1978 Archive

  • As far as cultural impact goes, the TV movie is dead. It’s hard to imagine a time when this wasn’t so – TV’s content restrictions and inability to command the […]

    Someone’s Watching Me!

    As far as cultural impact goes, the TV movie is dead. It’s hard to imagine a time when this wasn’t so – TV’s content restrictions and inability to command the […]

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  • Cultural dullards love to compare horror to pornography – that is, two forms of media entirely predicated on physical reactions1. The irony is that pornography, even in these days of […]

    Halloween

    Cultural dullards love to compare horror to pornography – that is, two forms of media entirely predicated on physical reactions1. The irony is that pornography, even in these days of […]

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  • Brian De Palma loves pulp. And though he leans on certain tricks of the trade (e.g., split-screen and slow motion; a restless camera and a male gaze), he uses them […]

    The Fury

    Brian De Palma loves pulp. And though he leans on certain tricks of the trade (e.g., split-screen and slow motion; a restless camera and a male gaze), he uses them […]

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  • Alex Chilton was to Chris Bell as Lennon was to McCartney. He put a kink in Bell’s gift for bangle and build. And there is no substitute for mystique: Big […]

    Big Star – Third

    Alex Chilton was to Chris Bell as Lennon was to McCartney. He put a kink in Bell’s gift for bangle and build. And there is no substitute for mystique: Big […]

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  • Parallel Lines has character. As a girl from the city hooked on pop music in 1978, Debbie Harry is spot-on. She’s got spunk. She’s got flash. She’s a hard shell […]

    Blondie – Parallel Lines

    Parallel Lines has character. As a girl from the city hooked on pop music in 1978, Debbie Harry is spot-on. She’s got spunk. She’s got flash. She’s a hard shell […]

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  • Tense and sweet, Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter seeks to be his own invincible god without having to confront any unforeseen circumstance. Until he can put aside ego and say […]

    The Deer Hunter

    Tense and sweet, Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter seeks to be his own invincible god without having to confront any unforeseen circumstance. Until he can put aside ego and say […]

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