Joining me to prove that careless talk costs lives, HeyUGuys writers Craig Skinner and Emily Breen and Brendon Connelly from /Film.
We review the films named above and each champion a long lost film in Ripped from the Crypt – the esoteric movies we love and want to share with you. As always you can see the trailers for the films below.
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Em’s choice – The Red Shoes.
Craig’s pick – The Man from Hong Kong.
Brendon’s crypt ripper – Nothing. – you can see this film at Sci-Fi London next weekend – click here for details.
Jon’s choice – The Abominable Dr. Phibes
And to complement Brendon’s choice here’s the Vincenzo Natali’s short Elevated.
Greetings Jon, Craig, and Emily,,
Listened to your excellent podcast. Thanks for the compliments. One comment re: “racism.” My intention was to put into the mouths of the Australian characters typical stereotypic attitudes towards Asians that were prevalent at the time I wrote the script, which incidentally I wrote under the original title of “YELLOW PERIL”. Irony is a regular undercurrent in my work. I am in fact a multiculturalist, growing up in England at the time of Enoch Powell and his racist pronouncements. My personal attitudes to all things Asian has always been admiring, and I was perhaps ahead of my colleagues at that time. (My latest blog talks about my admiration for HK cinema.) So the racism of the two cops in MFHK was social criticism made palatable to Australian audiences by being sandwiched between chunks of action. Jimmy Wang Yu the Asian hero ultimately proves he is smarter, braver, stronger than his white opponents, and he beds two girls. Kind of reverse Bond. Anyway, my DVD commentary recorded 10 years ago elaborates on this. Thanks very much for your appreciation. And Quentin's. But as far as the major studios are concerned, I remain Hollywood's best kept secret.
Thanks for the plaudits!
bts
Hi Brian
Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to our podcast and to leave a comment.
My mention of the 'racism' was a little off hand and it was not my intention in any way to suggest that the film is racist.
I truly love The Man from Hong Kong and will continue to sing its praises and many of your other films.
Craig
Hi Craig,
I understand you were not being snarky. It's a comment that's been made before by people who have confused irony with philosophy. But you get my intentions.
Thanks,
bts
Explicatory doesn't mean what the Emm thinks it does.
I have one specific scene in mind & you are quite right, expository is what I meant. Appreciate the heads up, I have had a mental block about that phrase all month! Sadly potato or potaato the speech remains as painful however you chose to describe it 🙂
(Now I have Inigo Montoya in my head…)
Thanks for listening,
Em