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The supporting players also look tired and run down, and Sid Caeser's presence is offensive even without his constant references to "Chinks!" (One bright spot: this would be one of the last times a major motion picture would portray Asians so insultingly ... or, for that matter, star a non-Asian as one!).
It was a really old and very used VHS, I had no information about this movie, but I liked the references listed on its cover: the names of Peter Bogdanovich, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter and specially Dorothy Stratten attracted me, the price was very low and I decided to risk and buy it.
All the "based on a true story/historical references" aside, there's no excuse for such bad acting.
Plenty of laughs and plenty of authentic baseball scenes with real ballplayers and real references to past Bosox failures.
Bell, Book and Candle was one of the great pop culture phenomena of the mid-twentieth century, very similar to the phenoms we see today (back in the 70's - more than ten years later - there were still endless references to this film).
There are references to many horror films, such as the wicker man.
Not to mention Gregory Hines, Burt Reynolds, the Sleepy Joe character and the whole mortuary and grave digger references.
He has a way of connecting references from routines early in the show to his later routines.
It is the most intelligent work of fiction since Paradise Lost and references many great past works of art- Dante, Iron Maiden, Virgil, Shakespeare.
It is full of popculture references and celebrity cameos and most of them are very well executed.
There's gobs of cowboy hats, pickup trucks, neon beer signs, and references to big belt-buckles and rodeos.
This is coming from a 21 year old who had never before seen silent comedy, and I must say that no matter how much of the period-specific references you actually get (I didn't, apparently), you will not be bored by this movie.
There is lots of action in the ladies bathroom and references as to private parts of guys.
I'll admit my jaw dropped when the pork chops and watermelon references started rolling in, but people cannot look at this movie as a stereotypical or racist piece.
A masterpiece, filled with references to classic movies, from CASABLANCA to Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS.
(Excellent references) I loved the duel between Vader and Luke which is the best of the saga.
dirtiest part of this movie was when it made references to the New York Yankees.
There are also references to folk in minuscule roles, extras and walk ons having extra sensory perceptions of what is going on in the film, showing the badness that has been unleashed spreading and able to almost infect others.
It contains a lot of references, metaphors and symbols in the dense amount of material, especially with a running time of 9 minutes.
Everyone has already commented on the cinematography (good to great), the personalities (larger than life), the structure (chronological, with many references to surf culture through time).
In the movie several references are made in subtly to Blade runner, but one of the most obvious is the fact the Cain 607 and his unit are all genetic constructs, breed to be expendable warriors.
It's mostly a campy fare with as many bad horror movie references in it such as the rioting mob or the fleeing heroine who trips and stumbles on her heels.
But if you are a rap fan, even a casual one, you will love the inside jokes and references.
Lucci and Barbara Steele's portrait in 'Black Sunday' were used as references for the Catherine portraits which were immediately withdrawn by Armourae.
Many references are made to the cost of things, and those comparisons to today's costs are pretty amazing.
Not rated,but contains that infamous nude swimming scene & some thinly veiled sexual references, which would fare little more than a PG-13 by today's standards (but would have easily landed the dreaded 'X',back in the 30's,if it existed then)
They filmed a pilot for a television series to feature the busty babe in black but unfortunately the sit-com never made it past the pilot stage due to it's sexual references.
All references to marijuana were replaced with "diamonds".
The similarities to David Lynch (who is even quoted literally by the presence of red curtains in the film) and the novels of Franz Kafka (the house keeper in this film is called Mrs. Grubach, as is the one in Der Prozess...) are clearly present but in this case are accompanied by clear references to the colonial past of Belgium in Africa.
There are few if any references to specific Japanese culture and great for Anime novices to watch and enjoy.
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