I watched that Warhol Frankenstein flick this evening. I'd never heard of it till yesterday. What a cinematic trip. A smattering of Factory escapees make an Italian horror film with German dialogue and unintentional humor. At least I think it was unintentional. The movie has a certain Pasolini feel to it, but given the time and place, I'm not surprised.
Robyn, thanks for this! My sister and I were walking back to our NYC hotel after seeing a Broadway performance of "Born Yesterday" with Edward Asner and Madeline Kahn. I looked across the street and saw Kahn walking home in a trench coat - just another working girl at the end of a long day.
The book is way different from the movie. Frankenstein brings the creature to life in chapter four in what is no more than a couple of pages of exposition.
Well I guess our alfresco lunch plans with the hound are cancelled. Flood advisory just issued and it’s coming down in buckets out there. I guess it’s chicken salad sandwiches & chips instead of TexMex. Drats.
They used to say that everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. Not anymore. Big Oil doesn't complain about the weather. They change it for the worse.
I've been thinking for a while I need to take advantage of all this anti-science grift. Anyone want to start a homeopathic coffee company with me? We'll get the good stuff, made in America (of course), the esteemed Hawaiian Kona. Out investment dollars will go far though, since we will be succussing it and diluting it at least 30-fold. We will sell the homeopathic coffee (water) and drink the fine Kona blend ourselves. I only see upside - nice toned arms from the succussing, fine coffee, and pools of money.
30-fold dilution is nowhere near enough. True homeopathy goes for anywhere from a million-fold to 10-to-the-60th-power fold. It has to be enough that the final cup that you drink contains at most a single molecule of coffee, or less.
Mr. Star reminisces about the days when he was OneOfTheKids and thought about sex all the time. Now when he thinks about wood in the morning it is "what can I finish building today." and I gotta say, he builds a damn fine deck!
I had an English professor who told us that society was obsessed with re-animation at that time, and that a miscarriage that Mary W.S. suffered contributed to the story (poor woman!).
There's a whole industry of scholarship around Shelley's Frankenstein encoding themes relating to miscarriage and abortion. That novel is an endless font of themes and interpretations.
I watched that Warhol Frankenstein flick this evening. I'd never heard of it till yesterday. What a cinematic trip. A smattering of Factory escapees make an Italian horror film with German dialogue and unintentional humor. At least I think it was unintentional. The movie has a certain Pasolini feel to it, but given the time and place, I'm not surprised.
Way cute donut!
Robyn, thanks for this! My sister and I were walking back to our NYC hotel after seeing a Broadway performance of "Born Yesterday" with Edward Asner and Madeline Kahn. I looked across the street and saw Kahn walking home in a trench coat - just another working girl at the end of a long day.
And of course, Young Frankenstein.
If I remember correctly, "Flesh for Frankenstein" and "Andy Warhol’s Blood for Dracula" were both X-rated when they were first released.
I feel this is the best and truest version of Ms. Shelly’s book - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1166038-frankenstein_the_true_story
I actually remember watching that on TV when it was brand-spankin' new!
Same here. Leonard Whiting and Michael Sarazan fighting in the Arctic. That was something!
The book is way different from the movie. Frankenstein brings the creature to life in chapter four in what is no more than a couple of pages of exposition.
This calls for a roll in zuh hay!
Frankenstein is iconic. Bought this print many years ago.
https://substack.com/@bagelsofdoom/note/c-150769505?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1wenwg
I'm not going to scroll through 500 comments to find if anyone posted this, so here it is again if it was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsGjFh1ke44
Irving Berlin was still alive when this became an international hit in 1983. I wonder if he heard it.
"[H]er dad was the philosopher William Godwin, so she had little choice in this matter."
And then someone brought up Nazis, and that ended the argument.
TFG and co. would like to reanimate Ashli Babbitt.
With any luck, they’ll very soon have the chance to try to reanimate Pres. Pedo.
Maybe he can go down there personally and wake her up. I'd happily make the trade.
Alright, gotta go make a couple of calls before darkness falls over on the other side of the planet. Bye.
Well I guess our alfresco lunch plans with the hound are cancelled. Flood advisory just issued and it’s coming down in buckets out there. I guess it’s chicken salad sandwiches & chips instead of TexMex. Drats.
They used to say that everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. Not anymore. Big Oil doesn't complain about the weather. They change it for the worse.
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Hoping for good news for your extended fam.
It's pronounced Frankensteen
Similar to another name that frequently appears in the non-comments.
Froderick?
I've been thinking for a while I need to take advantage of all this anti-science grift. Anyone want to start a homeopathic coffee company with me? We'll get the good stuff, made in America (of course), the esteemed Hawaiian Kona. Out investment dollars will go far though, since we will be succussing it and diluting it at least 30-fold. We will sell the homeopathic coffee (water) and drink the fine Kona blend ourselves. I only see upside - nice toned arms from the succussing, fine coffee, and pools of money.
30-fold dilution is nowhere near enough. True homeopathy goes for anywhere from a million-fold to 10-to-the-60th-power fold. It has to be enough that the final cup that you drink contains at most a single molecule of coffee, or less.
All the Kidsthesedays™ think about is money. When I was a boy, all the Kidsthesedays™ thought about was sex.
Mr. Star reminisces about the days when he was OneOfTheKids and thought about sex all the time. Now when he thinks about wood in the morning it is "what can I finish building today." and I gotta say, he builds a damn fine deck!
Better idea, buy the waste water from decaffeinating coffee. Its got caffeine!
And its totally homeopathic! Might need to filter out any color though.
Heck, you can probably get paid to dispose of it.
This is the MyPillow business model btw. He gets memory foam offcuts that are waste, chops then into cubes and sells it to rubes.
Well, some contract manufacturer does the actual work.
Welcome to the company Chief Business Officer!
What's your cap table look like?
How much runway?
I was going to grind up my sunflower stalks and put them in capsules and sell them as hard dick pills!
Welcome to the company Chief of Product Development!
Tee hee!
There's already lots of those, you need a marketing budget.
I had an English professor who told us that society was obsessed with re-animation at that time, and that a miscarriage that Mary W.S. suffered contributed to the story (poor woman!).
Seems plausible, but I haven't researched it.
There's a whole industry of scholarship around Shelley's Frankenstein encoding themes relating to miscarriage and abortion. That novel is an endless font of themes and interpretations.
Really, the first modern novel, conceptually.