Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with a classic Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1955 Stork Naked, and directed by Friz Freleng.
The stork's first stop is the apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Pierce. This is a reference to longtime Termite Terrace veteran writer Tedd Pierce.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour found this interesting video about the history and background of the humble ramen noodle, so lets watch it -
Hmmm, I'm sort of hungry.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1965 drama De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen, (AKA The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short,) directed by André Delvaux and starring Senne Rouffaer and Beata Tyszkiewicz. The film straddles the fence between reality and illusion – typical of ‘magic realism’. The film was almost and instant art house classic of the '60s that was almost forgotten. André Delvaux had to make the film very cheaply (funding came from the Ministry of Culture, with a boost from Belgian television) and was rewarded with a tirade of abuse from Belgian critics, most of them deriding the very idea that a film might have sophisticated ambitions. It took success abroad to change perceptions of the film at home: it was finally released theatrically in Belgium in March 1967, more than a year after its first showing on television. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and watch The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short.
Upon its initial airing on television in Belgium, the film was overall poorly received by local critics and audiences, who criticized the film for its long-windedness and Beata Tyszkiewicz's performance. After it received wide acclaim internationally over the following year, the film was reappraised by the Belgian press, culminating in being awarded the Grand Prix at the 7th Belgian Film Festival.
Demand Euphoria!
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