NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, metaphysical* Given ...

THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION; PEGASUS VS, CHIMERA (both 2012)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, metaphysical* At the e...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

TERROR BENEATH THE SEA (1966)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* There...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (2000)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* This particular HOUND was t...
Monday, December 11, 2017

THE STRANGER (1973)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmological* ...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

WITCHVILLE (2010), HELLHOUNDS (2009)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1) *poor,* (2) *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, metaphys...
Monday, December 4, 2017

MURDER BY DECREE (1979)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny // marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, psychological* ...
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