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Monday, March 11, 2024

"Flash Gordon" (1980) Trailer. New 4K Restoration

 



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"Flash Gordon" (1980) 
New Trailer for 4K Version

A campy tour de force Sci-Fi film with stunning visuals and top notch acting of all involved (even Sam J. Jone's flawless "dumb football jock" works in the fabric of the film.)

(then check out "The Flash Gordon" music video by Queen, who also contributed some brilliant music (with synths!) to the film (The Space Capsule, and its variation The Love Theme is/are one of my favorite pieces of soundtrack music I have ever heard.
You can very easily find the Queen "Flash Gordon" video on YouTube



"The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai" (Across the 8th Dimension) [1984]

 


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"The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai"
(Across the 8th Dimension)
[1984]

Its almost impossible to pin down the "genre" of this film, which makes it stand out among most other films. John Carpenter's "Big Trouble In Little China"  [1986]  has a very similar vibe, and rumors have been floating around for 4 decades that "Big Trouble" was originally intended as a sequal to "Buckaroo." It makes perfect sense, however; all film makers and writers involved have always denied this. So its fun to contemplate, but who knows what the ultimate truth is.
 


"The Fearless Vampire Killers" by Roman Polanski "Rivers" scene.





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"The Fearless Vampire Killers"
a film by Roman Polanski (1967)
The "Rivers" scene.

Any die hard Skinny Puppy fan will recognize this monologue from their song on their "Rabies" album (1989) called "Rivers."

In what looked like their final album (there were actually several more to come) The album "Last Rites" (1992) has the sequel to "Rivers" called "Rivers End" which is a minimalized tragic sounding version with absolutely no movie or tv dialogue snippets and live drums.

 

"Prince Of Darkness" a film by John Carpenter (1987)







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"Prince Of Darkness" 
a film by John Carpenter (1987)




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