NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

RENTADICK (1972)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* By rights I shouldn'...
Monday, September 26, 2016

THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological, psychological*...
Friday, September 23, 2016

NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (1968), ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? (1992)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* SPOILERS SPOILERS...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

FANTASTIC FOUR (2005), FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (2007)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* I remark...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

STAR TREK: 'WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS" (1967)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological* "Who M...

STAR TREK: "AMOK TIME" (1967)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological, psychological*...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

THE FROZEN GHOST, PILLOW OF DEATH (1945)

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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, psychol...
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