Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery.
This cartoon marks the first appearance of Daffy Duck, although he was not named until Daffy Duck & Egghead
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to watch with you one of our favorite personalities, Puddles Pity Party's cover of Dreaming.
People always ask us why we like Puddles as much as we do. My answer is: Why don't you?
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 1977 drama Last Chants for a Slow Dance, directed by Jon Jost and starring Tom Blair, Wayne Crouse, and Jessica St. John. Last Chants for a Slow Dance was an independent film (basically a road movie.), apparently made for under $5,000, that had some initial success when it was first released. This is a film none of us had ever seen and we are split on our feelings about it. The film is quite bleak and the ending is about as terrifying as anything any of us have every seen. I will not give you the usual line about sitting back and enjoying the film this time. we will ask you to join us in watching Last Chants for a Slow Dance and see how you feel about it.
Alright, now that you've seen the film, our consensus is that the director Jon Jost’s highly original technique and Tom Blair’s riveting performance makes Last Chants for a Slow Dance one of the most powerful and provocative psychological profiles of a motiveless killer to be found on film
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