NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Monday, November 18, 2013

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, psychological* SPOILER...
Friday, November 15, 2013

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER (1992)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* I would be the last to...

THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological, sociological* "Thi...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

GRIZZLY (1976), DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1) *poor,* (2) *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological, sociologic...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

CODE OF SILENCE (1985)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* Memory's a s...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

GOJIRA (1954), GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS! (1956)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological, sociological* The two-d...
Friday, November 1, 2013

THE PERILS OF PAULINE (1967)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, psychological* This will ...
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