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Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...Batman (1989) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #actionadventure #comicbookmovies #superheromovies #batman #thedarkknight #thejoker #BruceWayne #VickiVale #harveydent #MichaelKeaton #jacknicholson #kimbasinger #MichaelGough #ripmichaelgough #PatHingle #rippathingle #jackpalance #ripjackpalance #BillyDeeWilliams #robertwuhl #jerryhall #BobKane #DC #dccomics #detectivecomics #traceywalter #charlesroskilly #vintage #vhs #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

[cinematic-anarchy]

REPO MAN 1984 Sci-fi/Comedy Repo man is a punk rock sci-fi/black comedy starring Emilio Estevez as Otto, White suburban punk Rocker who has had enough of his boring day job as a stocking clerk at a local grocery store. After telling his boss to fuck off, and walking out, he ends up running a crossed Bud, played by Harry Dean Stanton, who cons him into a repossession job with a sob story about his pregnant wife. When they both reach the repossession agency, the agency offers Otto a job working for them, which eventually leads to a cross city chase for a $20,000 payout on a Chevy Malibu which may be linked to extra terrestrial activity. With a soundtrack featuring punk rock Mainstays such as, Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, Iggy Pop, and Suicidal Tendencies, “Repo Man” I had one of my favorite 80s soundtracks as well as being one of Emilio Estevez’s better films. The film touched on suburban punk rock culture, cultish religious zealotry, and fears of nuclear war, all wrapped up in a pretty little dark comedy package. Repo man even managed to generate enough interest to get a rather obscure sequel starring Rosanna Arquette. 🚙 🚙 🚙 🚙 🚙 Emilio Estevez -Otto Harry Dean Stanton - Bud Fox Harris - J Frank Parnell Olivia Barash - Leila Tracy Walter - Miller Miguel Sandoval - Archie Zander Schloss - Kevin Dick Rude - Duke Vonetta McGee - Marlene Jennifer Balgobin - Debbie Sy Richardson - Lite Budget – $1.5 million Worldwide gross - $129,000 #repoman #emilioestevez #traceywalter #dickrude #harrydeanstanton #oliviabarash #cultclassic #vhsclassic #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcasts #podcastlife #podcasters #cinematicanarchy https://www.instagram.com/cinematic_anarchy/p/CYDJw4sM-uj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[adamwatchesmovies]

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Though Conan the Barbarian has presence and memorable moments, I wouldn't call it "a great film". It's the end-all-be-all of sword and sorcery stories compared to the sequel, however. Conan the Destroyer has none of the charms of its predecessor. This new adventure feels like a D&D campaign with Arnold Schwarzenegger thrown in the middle.

Set some time after the first story, Conan and his companion, a thief named Malak (Tracey Walter), are forcefully summoned by Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to the city of Shadizar. The Queen will bring Conan's beloved Valeria back to life. In exchange, he must help the Queen’s niece, Princess Jehnna (Olivia d’Abo) as she retrieves a mystical key that will help bring the dreaming god Dagoth to their world.

The toning down of the violence, gore, and nudity is immediately noticeable. Conan the Barbarian isn’t just an “R” picture; it’s a heavy “R”. To go from crucifixions, topless women and buckets of gore to a “PG” rating, just to get more potential butts in the seats is a betrayal. What separates Schwarzenegger's brutal barbarian from the kinder, gentler imitators like He-Man or the Beastmaster are scenes where he decapitates his archenemy and throws his head down a flight of stairs for all to see. Without this, there's no reason to show up.

Instead of the badassness, we get a big pile of useless characters and a whole lotta unfunny humor. Conan assembles a team of allies you don't care about: the Wizard (Mako as Akiro), the Amazon (Grace Jones as Zula), and a paladin (Wilt Chamberlain as Bombaata). See what I mean about this feeling like a plot from Dungeons & Dragons? Along with the princess, the titular barbarian, and his buddy the thief there are simply too many characters. If at least they were integral to the plot. Thief Malak is a coward through-and-through that doesn’t even have any useful lock-picking skills or character development. The same applies to Zula. While I like the idea of a badass female warrior to add to the group, all she does is fight in a style that’s different from Conan’s.

