NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

SON OF SINBAD (1955)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, cosmological* One of...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE (1938), DANGER ISLAND (1939)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: (1) *fair,* (2) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, soc...
Friday, August 22, 2014

HAND OF DEATH (1962)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological, psychological, sociological...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

THE BANG BANG KID (1967), PLAY DEAD (1983)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: (1) *comedy,* (2) *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I...
Monday, August 18, 2014

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953), THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmological* I mentione...
Friday, August 15, 2014

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988), THE SONG OF HIAWATHA (1997)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: (1) *good,* (2) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: (1) *irony,* (2) *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociol...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

THE MUMMY (1999), THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001), THE MUMMY...DRAGON EMPEROR (2008)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1-2) *fair,* (3) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure * CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, psyc...
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