Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1944 Slightly Daffy , (with his usual co-hort Porky Pig,) directed by Friz Freleng.
Like Scalp Trouble, this short is seldom shown on American television nowadays due to its stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans.
Our crack staff was doing some research on supercut mashup videos for a future special feature when they came across this mashup of Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge and Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus. So sit back and enjoy -
The songs so seamlessly blended together that it seems like they were written to be together
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 second film of the trilogyabout modern alienation, the 1961 drama, La Notte (The Night), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni ,starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, and Monica Vitti. Unlike many of the films we have seen in this series, at the time of its release in 1961, La Notte received good reviews and was a financial success. One snide comment often made at the time was little happens during the film. Yet the film is not boring. Over the course of a single day and night, a husband and wife begin to recognize the lovelessness of their marriage and the internal and unspoken collapse of their relationship. They are no longer the people they used to be; they are simply pretending. Pretty heady stuff. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this seminal work of cinema, La Notte. So push away from the table, get comfortable (you may want to leave the lights on,) and enjoy the film.
(Don't forget to turn on the CC function, should you need it.)
Rather humorously, the film is referenced to in the end credits of Life of Brian - 'If you have enjoyed this film, why not go and see "La Notte"?'
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