Friday 25 February 2011

Mission Statement: 2




Where else was I going to see Knightriders, Carnival Of Souls, Grim Prairie Tales, Tracks and Walker? Will any of these films ever be shown on TV again? I guess with the advent of dvds  it now means its pretty cheap to release films now and you can usually get hold of these lost cult classics quite easily now, but back then I'd try and cram 4 Moviedrome movies onto 1VHS  taped in Long Play. I can still remember the first time I saw Rabid as of many on this list and its no coincidence that 2 of my top 3 films of all time are on this list (Mishima and Performance)...Thank you Fantastic Mr Cox.

Moviedrome 1991-1993:  BBC2

At Close Range
Badlands
The Beguiled
The Big Combo
The Big Knife
Bird
Cape Fear
Carnival Of Souls
Carrie
China Town
Cry Baby
Dark Man
The Day Of The Locust
Dead Ringers
Les Diaboliques
Django
The Dualists
Escape from Alcatraz
Escape From New York
F For Fake
Face To Face
Gothic
Grim Prairie Tales
Hells Angels On Wheels
The Hill
House Of Games
Inserts
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Junior Bonner
Knightriders
Lenny
Lolita
The Long Riders
Mad Max 2
A Man Escaped
Manhunter
Mishima
The Music Lovers
The Navigator
Performance
Play Misty For Me
The Prowler
Rabid
Rebel Without A Cause
Requiescant
Romance Of A Horse Thief
Run Of The Arrow
The Serpent And The Rainbow
Solaris
Something Wild
The Spiders Stratagem
To Sleep with Anger
Tracks
200 Motels
Vamp
Verboten!
Walker
Weekend
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
Wise Blood
Witchfinder General

What a list.

Homework: Get yourself a Love Film account and work your way through the2 Moviedrome lists.

Further Reading:

10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western: Alex Cox

X-Films: True Confessions Of A Radical Filmmaker: Alex Cox

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