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madeupname452 wrote:Moviedrome is (or "was") a BBC2 series where a cult movie (but what is cult?) was introduced before it was shown. Moviedrome first showed up in 1988 when cult director Alex Cox hosted the introductions (he didn't choose the movies though). Cox hosted Moviedrome (shown every summer) till 1994. In 1997 the show returned from the dead with movies chosen and introduced by Mark Cousins (known for his work at the Edinburgh Film Festival).
foistlastus wrote:Spiderbaby
The spook who sat by the door
Who killed Teddy Bear
AhabsOtherLeg wrote:<...>and Alex Cox made some films of a certain quality himself. They've probably been mentioned, maybe even in your post madeupname452, but "Repo Man" and "Straight To Hell" are undeniable classics. Moviedrome is the only reason I know anything at all about good films - Testsuo, Lair of the White Worm, Jabberwocky, The Reflecting Skin, My Own Private Idaho, Ghosts of the Civil Dead.
If I had not been exposed to these films at a too-young age, I would've had no interest in the craft or beauty of film at all, and would now be able to enjoy most of the films that get released.
Thanks for depriving me of that enjoyment, Alex Cox - it was for the best.
Repo Man and most importantly Straight to Hell are two of my favorite of all time. Cox is doing a fully restored high quality digital transfer of Straight to Hell that's going to look amazingly high quality, not sure when that's going to get released though.
AhabsOtherLeg wrote:The Pogues, the Clash, and Courtney Love all in one film - directed by Alex Cox. A lot of people say it's rubbish, but how could it possibly be, under those circumstances?
A lot of people don't know much about anything, and this is a case in point.
Thanks for the clip. I remember it, but will enjoy it again a lot.
streeb wrote:...Elvis Costello being tortured.
AhabsOtherLeg wrote:streeb wrote:...Elvis Costello being tortured.
That's his default mode, surely?
Happy to see that there is some late night/early morning appreciation of Straight To Hell here. These are the hours, and WE Are The People.
Justdrew, in his posting of the Danny Boy clip, might well have inadvertently ruined the "What Are You Listening To Now?" thread for the foreseeable future, but you can't blame the lad for doing what he thought was right.
EDIT: Okay Justdrew, I give in. You know more about the cast of Straight To Hell than me.
streeb wrote:
...Elvis Costello being tortured.
That's his default mode, surely?
Wictory ees h'mine!
streeb wrote:
streeb wrote:
...Elvis Costello being tortured.
That's his default mode, surely?
Ah, no, you see in Straight to Hell he has other people do it to him. This is Cox's genius.
Wictory ees h'mine!
Not so fast, you forgot Biff Yeager, whoever the fuck he is.
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