Bitter Cinema on Tumblr

A sister site, if you will… a bit easier to update and post for the time being. This particular site is not dead by a long shot, but longer form thrills and chills may not be on hand for the foreseeable future, and even then, the subject matter and main thrust of the site may be something completely different than what’s been here for more than eight years. We shall see, won’t we?

But, if you’ve liked the grab-bag aesthetic of pics, movie posters, odd juxtapositions, check out http://bittercinema.tumblr.com. Maybe you’ll even like some of it…

Der Verlorene

Cover of the pressbook for Der Verlorene

Cover of the pressbook for Peter Lorre’s first and only directing  job (and return to German cinema) , Der Verlorene. The film was also based on a novel Lorre himself wrote. After the movie bombed in West Germany, Lorre was despondent and thereafter strictly did movies for the paycheck.

Via Vade Retro Me Satana

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Senses of Cinema


Naked England

Now, for something completely mondo…  “Legalized Drugging… The Strippers Moral Tutor… nude psychotherapy… Trepanation… Masochist’s Delight… Nazi Restaurant… Women’s Wreastling…” Only in England, backed by the cool jerk sounds of  Piero Piccioni, some tunes seemingly borrowed from Fumo di Londra (great soundtrack!).

For the curious, some excerpts can be found on YouTube: here, here, here, and here (in beautiful Italian).

The Naked and the Dead

I like how Aldo Ray breaks the fourth wall after downing a beer: “You remember the book, now here’s the picture.”

The movie’s not as good as the book (and I like the book and Mailer a lot), but there’s a lot going for the movie too: Raoul Walsh, Bernard Herrmann, Aldo Ray, L.Q. Jones. Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr.

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Bright Lights Film Journal

An interview with screenwriter Paul Gregory

Biting Bullwhip Fury!

Naked In Sun

Apparently, the first production of Florida’s first movie studio.

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