dha is the catalog!

Matthew Wilson diakopter at gmail.com
Wed May 29 21:37:32 PDT 2013


Do they cross the line from self-homage to self-parody and back?

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On May 29, 2013, at 9:25 PM, "David H. Adler" <dha at panix.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 02:52:26PM -0700, John Haugeland wrote:
>> 
>> Also, his bad movies are actually really good.  They're like movies that
>> someone was dared to make.  Give them a chance.  It's not like we're
>> talking about Hammer Films here.  :)  If you think Plan 9 from Outer Space
>> is the worst movie of all time, I recommend a good solid showing of Legend
>> of the Seven Golden Vampires, or other unrelated classics like Attack of
>> the Killer Tomatoes Part 3 and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD.
> 
> I had an argument once with a friend who taught film about Ed Wood being
> an auteur. I claimed he was, as his films had a clear stylistic and
> thematic consistency. He claimed he wasn't because his films were awful.
> 
> And, my lord, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was bad enough. They made
> THREE of them?
> 
> dha
> 
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