This more kid-friendly picture attempts to make you laugh and never succeeds. Comic relief Malak (picking on him again) is essentially the dollar-bin version of Gerry Lopez's character from the first movie. Your dislike for him increases as you realize he's only there to repeat the same joke over and over. He’s a coward. I get it!

The picture picks up towards the end. There's a sequence with a big monster that's pretty cool. For the most part, it fails to grab your attention. The story is not engaging and with the performances being only slightly better than last time (at least Schwarzenegger is more convincing here), it desperately needed dynamic action scenes to make up for the lack of everything else. When you’ve got an ineffective wizard for an opponent and a lot of scenes where characters stick around frozen while the plot moves around them, I throw my hands in the air and give up.

Conan the Destroyer can’t even get Arnold punching a camel in the face right. It's a mix of disappointment and embarrassment that isn't even worthy of hatred. (On DVD, July 5, 2015)

[superman-2050]

#80sCinema #WilliamHootkins #AlfredPennyworth #TimBurton #BobTheGoon #AliciaGrissom #MichaelGough #TraceyWalter #JamesGordon #PatHingle #Batman #JackNicholson #HarveyDent #BillyDeeWilliams #JackNapier #VickiVale #JerryHall #JokerGang #AlexanderKnox #KimBasinger #Eckhardt #BatSignal #BatSignal1989 #GothamCity #JackPalance #DCComics #TheJoker #1989 #BruceWayne #MichaelKeaton https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjjfsaMpcD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cultfaction]

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#Podcast Ep. 61: Spotlight on #repoman starring #emilioestevez, #harrydeanstanton, and #traceywalter. It was directed by #alexcox. We as also chat about #ObiWanKenobi #msmarvel #insideno9 #themidwichcuckoos #blackflag #iggypop #thesandman #themidnightclub #nightsky #1899 #prey #blasted #theschoolforgoodandevil #blasted #residentevil #cultmovie #cultfilm #80sfilm #80sfilms #culttv #cartoons #starwars #anime https://www.instagram.com/p/CenzhNRAa5J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elizapdushku]

Nobel Son, 2007 #nobelson #elizadushku #alanrickman #bryangreenberg #shawnhatosy #marysteenburgen #billpullman #lindybooth #dannydevito #teddanson #traceywalter #erniehudson #joyceguy #kirkbaily #randallmiller #ripalanrickman #ripkirkbaily #moviemonday #moviemondays #moviesilove #favouritemovies https://www.instagram.com/p/CdEw7prKcXv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lairofwonders]

Felt so good to sit down and enjoy this blast from the past! A huge thank you to my fellow Cimmerian and collector @polish_burrito for hooking me up with this issue of STARLOG. i’m sure like many of you out there, when we were younger we read this religiously because that’s where we found out all the cool stuff in the movie and TV industry that had to do with fantasy and science-fiction. A wonderful stroll down memory lane with these great articles. #StarLogMagazine #ConanTheDestroyer #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #Superman400 #DCComics #StarTrek #TheSearchForSpock #ScifiHumor #GeneRoddenberry #GraceJones #MAKO #TraceyWalter #JimHenson #TheMuppets #Ghostbusters #TheLastStarfighter (at Colorado Springs, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDeup2BGVT/?igshid=9md4j8gx4wct

[darthtalon89]

Saw this #movie last night and just wow... #ISpitonYourGrave #rape #revenge #horror #horrorfilm #DayoftheWoman #StevenRMonroe #SarahButler #JeffBranson #DanielFranzese #RodneyEastman #ChadLindberg #TraceyWalter #AndrewHoward #ISpitonYourGraveFilm #ISpitonYourGraveMovie #HorrorMovie #HorrorFan #horrorgirl #HorrorFanatic #HorrorAddict #HorrorLover #instahorror #horrorgram #horrorobsessed #terror #peliculadeterror #instahorror https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CrsWbHaGH/?igshid=11p1744u4uxkw

[doomonfilm]

Thoughts : The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

When you think of the prototypical thriller, it’s hard to not immediately imagine The Silence of the Lambs.  The film was successful at the box office, and it was famously only the third film in history to win the top five Academy Awards : Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster) and Best Adapted Screenplay.  Its impact on the culture cannot be denied, with the Hannibal Lecter character becoming a monster on the level of Dracula or Michael Myers in the grand scale of popular fandom.  For all that the film accomplished, it’s easy to overlook sometimes just how brilliant a piece of film-making it is.

Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is an FBI agent in training, looking for an opportunity to prove herself and move up the ranks.  While training at the FBI Academy at Quantico, she is assigned to interview the infamous Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a former psychiatrist incarcerated for his cannibalistic approach to serial killing, in hopes of catching serial killer at large Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine).  As Starling and Lecter face off, tension mounts in the search for Buffalo Bill when Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith), daughter to U.S. Senator Ruth Martin (Diane Baker), is reported missing and presumed to be the latest victim of Buffalo Bill.  With pressure on the FBI to locate the Senator’s daughter, drastic moves and decisions are made by all parties involved as the net tightens in regards to Buffalo Bill, his whereabouts and his exploits.

One thing immediately noticeable is how claustrophobic the entire film is, which helps both in keying up the tension and symbolically providing us a glimpse into the pressures surrounding Clarice Starling.  The framing of the film is purposefully boxy, confining and tight, with even casual conversations being portrayed as shot/reverse shot with open framed close-ups.  In terms of other claustrophobic measures, we find Clarice often subject to either being held back as a perpetually eternal trainee, or subject to being hit on relentlessly by the men she interacts with.  The cocoon symbolism used in the film further amplifies the idea of claustrophobia, as does Hannibal Lecter’s seemingly endless methods of confinement.  Even Clarice’s final standoff with Buffalo Bill is smartly played out in a maze-like home, lights out, through the perspective of Bill’s night vision goggles, giving us a front row seat to Clarice’s terror of being trapped in a losing situation.

Mind games and power struggles are the name of the game as well.  The Lecter character communicates strictly via mind games, be it fishing for personal information to psychoanalyze or doling out information slowly, as if coaching the listener towards making the important connections.  Despite how endearing Hannibal Lecter has become in the realm of pop culture, his manipulative nature cannot be denied.  When mind games are not being played, power struggles are thoroughly present.  Clarice constantly struggles for the respect of her superiors and peers, being compelled almost to the point of no sleep to prove herself with the opportunity she was given.  Even Buffalo Bill exerts a personal power struggle over strong resentment and emotions onto his victims, literally holding them captive to his madness until he decides to dispose of them (but only after extracting what he needs from them to feed his personal demons).

Themes of transformation also run deeply throughout The Silence of the Lambs.  Clarice goes through a change of progression as an FBI agent, while going through a personal transformation of acceptance in regards to where she came from and where she is headed.  Lecter has a more tangible change in the sense that his vast wisdom allows him to see many steps ahead as he plays the ends against the means of becoming a free man.  Buffalo Bill deals with a transformation of identity, and his transformation is a fluid, conflict-ridden one.  His past, specifically his traumatic upbringing, led him to misguided transsexual feelings that, out of frustrations born from limitations to see his transsexual nature manifested, are projected against women he feels he can victimize.  The balance of bleakness and beauty found throughout the film serve as a suitable backdrop for the transformation motif.

Jodie Foster continued her rising stardom and penchant for strong performances as Clarice Starling, managing to bring a ‘salt of the earth’ quality to the struggle of the woman beset with the struggles of male dominance and control.  Anthony Hopkins became the stuff of legend as Hannibal Lecter, bringing intelligence into the realm of fear-inducement, which makes his violent outbursts that much more jolting in comparison.  Scott Glenn plays the prototype FBI agent to a tee, with his clean cut and polished demeanor shining brighter than his proficiency in the field.  Ted Levine also put on a performance for the ages as Buffalo Bill that words cannot do justice for.  Supporting performances by Brooke Smith, Diane Baker, Kasi Lemmons, as well as cameos by Roger Corman and Chris Isaak round out the proceedings.

