Sep 24, 2016
Movie Meltdown - Episode 366
This week we welcome the return
appearance of our special guest co-host Christine
Elise as we discuss our Sofa Theater feature...
Charles Laughton's The Night of the
Hunter. Beautifully shot with memorable performances,
the film is subtle and progressive in some ways... while being
straight-forward and almost heavy-handed in others. And along the
way we find a commentary on the lives of a certain part of society
that maybe we hadn't noticed in past viewings.
And while we discuss small animals
and sexual repression, we also mention... being on 90210, Larry
David's wife, Robert Mitchum, helicopter shots, totally thinking
about canning peaches, being assigned homework, shameful
conventions, hanging out at Spoons, running like a wild animal,
social media today vs. the internet of old, Olan Mills, back-lit
frogs, orphaned kids, masterminds who live in an abandoned
slaughterhouse, The Waltons, if you wanted to find out if someone
hated you, beating children, what is that 5000 people thing about?,
plied and pressured, Moses floating down the river, some rabbits,
teflon strength in what seems to be the weakest thing, raw
potatoes, reinventing yourself, damned gypsies, Watership Down,
breedin' n' cannin', I don't have an enormous filter, steampunk
drones, moving from town to town, a rat, your tailor's favorite
customer, the switchblade, the overbearing neighbor lady, Shelley
Winters, provocative conversation, a big turtle, a cardboard
cutout, Lillian Gish, Child's Play 2, just not grateful enough, a
weird lisp, Hellevator, being abducted, a fox, slacker kids and fan
feedback.
"Obviously It evolves... so I've
seen it a couple of times. And I was a lot younger the first... I
was probably in high school the first time I saw it. And... I've
seen it once or twice in the interim... and I feel like it's
different every time."
For more on Christine's book Bathing & the Single Girl, go to:
http://www.bathingandthesinglegirlbook.com/
For more on Christine's food blog, go to: http://delightfuldeliciousdelovely.com/