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Re:Foreign Film Name Game
By yojimbo73 in Friends of Foreign Flicks
"8 1/2 Does that count if it's spelled out? :) " [More]

Re:Why I got into foreign films
By yojimbo73 in Friends of Foreign Flicks
"For me it was catching Kung Fu Theatre and the old British horror films during summer break from middle school in the 80's. I would check the tv every morning hoping the weather conditions were just right to get a snowy picture from some Baltimore station which was a couple hours away. My local video store (which was in the back of a barber shop) didn't have a foreign section, so it was quite some time before I saw anything else not produced in the states. Eventualy I left home, moved closer to Baltimore and got to enjoy Samurai Theatre which got me hooked on Kurosawa. Then Blockbusters popped up everywhere and I would gobble up everything they had. Now with the internet and region free DVD players I catch the good and the bad from all over. I can't recommend enough getting a region free player. I guess ultimately I got in to foreign films because they told stories that weren't being told here in ways we weren't telling them. Coming from a small town it was my only outlet to t ... " [More]
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Dark Crystal
By yojimbo73 in yojimbo73 Blog
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 "1982 may have been the greatest year ever. At least for a 9 year old movie geek it was. Sure, '81 brought us the births of Indiana Jones and Snake Pliskin and '83 would wrap up the Star Wars trilogy and introduce us to the glaive and Tom Cruise, but '82 gave us E.T., Fast Times, Rocky III, Conan, The Thing, First Blood, Tron, Wrath of Kahn and Blade Runner . To close out the year was a little movie called the Dark Crystal. I saw a few of these in the theatre, but as I was only 9 (and funds were slim), most would have to wait for VHS. I did get to see The Dark Crystal in the theatre however, most likely because it was from mother approved Jim Henson and company. And really, that's all I needed to know. It was by the father of the Muppets and the voice of Yoda. Does a kid need to know any more than that? For the uninitiated the Dark Crystal follows Jen and Kira as they traverse Thra on a mission to return a crystal shard to the dark crystal so balance will be ... " [More]

Re:So... I forgot the name of a ...
By yojimbo73 in HORROR MOVIES 101
"I'm not familiar with your movie, but I wanted to let you know there is a group called Missing a Film. You might want to try this over there, they seem to be pretty good at ID'ing forgotten movies. " [More]

Re:Tired of the 'torture porn' ...
By yojimbo73 in HORROR MOVIES 101
"For the record, in the Hatchet thread I was saying it was refreshing to have humor back in mainstream horror as opposed to the relentless sadism that's been all the rage. I never called it "torture porn". " [More]