NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Monday, November 14, 2011

ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION (1939)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGI...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

ODYSSEUS: VOYAGE TO THE UNDERWORLD (2008)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *metaphysical* The Sci-Fi Channel h...
Friday, November 11, 2011

STARSHIP TROOPERS 2 (2004); STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 (2008)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: (1) *fair* (2) *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* T...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* In the DVD commentary to ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

THE WEREWOLF (1956)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological* Fred Sears' THE WEREW...
Monday, November 7, 2011

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* I don't remember mu...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

BEFORE I HANG (1940)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological, cosmological* As I remem...
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