NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!
A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
ADVENTURES OF SIR GALAHAD (1949), ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN AFRICA (1955)
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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Bot...
Monday, March 26, 2018
SECRET OF THE BLACK WIDOW (1963), CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND (1967)
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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* Though I've never read...
DICK TRACY RETURNS (1938), DICK TRACY'S G-MEN (1939)
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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *uncanny,* (2) *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* In ...
Saturday, March 24, 2018
CRY OF THE BANSHEE (1970), MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1971)
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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: (1) *poor,* (2) *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychol...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
THE MUMMY (1959)
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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Hammer's MUMMY was the...
GARGOYLES (1972)
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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* To viewers raised on CGI ...
Thursday, March 15, 2018
FLYING DISC MAN FROM MARS (1950), THE SECRET CODE (1942)
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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* FLY...
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