Midnight Madness Blog

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Filtered by Topic: Politics

I wanted to wait until after seeing Acolytes before discussing Not Quite Hollywood (NQH) so that I could discuss both of them in regards to Australian film culture in general. I must admit, I knew little to nothing about “Oz” film (other than what Quentin Tarantino told me) so it was interesting to see the films from the past two nights, and hear the discussions that followed. In this blogger’s opinion, both NQH and Acolytes were fun films,...

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Japanese society has evolved in leaps in bounds since the end of World War II (arguably more than most nations). It has gone from a culture based strictly on tradition with very few outside influences, to one of the world’s most robust economic powerhouses with American influences proliferating. Being only able to speculate, I believe this transformation has never been fully accepted by mainstream Japanese society, and in many ways is still being dealt with. For better or worse, American influence will not be leaving Japan anytime...

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Horror as a Political Platform
MORE COMMENTARY AND EXCLUSIVE VIDEO ON LAST NIGHT'S SCREENING FROM DARRYL SHAW! What really disturbs and inspires modern horror directors? Surely they've been desensitized by the over saturation of violence in our culture, correct? Well, they should be! Anyhow, once you get used to the massive amounts of dyed Karo syrup and foam latex body parts, the only way to keep yourself motivated to sustain bone chilling horror is to take a quick look around and soak in what's really really wrong with the world... Besides the fact that you're lavishly exploiting situations of human torment (Hey! You're here aren't you?...

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