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| | | | | Spring of 1979. A new, post-Star Wars, R-rated science fiction movie was in theatrical release, and it is to my great regret that, as then-12 year old kid, I didn't see it in those days. Don't get me wrong; I really really wanted to see it. ^ This was my first real 'viewing' of ALIEN;... | |
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| | | | | Part of the appeal of horror films - which is underappreciated, I think - is their capacity to evoke the sublime. This is a curious and complex emotion. It's a mixture of fear and fascination. It involves feeling simultaneously nervous or threatened by some perceptual phenomenon - because of its vastness or power - and... | |
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| | | Heroes have been at the center of fiction since the beginning of storytelling. The hero's journey as defined by mythologist Joseph Campbell, is universal and lends itself to tales in every culture. Naturally, cinema has not been immune from those heroic tales always with a male conquering the beast. While we have been treated to... | ||