Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1944 Duck Soup to Nuts , (co-starring Porky Pig,) directed by Robert McKimson.
Daffy mimics Gallic thespian Charles Boyer, who would also be the inspiration for fellow cast mate Pepe Le Pew.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff at ACME loves everything about Supermarionation. So when we rediscovered a fantastic parody of the whole Thunderbird oeuvre by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore from their series Not Only... But Also, we knew that we had to watch with you:
Imagine Gone with the Wind done with the addition of Supermarionation (but I digress ...).
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 1961 romantic drama, Lola, directed by Jacques Demy, and starring Anouk Aimée and Marc Michel. Jacques Demy has referred to his debut film as a tribute to director Max Ophüls. The film has always been referred to as a musical without music. But beneath the gaudy surface artifice and gob-smacking maze of plot contrivance, the film has depth and feeling, that makes it both accessible and profoundly moving.The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this off-beat offering of French New Wave, Lola. So push away from the table, get comfortable, and enjoy the film.
Wong Kar-Wai cited Lola as a primary influence on his film Chungking Express, in inspiring that film's second half.
Demand Euphoria!
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