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Savant offers a couple of rewarding websites to check out. John McElwee's Greenbriar Picture Shows has a great entry (August 9) on Howard Hawks' The Thing from Another World including some great pub art images, and a nice nod to Ted Newsom, who wrote an often-cribbed original article on the movie for Cinefantastique back in 1982.
Tom Sutpen, on his incomparable blogsite If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats has posted a chilling short film from 1973 called Television Delivers People that itself delivers a kick comparable to the best of Philip K. Dick and Peter Watkins ... it's Marshall McLuhan elevated to sinister levels of mind control. It's a "just the facts" litany from filmmakers Richard Serra and Carlotta Fay Schoolman. To find it you need to scroll down a bit to August 8, past some of ICPWAGTBAWLODC's dynamite cultural images.
Finally, helpful pal Gary Teetzel offers a tip on a real rarity, for readers who mark their calendars months ahead for oddball film opportunities. The movie is the largely unseen and forgotten The Devil with Hitler, reportedly a crazy and somewhat rude movie made in 1942. Check out the description, cast and other details at the IMDB entry for The Devil with Hitler. TCM (Turner Classic Movies) is listing it on their schedule for October 2.
Posted by DVD Savant at August 11, 2006 03:14 PM