NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Monday, January 30, 2017

THE TIME TRAVELERS (1964)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* Quick ...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (1982)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I have the dim recol...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

REAL MEN (1987)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, psychological* REAL MEN...
Friday, January 20, 2017

MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, cosmological* Sometime...

DERANGED (1974), PRAYING MANTIS (1993)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I hadn't seen DER...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1986)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I started out generally...
Monday, January 9, 2017

THE STEPFATHER (1987)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* THE STEPFATHER, an enjoy...
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