NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!

A blog devoted to sorting out the phenomenology of film.

Monday, April 30, 2018

VOODOO ISLAND (1957), INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN (1956)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological, cosmological* ...

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (1942), SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON (1943)

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PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological, psychological* Univers...
Monday, April 23, 2018

GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW (1959)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* When writer Lou Rusoff wr...
Monday, April 9, 2018

HOUSE OF WAX (1953), THE MAD MAGICIAN (1954)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: (1) *good,* (2) *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological* I confess...

HANDS OF A STRANGER (1962)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological* Newton Arnold spent most ...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS (2009)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* RISE OF...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

UNDERWORLD (2003), UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION (2006)

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PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* Once I...
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