'moviedrome' strand on bbc2 - in fond memory

[Orang Utan]

What, not tv & films?

Yes!

 

[rutabowa]

Mubi is like the modern Moviedrome (except they don't talk about them)

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Yes!

I don’t understand. Where else would it go? It is about both tv and films.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don’t understand. Where else would it go? It is about both tv and films.

That's where I wanted it to go. Thanks!

 

[Pickman's model]

so you want it to stay in the same place.

 

[Orang Utan]

I am pleased it has been moved to here.

 

[Pickman's model]

this morning it was in books tv and films
this evening it is books tv and films

 

[Orang Utan]

Good.

 

[Orang Utan]

Managed to source a few dvds, so am gonna catch up proper with the 1988 series this month, then crack on next month with the 1989 series.
Last week I watched The Parallax View. Excellent 70s paranoid conspiracy thriller with a surprisingly good Warren Beatty being set up as a patsy by a sinister shadowy organisation that is allegedly recruiting hit men. Often viewed as part of a trilogy with All The President's Men and Klute. Not sure why though, apart from them all being directed by Alan J Pakula - Klute is a better film but doesn't have much to do with the other two, thematically.

 

[andysays]

On Pakula’s Paranoia Trilogy

Alan J. Pakula’s “Paranoia” Trilogy finds its three films united through a similar sense of mood and theme rather than a serialized story. Starting with 1971’s Klute, then The Parallax View in 1974, and concluding in 1976 with All The President’s Men, the trio of films weave a palpable atmosphere of unease—often through the prism of political underpinnings—while following a protagonist’s dangerous journey through an realm of suspense and intrigue.

Although Klute situates itself firmly within the detective genre, the following films would inhabit specific arenas within the political thriller—escalating in scope each time—that address themes of grand conspiracy while suffocating the viewer in an atmosphere of dread.

 

[Orang Utan]

Diva is a stinker - don't bother!

 

[mwgdrwg]

I've still got the 2 Moviedrome books that you could send away for!

Absolutely loved it.

 

[Pickman's model]

used to see alex cox on demonstrations

 

[Reno]

I always treasured a VHS I taped off Moviedrome of The Wicker Man which was the longer cut, you couldn't see it anywhere else till the DVD came out.

I never shared much in common with Alex Cox's tastes. He dissed a lot of the films which I liked the best, definitely had not a shred of a camp sensibility. Mark Cousins was closer to my tastes.

Looking at the list of films now, for a series of cult films, a lot of the stuff was a bit unadventurous and mainstream but I suppose that has to do with what was available to them. Tastes have also changed and restorations of cult classics for DVD/BD have made a lot of films better known, which then barely were known at all. For proper cult cinema you had to go to the Scala.

 

[DexterTCN]

All the intros are on youtube, they're great.

 

[Orang Utan]

I always treasured a VHS I taped off Moviedrome of The Wicker Man which was the longer cut, you couldn't see it anywhere else till the DVD came out.

I never shared much in common with Alex Cox's tastes. He dissed a lot of the films which I liked the best, definitely had not a shred of a camp sensibility. Mark Cousins was closer to my tastes.

Looking at the list of films now, for a series of cult films, a lot of the stuff was a bit unadventurous and mainstream but I suppose that has to do with what was available to them. Tastes have also changed and restorations of cult classics for DVD/BD have made a lot of films better known, which then barely were known at all. For proper cult cinema you had to go to the Scala.

In London!
The Hyde Park Cinema in Leeds was and still is great for 'cult' cinema.

 

[Orang Utan]

Razorback up next! Expecting great things from the director of Highlander and those fancy Duran Duran yacht videos

 

[Reno]

In London!
The Hyde Park Cinema in Leeds was and still is great for 'cult' cinema.

I wouldn’t know but now there is so much available to watch at home anyway. I was talking about the 80s and they showed films there I’ve never even heard about since. Weirdest film I saw at the Scala (or probably ever) was The Worm Eaters, a 70s exploitation film made by a man with a fetish for women eating real, living, wriggling worms. And he probably had a niche interest all on his own there. Beat that with your cinema !

 

[Orang Utan]

Razorback up next! Expecting great things from the director of Highlander and those fancy Duran Duran yacht videos

Razorback was surprisingly fun. Ridiculous art direction and cinematography - all dry ice and coloured lighting - for what is really just an Ozploitation movie about a man-eating pig

 

[krtek a houby]

Razorback was surprisingly fun. Ridiculous art direction and cinematography - all dry ice and coloured lighting - for what is really just an Ozploitation movie about a man-eating pig

Loved it, and it was a Moviedrome night that first introduced me to that gem. Not sure if AC had this one in the series, I think it was a Screen 2 presentation but still love it...

Watched again in on Youtube a few years back but think it's been pulled.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Razorback was surprisingly fun. Ridiculous art direction and cinematography - all dry ice and coloured lighting - for what is really just an Ozploitation movie about a man-eating pig

Razorback was great fun...

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I've still got the 2 Moviedrome books that you could send away for!

You can download season 1 & 2 guides here: Alex Cox | Free Downloads

I also recommend his 1978 version of 10,000 WAYS TO DIE book which is totally different to the one that was published years later (which was more of a spaghetti western film guide)

This website has been defunct for years, but these downloads remain available...

 

[belboid]

Want to support Alex Cox's final movie? Go on, you know you want to.



I am seriously considering getting my name on a tombstone

 

[DaveCinzano]

I am seriously considering getting my name on a tombstone

Be quick if you haven't - there's only two slots left!

 

[belboid]

Be quick if you haven't - there's only two slots left!

ooh, I must have inspired people then - there were 5 when I booked mine!

I hope I only did it once.....