Do you like hardcore slashers?

Give it a chance. It’s streaming on Netflix presently and it’s actually pretty damn good. It’s memorably brutal and had a much larger sense of scope than you’d expect.

This story has stayed in the back of my mind for years now. It’s a truly disturbing series of events. I think she is likely mentally ill as well, though that doesn’t mean she isn’t culpable for her actions. What is her defense supposed to be? Why didn’t she cop a plea?

So, you agree that Fahrenheit 451 is not about censorship, then? Beause that’s what the author thought. The author is very regularly unaware of the meaning of a text, especially when it reflects portions of him/herself that s/he doesn’t fully understand. Making art can be therapeutic.

How do people identify with O-Dog, or Scarface, or Tyler Durden, or Alex (from A Clockwork Orange)?

The film is very much antisemitic, but that doesn’t mean that Carpenter is an antisemite. He simply tapped into Western culture’s high watertable of antisemitism. It’s a long-standing cultural meme that also presents itself in a large number - if not a majority - of 9/11 conspiracies, as well as the 99%er rhetoric.…

Oh, totally. I think it would be pretty hard to argue otherwise. But since we’re investigating perceived prejudice within the film, I figured it as worth pointing out another part of this issue, if only to quickly dismiss it.

I haven’t watched the movie in a few years, but I don’t remember any specific racial coding in regards to the Latino and Black characters. You could make a damn good argument that the film is unduly mean to Southern Redneck types, but with the exception of scientist’s slideshow in the opening act - where there is…

This is a well-written piece, but I wholly disagree with the conclusion.

The director is a convicted pedophile who spent time in jail after molesting a 14-year old boy on the set of his first film. He also appears to be a *reformed* pedophile who channels his personal problems into art. The Creeper is most certainly a projection of Slava’s personal demons. I would even argue that the…

Jeepers Creepers 2 is a wonderful case study on the Male Gaze. It just so happens that Victor Salva’s male’s gaze is a pedophilic, gay male gaze. Very interesting film on that level.

Zac has had serious issues with cocaine.

Fair point, but doesn’t your claim that Solondz’s films are only about the White characters discount the stellar work of, for example, Robert Wisdom in Storytelling and Michael K Williams in Life During Wartime? In essence, aren’t your ignoring PoC and issues of race in the same way that you’re claiming Solondz does?

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Well, it’s also very often a *critique* of these people, specifically in regards to race. In fact, very large portions of several of his films are entirely about the subject of white privilege. But then, I’m guessing you’ve sat throw maybe one of his films. And perhaps didn’t finish it.

I was talking to my racist uncle ‘Mike,’ who grew up as a Jew in the deep South. I’ve heard stories from my mother of having rocks thrown at her head. The Klan marched through town. That kinda thing.

During one discussion, where he was explaining that Trayvon Martin was clearly a criminal because he had once been…

Go Lindsey Rosin! Hell of a writer and a great lady too.

Well... it is a fairy tale.

Look, I try to be a good feminist and ally and sincerely consider the effects of my male privilege many times a day, every day.

Bat Out of Hell was written as a musical about Peter Pan in the future, or something like that.

Actually, in the late-80s, early-90s, Steinman wrote the book and songs for a Batman musical after the Burton film broke box office records. I don't think it ever saw the light of day, but you can hear some of the songs…

He recorded a duet version for Bat Out of Hell III. It's not very good. But the song is definitely written for a man.