The film would go on to inspire a number of other films from the Hannibal continuum, as well as a television show.  None of the following projects, however, could quite capture the true feelings of terror and unease present in The Silence of the Lambs, and for that reason, it will always be regarded as a truly iconic film. 

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my Wes Craven movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...Freddy's Nightmares: Lucky Stiff (1989) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #tv #television #horror #freddysnightmares #anightmareonelmstreet #luckystiff #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #freddy #freddykrueger #robertenglund #marycrosby #richardeden #DavidLander #ripdavidlander #traceywalter #vintage #VHS #80s

[thatsmovietalk]

Just Pinned to Movies on TMT: Conan the Destroyer (1984) Directed by #RichardFleischer Starring #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #GraceJones #WiltChamberlain #Mako #TraceyWalter #ConantheDestroyer #Hollywood #hollywood #picture #video #film #movie #cinema #epic #story #cine #films #theater #filming #opera #cinematic #flick #flicks #movies #moviemaking #movieposter #movielover #movieworld #movielovers #movienews #movieclips #moviemakers #animation #drama #filmmaking #cinematography #filmmaker #moviescene #documentary #screen http://bit.ly/2KuLDEv

[babaalexander]

Sweet Birthday Wishes to Actors Born on Nov 25 Kevin Chamberlin Cameron Moulene Rome Flynn Joel Kinnaman Billy Burke Alex Bain Gaspard Ulliel Jerry Ferrara Stephen Lunsford Zack Shada John Larroquette Kristian Nairn Dougray Scott Eddie Steeples Matt Clark Tracey Walter Lucas Ross Kenneth Mitchell DeRon Horton Rusty Stevens Liam Doyle Martin Del Rosario Joseph Sasson Simon Fisher-Becker John Lehr Atsushi Itō Ricardo Montalban (1920-2009) Jeffrey Hunter (1926-1969) James Hayden (1953-1983) Emad Hamdy (1909-1984) #KevinChamberlin #CameronMoulene #RomeFlynn #JoelKinnaman #BillyBurke #AlexBain #GaspardUlliel #JerryFerrara #StephenLunsford #ZackShada #JohnLarroquette #KristianNairn #DougrayScott #EddieSteeples #MattClark #TraceyWalter #LucasRoss #KennethMitchell #DeRonHorton #RustyStevens #LiamDoyle #MartinDelRosario #JosephSasson #SimonFisherBecker #JohnLehr #AtsushiItō #RicardoMontalban (1920-2009) #JeffreyHunter (1926-1969) #JamesHayden (1953-1983) #EmadHamdy (1909-1984)

[superman-2050]

#80sCinema #WilliamHootkins #AlfredPennyworth #TimBurton #BobTheGoon #AliciaGrissom #MichaelGough #TraceyWalter #JamesGordon #PatHingle #Batman #JackNicholson #HarveyDent #BillyDeeWilliams #JackNapier #VickiVale #JerryHall #JokerGang #AlexanderKnox #KimBasinger #Eckhardt #CarlGrissom #GothamCity #Batmobile #DCComics #TheJoker #1989 #BruceWayne #MichaelKeaton #Batmobile1989 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjjH9rF1_E/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cultfaction]

#timestalkers #williamdevane #klauskinski #forresttucker #jamesavery #johnconsidine #traceywalter #timruss #terryfunk https://www.instagram.com/p/CLP2-UvFJks/?igshid=z25dafzvy3w5

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 90's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...Young Guns II (1999) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #actionadventure #youngguns #youngguns2 #emilioestevez #keifersutherland #loudiamondphillips #christianslater #balthazargetty #WilliamPetersen #AlanRuck #jonbonjovi #JamesCoburn #ripjamescoburn #ViggoMortensen #jennywright #BradleyWhitford #ScottWilson #RIPScottWilson #traceywalter #richardschiff #vintage #vhs #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas3rdannual90sfest

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽 marathon...Freddy's Nightmares: Lucky Stiff (1988) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #tv #television #horror #freddynightmares #anightmareonelmstreet #wescraven #RIPWesCraven #freddy #freddykruger #robertenglund #marycrosby #davidlanders #richardeden #traceywalter #vintage #VHS #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest