"When a man and a woman in a movie musical sing...they're in love. When they dance...they want to have sex."
-Ancient movie musical proverb.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
A Brief Tour of Movies, Music, Love...and Sex...
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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hah! That last one was a pretty funny on to sneak in there at the end.
ReplyDeleteI recently caught up with thoroughly enjoyed (500) DAYS OF SUMMER and the musical sequence in that one, scored to Hall & Oates was pretty fantastic!
No matter how many times I see it, the puppet scene still cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteMy tiny little teenage mind had no chance in containing Kim Bassinger in 1986, but my God she was something to behold. Thanks for the memories.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I'm sorry, Olivia Newton John was too hot to handle too, but damned if I didn't try to get my mind around that film. Holy toledo. There was just no one who could compare, except for maybe Kim.
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