselves despite what society expects them to be.

The film is a capitalist venture.

The cast (aside from the leads) and crew were probably overworked and severely underpaid during filmmaking.

We can still appreciate that something fun was made, and we all made another wonderful memory where we and our loved ones went to the movies color-matching in pink.

We should not feel guilty about seeing ourselves in this film.

Meanwhile, support the WGA and SAG-Aftra strike.

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The Ken dance is so magnificent because it’s reminiscent of the Golden Age of Musicals when there would just be artful dance sequences for no reason other than the director wanted to have one.

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Reference:

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Dante's Inferno, 1967. Ken Russell.

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What in the actual fuck was going down while this movie was being made??

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[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

The Boy Friend (1971)

[ghost-in-the-corner]

One thing I appreciate about Barbie was the emphasis on age.

I was emotional when Barbie told the old woman how beautiful she was, and when Ruth came in and helped her become human.

It was also the fact that America Ferrera was the one having the crisis that caused Barbie to do the same.

The whole concept of the toy doesn't end in childhood. Cause she is an idea; Barbie is forever. She's everything. She's meant to inspire women to keep going for what they dream. You don't age out of these ideas, they grow with you, just like how Margot Robbie grew with America Ferrera.

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I'm just Ken (And I'm enough) And I'm great at doing stuff

BARBIE (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

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“To create a ghost story is nothing. Quickening of the heart, a brief half-image of terror. In the end, nothing. But to create a ghost…”

Gothic (1986) dir. Ken Russell

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South Pacific (1958) dir. Joshua Logan