'Out Of Gas'
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Giving the double feature question some thought...
In the meanwhile. My beloved Bartleby got seriously poked in the eye with a big, fat stick by his best buddy, Bob, in the park this morning. He was immediately bewildered and all squinty-eyed, then came to cower at my feet, begging me to wrap him up in my protective arms while he shook off the pain and confusion.
Exactly how I feel, having just finished watching Earthsea.
owowowow. Make it stop.
Any dream double features you would put together?
Spinal Tap and Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.
Is Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years funny?
Any dream double features you would put together?
A friend of mine and I have had movie nights with double features on several occasions. Let me think of some.
We had Blade Runner and Brazil. as two classic sci-fi flicks we hadn't seen.
We had The Usual Suspects and 28 Days Later, as...I don't know why we paired them together.
We did American Splendor and School of Rock one night.
I think we did Being John Malkovich and Fight Club together.
I'm blanking on any others.
Any dream double features you would put together?
I like the thought of watching Underworld and Van Helsing one after the other. Or maybe I just want some of the costumes.
Is Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years funny?
To me, yes. The entire movie seems like an extended version of Spinal Tap.
I hosted a double-feature night with those two movies, and friends of mine who had never heard of Decline Part II couldn't believe it was an real documentary.
Any dream double features you would put together?
I actually did this once during the mid-'80s (dorm government, entertainment for those of us on campus during Thanksgiving break). I chose Captain Blood and My Favorite Year -- the real Errol Flynn and the fictionalized version.
I'm not sure if I'd choose the same movies today, but I'd keep the same general idea. Maybe Bombshell and The Seven-Year Itch, for a blonde bombshell theme.
Any dream double features you would put together?
We did a triple bill of BOUND, SHALLOW GRAVE and BLOOD SIMPLE, in that order, once at a VT ski house.
I used to do double-bills all the time with one friend, but when we get together now we're lucky to make it through one movie (these days we're actually going through Buffy and Angel from start to finish). Unfortunately, most of those went hand in hand with a lot of drinking, so the memory, she is hazy.
Ooh, I love the fictional/real thing with the Spinal Tap/Decline and Favorite Year/Captiain Blood combos.
Hmmm.
Out of the Past and The Last Seduction would make a good pair of films. Evolution of the femme fatale archetype over the ages.
The Big Lebowski and Something Wild. A pair of fish-out-of-water comedy with different kinds of wackiness.
The Virgin Spring and The Limey start off on the same premise--a father vent on avenging his daughter's murder--and go to different directions. The former may be too grim though, depending on the taste of the group.