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[7 - No tomorrow]

Anyone seen this?
Furious Cinema '70 - '77 - Harvard Film Archive

Dark Star
Directed by John Carpenter. With Dan O’Bannon, Brian Narelle,
Cal Kuniholm
US 1975, 35mm, color, 83 min

“Hello, bomb? Snap out of it, bomb.”

Begun as a USC student project by director John Carpenter(Halloween, The Thing) and writer Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Total Recall), Dark Star was then expanded to feature length, along with a corresponding increase of the budget, from $14 to $39. But look past the cheap (but quite clever) SFX and you’ll find one of the greatest existential science-fiction satires ever made.

Four miserable men fly around the universe fulfilling an inexplicable bureaucratic assignment, to blow up certain uninhabited planets. Sadly, after nineteen successful bomb runs, the crew turns on one another, the “alien” breaks loose, the toilet paper runs out, and bomb number 20 develops an attitude and refuses to follow orders.

 

[george mcfly]

Anyone seen this?
Furious Cinema '70 - '77 - Harvard Film Archive

Dark Star
Directed by John Carpenter. With Dan O’Bannon, Brian Narelle,
Cal Kuniholm
US 1975, 35mm, color, 83 min

“Hello, bomb? Snap out of it, bomb.”

Begun as a USC student project by director John Carpenter(Halloween, The Thing) and writer Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Total Recall), Dark Star was then expanded to feature length, along with a corresponding increase of the budget, from $14 to $39. But look past the cheap (but quite clever) SFX and you’ll find one of the greatest existential science-fiction satires ever made.

Four miserable men fly around the universe fulfilling an inexplicable bureaucratic assignment, to blow up certain uninhabited planets. Sadly, after nineteen successful bomb runs, the crew turns on one another, the “alien” breaks loose, the toilet paper runs out, and bomb number 20 develops an attitude and refuses to follow orders.

Yeah, it's definitely worth a look. Carpenter's first film and it has lots of innovation. It's fun picking out the films that it has influenced or that refer back to it.

 

[pete]

Anyone seen this?
Furious Cinema '70 - '77 - Harvard Film Archive

Dark Star
Directed by John Carpenter. With Dan O’Bannon, Brian Narelle,
Cal Kuniholm
US 1975, 35mm, color, 83 min

“Hello, bomb? Snap out of it, bomb.”

Begun as a USC student project by director John Carpenter(Halloween, The Thing) and writer Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Total Recall), Dark Star was then expanded to feature length, along with a corresponding increase of the budget, from $14 to $39. But look past the cheap (but quite clever) SFX and you’ll find one of the greatest existential science-fiction satires ever made.

Four miserable men fly around the universe fulfilling an inexplicable bureaucratic assignment, to blow up certain uninhabited planets. Sadly, after nineteen successful bomb runs, the crew turns on one another, the “alien” breaks loose, the toilet paper runs out, and bomb number 20 develops an attitude and refuses to follow orders.

yeah it's good. the alien's SFX are pretty... special. definitely of its time

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[therealjohnny]

Dark Star has one the best endings in any film ever too.


I just watched the Blood on Satan's Claw for the first time. Wow. That sure was something.

 

[ann post]

Anyone seen this?
Furious Cinema '70 - '77 - Harvard Film Archive

Dark Star
Directed by John Carpenter. With Dan O’Bannon, Brian Narelle,
Cal Kuniholm
US 1975, 35mm, color, 83 min

“Hello, bomb? Snap out of it, bomb.”

Begun as a USC student project by director John Carpenter(Halloween, The Thing) and writer Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Total Recall), Dark Star was then expanded to feature length, along with a corresponding increase of the budget, from $14 to $39. But look past the cheap (but quite clever) SFX and you’ll find one of the greatest existential science-fiction satires ever made.

Four miserable men fly around the universe fulfilling an inexplicable bureaucratic assignment, to blow up certain uninhabited planets. Sadly, after nineteen successful bomb runs, the crew turns on one another, the “alien” breaks loose, the toilet paper runs out, and bomb number 20 develops an attitude and refuses to follow orders.

yes, once when i was younger and hazier. i had a flashback to it and got sorta frustrated trying to find out what it was to the point that i mailed 'an expert' who had no idea. stumbled into it in a wikipedia hole last winter. I love it. watched about 6 times now. REAL FILM MAKING.

and the computer voice. phwwoooarrr.

 

[nooleen]

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[george mcfly]

Dark Star has one the best endings in any film ever too.


I just watched the Blood on Satan's Claw for the first time. Wow. That sure was something.

I love that film so much.

GIVE ME MY SKIN

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

There is like a goddamn plethora of think pieces on the Fast Furious franchise online this past day or two
I love it!

I Don't Have Friends—I Got a Franchise: Growing Up Fast and Furious

Should You See It? A Curious Consumer’s Decision-Making Guide to ‘Furious 7’ «

 

[therealjohnny]

Just back from Blade Runner at the cinema. Just great.

Got this in HMV before the film started. Now I'm worried I've spent too much.
Oh well

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[george mcfly]

Just back from Blade Runner at the cinema. Just great.

Got this in HMV before the film started. Now I'm worried I've spent too much.
Oh well

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Aw man, that's well worth the worry!
One of the best Giallo scores ever

 

[george mcfly]

You should try pick up 'Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Fucking nothing on this weekend

Ex Machina opens limited, which means I'd have to go to NY to see it.

I hate that shit

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Ex Machina opens limited, which means I'd have to go to NY to see it.

I hate that shit

Definitely worth it. A solid 8/10 pushing 9/10

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Definitely worth it. A solid 8/10 pushing 9/10

I'll wait til next weekend when it goes wide.
Still, it irks me.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Lost River and Force Majeure out in my local this weekend. WIll be catching both of these.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Force Majeure

Ooh, good reminder.

I think that's on Netflix now.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I haven't read one good thing about the Gosling one though.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I haven't read one good thing about the Gosling one though.

Haven't read any good reviews but some nerds on a horror film group on facebook said it's a laugh

 

[therealjohnny]

I would love this soundtrack on vinyl--with this artwork but unfortunately it looks like it has been shelved

Death Waltz Recording Co. Teams Up With Hammer Films for Soundtrack Reissues of 'The Devil Rides Out' and 'Twins of Evil'

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it's available for about $40 on ebay on CD--which doesn't appeal at all


There is also this(!) Featuring Bernie Nolan and a lad from The Easybeats

The Devil Rides Out Musical Website
http://www.thedevilridesoutmusical.com/mp3 files/01 The Devil Rides Out.mp3

 

[george mcfly]

Lost River and Force Majeure out in my local this weekend. WIll be catching both of these.

Really looking forward to Lost River. Going to catch it this weekend. I've been listening to the score all week.