NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Monday, July 1, 2013

THE INVISIBLE RAY (1936)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmological* I wasn...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

MAN OF STEEL (2013)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *metaphysical* Such is my disappoi...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

RENEGADE (2004)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *metaphysical* Though this "acid we...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER (1960)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* It's been such a long ...
Friday, June 21, 2013

GODZILLA VS. SPACE GODZILLA (1994), GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. (2003)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1) *poor,* (2) *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmologic...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

KING KONG ESCAPES (1967), LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (2009), TRIASSIC ATTACK (2010)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1) *fair,* (2,3) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmolo...

MARK OF THE GORILLA (1950), CAPTIVE GIRL (1950)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* The third and fourth J...
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