Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1945 Ain't That Ducky, directed by Friz Freleng.
Victor Moore did the voice of the hunter in this cartoon for free. When approached by Friz Freleng, he was shown a caricature of him as the hunter. Moore replied, "I love it, if you'd just put more hair on my head."
Before the start of our feature presentation, join the staff while they sit back, turn off all the lights and watch this amazing set of videos before they are taken down -
A group of artists worked together virtually to create a colorfully psychedelic AI-generated music video for the iconic 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon.
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 quiet 1962 drama, An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no Aji), directed by the Japanese master Yasujirô Ozu, and starring Shima Iwashita, Chishû Ryû, Keiji Sada, and Mariko Okada. The film was Ozu's last film; he died the following year on the day he turned 60. It was considered a masterpiece when released. In some ways, the film is considered a remake of his film Late Spring. In both films, the director's favorite actor, Chishû Ryû, plays a widower trying to persuade his adult daughter to get married. As in many of the director's works, there is a formal stillness to the film; There is not a single camera movement in the entire film. The film is frequently listed on many 'greatest film' lists. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching An Autumn Afternoon. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The placement of the alcoholic drinks may be taken as an early example of product placement. Every bottle has at least half of its label facing the camera, making it possible recognize the brands e.g the star on the beer bottle labels, the Johnny Walker bottle, the bottles on the shelves in the bar. There are also two large Suntory signs on the bar wall. The name of the bar - Tory's Bar - could be a reference to Tory's Whisky, released after the Second World War. However, the different drinks are made/ imported by two rival companies - Suntory (e.g. whisky) and Sapporo (e.g. the beer). The placement is unlikely to be due to any commercial sponsorship and is more likely to be an indication of Ozu's vision of the characters and their drinking habits.
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