BIB1: I'd actually forgotten that he directed that! I was never much of an MJ fan anyway and Thriller just sort of passed me by at the time.
BIB2: I was trying to think about how things "trended" (is that a word?) in the days before the internet. I was into fandom from about 1979 and would regularly meet up with like-minded people, so I guess word got round within the fandom circle about particular films/TV shows - but in the general world? I dunno. I think maybe we've all got so used to the internet age and everything being talked about by everyone (with internet access anyway), it's hard to remember a time when people just chatted about stuff (face to face! :eek::D) with people they knew, but not with the world in general.
Btw, I had a look on Youtube to see if there were any clips from Film 81 reviewing the film, but no luck.
I love the notion of a 'fandom circle'. Everyone I know personally views my enthusiasm certain aspects of pop culture with general disinterest.
Well I, like so many people first saw it on video. Don't recall the motivation for renting it but remember quite vividly the unease of playing in the woods at the back of my garden after viewing it. I was already a nervous child, not sure why my parents aloud me to indulge in watching horror films in my spare time. :p
How great to find this thread - on my list of top ten favourite movies.
Amazing how to those who have watched it - the dialogue and soundtrack have passed into common usage!
My OH and I whenever we are in the countryside and find an old looking pub, immediately say *uh oh the Slaughtered Lamb" and a conversation then carries on about not straying from the path etc
How great to find this thread - on my list of top ten favourite movies.
Amazing how to those who have watched it - the dialogue and soundtrack have passed into common usage!
My OH and I whenever we are in the countryside and find an old looking pub, immediately say *uh oh the Slaughtered Lamb" and a conversation then carries on about not straying from the path etc
I got this on blu-ray and realised I know every single line of dialogue.
I really enjoy Elmer Bernstein's score, especially the strangely rhapsodic piano at the beginning as they are walking down the hill into East Proctor in the twilight; and the little sequence around Piccadilly Circus before the second transformation in the cinema.
At the beginning of the film they joke and keep saying Knock Knock, Who's there, who..no say knock knock..knock knock...no who's there, who ..and so on
"Perhaps you'd like to watch telly while I take a shower ?"
Erm...nope !
I know, I would love to be a patient in that hospital.Jenny Agutter just meets him,he's clearly unbalanced and she invites him back home,and wastes no time.The actor who played him comments on this on the commentary.That scenario was every guy's fantasy.
At the beginning of the film they joke and keep saying Knock Knock, Who's there, who..no say knock knock..knock knock...no who's there, who ..and so on
Yeah I love that scene, they say on the commentary that that was all adlibbed.
Just watched this film last night for the first time in about 5 years and forgot how great it is. It really is a fantastic film and for anyone who hasn't seen it I highly recommend you do.
It is probably my favourite film of the last 30 years, almost every scene is a classic, particularly the transformation and the part in the train station. It also has Rik Mayall in it:). Any other Werewolf Of London fans.
Watched An American Werewolf in London many times it's always been a great film.
You promised never to do this sort of thing again!
I never promised any such thing!!
Not you, you twit, her...
I've never seen you before in my life!!
Oh... sorry
I saw some of it when I was young and it seemed very good. I would like to see it again at some point. From what I remember it was slow paced but very intriguing.
I love it when he tries to find something on tv of a saturday afternoon , 3 channels and all sh*t . It's such a great portrayal of London , the punks on the tube , the newspaper seller hovering over the Doctor as he reads the paper , all sorts of little details , its just great .
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You can all stop posting in the thread and glare at me for a while now.
Yeah, but who's going to sing the songs?
You.... made.... me ....miss.
I love the notion of a 'fandom circle'. Everyone I know personally views my enthusiasm certain aspects of pop culture with general disinterest.
Well I, like so many people first saw it on video. Don't recall the motivation for renting it but remember quite vividly the unease of playing in the woods at the back of my garden after viewing it. I was already a nervous child, not sure why my parents aloud me to indulge in watching horror films in my spare time. :p
Amazing how to those who have watched it - the dialogue and soundtrack have passed into common usage!
My OH and I whenever we are in the countryside and find an old looking pub, immediately say *uh oh the Slaughtered Lamb" and a conversation then carries on about not straying from the path etc
I love it, it is one of the best films ever imo.
where to next ?
The Ducks Breath
lol
"No, but he was on the moors"
"whatever happens" "It's my fault".
I really enjoy Elmer Bernstein's score, especially the strangely rhapsodic piano at the beginning as they are walking down the hill into East Proctor in the twilight; and the little sequence around Piccadilly Circus before the second transformation in the cinema.
Erm...nope !
I know, I would love to be a patient in that hospital.Jenny Agutter just meets him,he's clearly unbalanced and she invites him back home,and wastes no time.The actor who played him comments on this on the commentary.That scenario was every guy's fantasy.
Yeah I love that scene, they say on the commentary that that was all adlibbed.
Watched An American Werewolf in London many times it's always been a great film.
I never promised any such thing!!
Not you, you twit, her...
I've never seen you before in my life!!
Oh... sorry
David - "good movie!"
Jack - "uh-huh"
yeah.... "ee must be a real right maniac, this one!"
or was it "ee must be a real right maniac, this fella!"
It's sometimes difficult remembering every line from a film....
I shall report this