We’re celebrating Halloween early on TC.
Kuroneko is a film that feels older than it is. Shot in 1968, five years after Shindo’s more famous horror movie Onibaba, Kuroneko hearkens back to the more humanistic period pieces and sword-fighting films of the 1950s. Kuroneko is also one of my favorite films. And not just because it has cat demon ladies in it. Though, really, cat demon ladies should be an enormous draw for anyone. Cat demon ladies and ghost cats have been around long before Ju-On / The Grudge or even before Utagawa Kuniyoshi illustrated a sweet party of a lady, two cats dancing with handkerchiefs on their heads and a giant cat monster interrupted by some guy in 1835.
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Keith Allison is the chief Bacchanologist at Teleport City.
#1 by Jason Farrell on October 21, 2015 - 4:02 pm
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#2 by Jason Farrell on October 21, 2015 - 4:07 pm
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Recently caught this late night on TCM with the title THE BLACK CAT and had one of those great responses that all of us Cinematic Marginalia Enthuisasts wait for…”How could I, with all my knowledge and library of guides, have never heard of this one before?'”
We all know that moment
#3 by Jason Farrell on October 21, 2015 - 4:16 pm
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Also, in another one of those weird synchronicities that I always run into here at THE B’S, I just finished the joint MacArthur/Hirohito biography that outlines all the contemporary policitcal issues in the release date background