chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (02/09/84)
I was with a group of people the other night, and we got into the following
discussion. It was so much fun I thought I'd clog the net with it for a
while and see what came out. The question is:
If you ran a movie house and could schedule the movies you showed, what
double features would you run (we assume a revival/art house, of course).
To get things started, here are some obvious (to me) ones:
Harold and Maude/King of Hearts
King of Hearts/Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now/Sands of Iwo Jima
Rollerball/Slapshot
39 Steps (hitchcock)/39 Steps (latest remake)
Rocky Horror Picture Show/Phantom of the Paradise
Star Trek II: TWOK/Mutiny on the Bounty
Dark Star/Alien
The idea is to put together double features of films that relate to each
other in some way, either film style, content, etc... Movies that show
extreme differences in viewpoint of the same subject can make real
interesting doublets (such as the two Apocalypse Now doublets).
C'mon folks, put on the old thinking caps and try to be original. You don't
necessarily need to explain why they go together, but if it's an extremely
obscure joining, you might want to explain (we might want to disagree with
you, too...)
chuq
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- The Teachings of Ebenezum, V. IIIbch@unc.UUCP (Byron Howes ) (02/11/84)
This *is* a fun game! How about: The Wizard of Oz/Star Wars IV (similar story elements) The Wages of Fear/Sorcerer (remake) Peter Pan/E.T. The Seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven Apocalypse Now/The Wizard of Oz (gotcha!) -- "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Byron Howes UNC - Chapel Hill (decvax!mcnc!unc!bch)
giw@browngr.UUCP (Jerry Weil) (02/12/84)
Here's some thoughts for 'interesting' pairs:
Eraserhead/Liquid Sky (oooh, scary)
Polyester/Tootsie (who makes a better woman?)
Plan 9 From Outer Space/Horror Hotel (I hope someone has heard of the latter,
since no one around here has)
A Boy and His Dog/Road Warrior
A Boy and His Dog/Dawn of the Dead
Metropolis/Star Warsmw@brunix.UUCP (Mason Woo) (02/13/84)
I love Chuqui's new topic. I'm not going to provide any explanations, but most of the connections should be obvious. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs / Murmur of the Heart Nashville / Manhattan Lovesick / Simon (same director--okay, so it's an explanation) Melvin and Howard / The Bicycle Thief Fiddler on the Roof / Yentl Tootsie / Yentl Rock and Roll High School / Fast Times at Ridgemont High Zelig / Modern Times Dr. Strangelove / WarGames and so on. Mason Woo brunix!mw
keesan@bbncca.ARPA (Morris Keesan) (02/13/84)
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I've been trying for years to get some of the local repertory houses to
schedules such double bills as
The Seven Samurai (original Japanese title translates as "The Magnificent
Seven")/The Magnificent Seven
Rashomon/The Outrage("Western" remake of Rashomon)
Yojimbo/whichever Clint Eastwood spaghetti western was based on Yojimbo
Other interesting double bills:
Sword of Doom/Star Wars (some astonishing parallels here)
Star Wars/The Wizard of Oz (also some amusing parallels -- when the good
guys impersonate storm troopers just after they arrive at the Death Star, I
can't help thinking of the cowardly Lion dressed up as one of the Wicked
Witch's guards, trying to hide his tail. And in Remake of the Jedi, the
Ewooks are clearly munchkin-substitutes.)
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Morris M. Keesan
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keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPAdbb@fluke.UUCP (02/14/84)
Here's one I've sought for a long time:
Fantasia / Allegro Non Troppo
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and several butchers aprons.
Dave Bartley John Fluke Mfg Co, Inc Everett,WA 98206 USA
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#R:nsc:-62100:uokvax:3900017:000:329 uokvax!jab Feb 13 23:02:00 1984 I would air Young Frankenstein/Frankenstein Andy Warhol's Dracula/Love at First Bite War of the Worlds/E.T. Westside Story/GrossXXXXXGrease The rationale on the first three should be obvious. The reasoning for the last is to pair one of the most well-made musicals with one of the worst. Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL
jgd@ih1ap.UUCP (pp) (02/16/84)
How about The seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven/Seven Brides for Seven Brothers :-) Jerry Donovan AT&T Technologies ih1ap!jgd
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (02/17/84)
How about: Eraserhead/E.T. After all, didn't the baby in Eraserhead grow up to play E.T.? -- Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway oh, god, I'm so depressed... Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
gh@utai.UUCP (Graeme Hirst) (02/17/84)
>> Sword of Doom/Star Wars (some astonishing parallels here) >> Star Wars/The Wizard of Oz (also some amusing parallels) OK, how about Star Wars/Excalibur to emphasize just how strongly Star Wars is based on the Arthurian legends. The parallel between Merlin and Obiwan is especially clear in Excalibur. Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto utcsrgv!utai!gh gh@toronto -- \\\\ Graeme Hirst Brown University Computer Science //// xxx!brunix!gh gh.brown@csnet-relay xxx = {allegra, brandeis, burdvax, cornell, decvax, foxvax1, ihnp4, linus, rayssd, utah-cs, vax135, yale-comix}
peter@hp-pcd.UUCP (02/29/84)
How about....
Jaws / Shoes of a Fisherman
or
Jaws / Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Peter Robinson
Hewlett-Packard PCD
Corvallis, OR
(hp-pcd!peter)falk@uiucuxc.UUCP (03/02/84)
#R:nsc:-62100:uiucuxc:31100003:000:117 uiucuxc!falk Mar 1 15:55:00 1984 One of my favorite pairings would be: Casablanca opposite Play It Again, Sam Connie UofI (uiucdcs\!uiucdcs\!falk)