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  Son of Dracula 1974

  ★★ Watched by Conchobarre 19 Jun 2022

  Letterboxd Season Challenge (2020-2021)
  Week: 32 Jukebox Musical Week

  Somewhat of a black sheep in the musical world, jukebox musicals have their place...for tourists. Wanna make a musical but know fuck all about writing music? Just retrofit some songs into the plot of your movie and you're golden!
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  Harry Nilsson plays the Son of Dracula, destined to be king of the supernatural world, or whatever. Ringo Star is Merlin the Magician, really into astrology. It also features John Bonham…

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  Black Christmas 1974

  ★★★★ Watched by Conchobarre 17 Jun 2022 3

  Letterboxd Season Challenge (2020-2021)
  Week 15: Holiday films week
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  This is the first slasher film or so they say, yet the murderous deed is mostly off-screen, sometimes over a telephone. I like that we don't have to see the knife go in. For me it's more impactful.

  I'll re-watch this, it's worth many re-watches. Olivia Hussey is great and I love the brown 70s vibe. Although it's mostly women being killed it doesn't come across as punishment as in many slashers from just a tad later.

  I really like Sally Jane Black's review - check it out: letterboxd.com/fuchsiadyke/film/black-christmas/

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  Along the Coast 1958

  ★★★★½ Watched by Conchobarre 21 Dec 2020 2

  This short by Agnes Varda about the French Riviera has got to be the coolest, most artistic tourist advertisement ever. And it works too. I now desperately want to go to 1958 Cannes.

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  Zazie dans le Métro 1960

  ★★★★½ Watched by Conchobarre 25 Mar 2020 10

  Looney Tunes x Tati x fun Godard + Demy's parrot + je ne sais quoi = Zanzie dans le Metro. It's completely bonkers and unrelenting. Surely it's the pinnacle of whatever the hell it is.

  Pauline Kael said it was a big hit in France and a miss in the US. It's 'almost demonic in its inventiveness' and one critic said 'there's something not quite innocent or healthy' about it. There's definitely a disconcerting, unwholesome undercurrent and I can't decide…