NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!
A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
THE KILLER SHREWS (1959)
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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological* Watching THE KILLER SHRE...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
BANDITS, PROSTITUTES, AND SILVER (1977)
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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* This 1970s chopsocky, i...
Monday, August 20, 2018
BATMAN: RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS (2016), RETURN TO THE BATCAVE (2003)
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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: (1) *adventure,* (2) *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *p...
Saturday, August 18, 2018
NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DIE (1986)
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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological, sociological* NEVER T...
Thursday, August 16, 2018
SOLO (1996), R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: (1) *adventure,* (2) *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Thes...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
SHARKTOPUS/ S. VS. PTERACUDA, S. VS. WHALEWOLF (2010, 2014, 2015)
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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological* What's better than M...
Saturday, August 11, 2018
THE COVER GIRL MURDERS (1993)
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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* SPOILERS SPOILERS SPO...
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