The horror... the horror ...
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Screen Shrapnel // 1100-1200 02.10.10
the horror... the horror ...
The horror...the horror... No, I'm not talking about Elizabeth Berkley's acting in “Showgirls”, that's brilliant. I'm talking about the primordial horror that is Joe Dante's “The Hole”, the gruesome horror that is Adam Green's “Frozen”, and the artistic horror that is “Peepli [Live]”. All three are reviewed on this week’s show.
As well as this pre-Halloween fright-fest, we’re also discussing the aforementioned Ms. Berkley and the horror show that was the critical mauling that greeted her 1995 feature starring debut “Showgirls”. The winner of eight Razzie awards, including the ignominious worst film of the decade award (only L. Ron Hubbard adaptation “Battlefield Earth” has won more), Paul Verhoeven’s Las Vegas set extravaganza is perhaps the most misunderstood film in cinema history. On this week’s show one Shrapnel member defends its honour, arguing that it’s one of the great satires of the American Dream and the Star-is-Born films that perpetuate its myth.
Have a listen and join Graham and Jamie as they enter the heart of darkness.
Posted at 13:28, 2nd October 2010
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