Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1938 Daffy Duck in Hollywood, directed by Tex Avery.
Wonder Studios is a direct parody of Warner Bros. Even the caption "If it's a good picture, it's a Wonder" parodies the famous marketing slogan.
Your pals at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to place this tidbit in your memory bank, so you may draw upon it whenever you need a spark of joy -
Watch this inspired mashup of a clip from Dirty Dancing and The Muppet Show theme. Enjoy it now. Recall it fondly later.
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 a film no one on the staff was familiar with, the 1958 crime drama Cairo Station (Bab al-Hadid,) directed by Youssef Chahine. Cairo Station is a gripping character study which distinctly combines stark social realism with genre styles. The film is one part social commentary in the vein of Italian neorealism, one part lighthearted comedy, and one part psychosexual horror. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this relatively unknown film, Cairo Station . So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
When the 82-year-old filmmaker died in 2008 he had directed almost fifty features, documentaries, and shorts. His style was eclectic, influenced by everything from Hollywood musicals and horror movies to film noir and Italian neorealism. The great neorealist directors inspired him in much the same way they inspired the great Indian auteur Satyajit Ray, who made his exquisite Apu Trilogy around the same time Chahine was making Cairo Station.
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