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Post by james on Feb 5, 2009 10:56:47 GMT -5
This is another example of a post that I wasn't sure where to place. Derrick and Tom talked about the original King Kong in episode 50, but only tangentially to the topic.
Anyway, for anyone in the NYC area interested, Film Forum is screening King Kong on Saturday, February 28th, as part of their (very timely) "Breadlines and Champaign" series of Depression-era movies. Unfortunately, they aren't screening Son of Kong along with it (it is a double bill with another good film, 42nd St, though).
There are some other great movies as part of the Film Forum series, including a favorite of mine, the very bizarre Gabriel Over The White House.
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Post by Derrick on Feb 6, 2009 15:10:56 GMT -5
Yeah, SON OF KONG should be shown on a double bill with KING KONG as it's a direct sequel to the original and a very thought out one. It starts out with Carl Denham broke and dodging process servers as everybody and their mother is suing him for the death and destruction caused by Kong. Which to me is remarkable that the filmmakers would address the issue of the mayhem caused by Kong.
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Post by james on Feb 6, 2009 16:47:46 GMT -5
Son of Kong is one of (many, very many) movies I've read about in Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Video magazine and books and wondered if I'd ever be able to see them. It wasincluded in a box set released around the time of the Peter Jackson remake, but I believe that's out of print.
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Post by Derrick on Feb 6, 2009 17:47:28 GMT -5
Son of Kong is one of (many, very many) movies I've read about in Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Video magazine and books and wondered if I'd ever be able to see them. It wasincluded in a box set released around the time of the Peter Jackson remake, but I believe that's out of print. I don't know if you have cable/satellite but if you do then you might want to start subscribing to Turner Classic Movies. SON OF KONG is shown often there, usually along with KING KONG and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG. In fact I recommend TCM to anybody who's a movie fan. Despite what a lot of people think, TCM doesn't just air movies from the 30's/40's/50's. They also air movies from the 60's/70's/80's and yes, even the 90's. Between TCM, The Independent Film Channel and Fox Movie Channel, I'm a happy camper, especially when it's so dadblasted cold as it has been for the past two weeks here in Brooklyn and I just don't feel like going out of the house unless I have to. |
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Post by james on Feb 6, 2009 18:00:51 GMT -5
Yep, I have TCM, but I am a very recent subscriber. I've been scanning for it, but nothing so far.
Speaking of the 90's, TCM is running Crimson Tide tonight at 1:30 AM. I'm not sure if this is part of TCM's cult movie series or not (it's the right time slot, but, though I like it, I'm not sure Crimson Tide qualifies as a cult movie, at least compared to the usual titles they run in the series). TCM sometimes screens Poltergeist in the morning or afternoon with the occasional profanity intact, which makes me smile. Imagine a prudish "they made movies better back in the old days!" TCM viewer hearing "You look like ****" at 10 in the morning.
IFC is another great channel that shows uncut films I can't see anywhere else. Last Sunday morning I was able to watch Kurosawa's Drunken Angel. Around Halloween they screened most or all of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, which was really cool.
I don't have the Fox Movie Channel, though. I subscribed to cable for TCM, IFC, Boomerang and BBC-America (and I also get a bunch of networks I'm not really interested in, to have access to the four that I want).
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