Tag: The Movie Channel
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Vintage Cable Box: “The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956”
“Sorry we were gone so long, but we had to pick up Hank!” The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956 (James Stewart), Paramount Pictures In what may have been (for the time) the boldest examination of American exceptionalism and “xenophobia” (though I hate to bandy that term in the wake of overuse), The Man Who…
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Vintage Cable Box: Boarding School, 1978
“You look like a strong boy. Do you think you could help me with my luggage when we arrive?” Boarding School, 1978 (Nastassja Kinski), Atlantic Releasing The first image of 1978’s Boarding School (renamed from the more snooty The Passion Flower Hotel for smutty U.S. audiences) shows a young woman’s flaccid, flat nipple slowly becoming…
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“Brimstone & Treacle, 1982”
“Almighty God, dear gentle father in heaven who sees all and knows all and loves all for the little sparrow falling in the sky.” Brimstone & Treacle, 1982 (Sting), United Artists The Movie Channel was a cineaste’s dream, upon starting in the early seventies, it quickly gained a reputation for showing foreign films, obscure and…
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Vintage Cable Box: “Easy Money, 1983”
An eleven-year-old in the year of Our Lord, 1984. Hankins Drive in Lebanon, Tennessee. It was our first cable box. At first glance, a non-descript metal contraption with a rotary dial and unlimited potential (with no brand name – weird). We flipped it on, and the first thing we noticed was that the reception was…
Misadventures in Blissville 