“Surely Anybody Can Understand That”: WALKABOUT “I can’t make it any simpler,” says the white girl. (And, yes, her character’s name is “white girl,” according to the end credits.) She’s talking to the black boy. (And similarly, “black boy” is…
DVD Review: STALKER (1979)
Stalker (1979) Directed by Andrei TarkovskyWritten by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, based on their story “Roadside Picnic”Starring Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, Alissa Freindlikh, Natasha Abramova, F. Yurna, E. Kostin, R. Rendi For his innovative low-tech science fiction film Stalker (1979),…
VHS Review: THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL (1976)
THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL (1976)–Directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel. Stars Bruce Kimmel, Cindy Williams, Diana Canova, Stephen Nathan. SOUTH PARK fans would probably love this funny yet surprisingly sweet parody of both Busby Berkeley-type musicals and porno films.…