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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 439268" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Don's Party (1976)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]58902[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The <em>Ice Storm</em> meets <em>Number 96</em>, a salacious suburban comedy drama centred around a 1969 Labor vs. Liberal election party.</p><p>Naturally I had hoped to watch an Abigail's Party Downunder but that's not exactly what it is. Not that a film needs to <em>be</em> what I expect it to be.</p><p>The political aspect kinda disappears further into the background as the story continuous, making way for boozed up seventies-swingers histrionics.</p><p>Since it's all so exaggerated from the very beginning it never gets the chance to become entertainingly awkward, and I even wondered why these people were friends or associates in the first place. I could also argue that the scenery is a bit crowded.</p><p>It ends in tears and physical fights and without the intentional comedic chaos this could have been a real cracker. Parody is great, satire is great, but a combination thereof usually falls between two stools.</p><p></p><p>Mildly entertaining with a variety of horrible characters, and perhaps it had a certain bite at the time of release especially if these actors were considered household names (and they probably were).</p><p>I recognised John Hargreaves from the terrific film <em>Long Weekend</em> (1978) and all the others probably have starred or guest-starred in one of the Australian TV series we used to watch.</p><p>It was one of those seventies things that I desperately wanted to see so I guess I'm Don and dusted now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My overactive imagination <em>was</em> the reason for me to watch horror at a young age. Not that it never backfired but somehow I could never resist it.</p><p></p><p>This is new to me.</p><p></p><p>Story-wise there was no reason to continue but 80s horror was very enthusiastic about the new kind of special effects and finding out how much they could do with it.</p><p>Like Final Destination it's all about characters getting killed in cartoonish but nevertheless gruesome ways, stuff that the "standard" slashers couldn't do.</p><p></p><p>For all its cheating I will say that Elm Street has the edge of inescapable dread. I mean, it is humanly possible <em>not</em> to visit Camp Crystal Lake but it's not possible to stay awake forever.</p><p></p><p>For a moment I thought you were talking about the pointless remake from 2010 so I looked it up to be sure.</p><p>I have watched all the sequels but I've never heard of this movie-within-a-movie version. I wonder if it's something like <em>Shadow Of The Vampire</em> (2000) about the making of the original <em>Nosferatu</em> film. I watched that recently and realised that John Malkovich irritates me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 439268, member: 8"] Don's Party (1976) [ATTACH type="full"]58902[/ATTACH] The [I]Ice Storm[/I] meets [I]Number 96[/I], a salacious suburban comedy drama centred around a 1969 Labor vs. Liberal election party. Naturally I had hoped to watch an Abigail's Party Downunder but that's not exactly what it is. Not that a film needs to [I]be[/I] what I expect it to be. The political aspect kinda disappears further into the background as the story continuous, making way for boozed up seventies-swingers histrionics. Since it's all so exaggerated from the very beginning it never gets the chance to become entertainingly awkward, and I even wondered why these people were friends or associates in the first place. I could also argue that the scenery is a bit crowded. It ends in tears and physical fights and without the intentional comedic chaos this could have been a real cracker. Parody is great, satire is great, but a combination thereof usually falls between two stools. Mildly entertaining with a variety of horrible characters, and perhaps it had a certain bite at the time of release especially if these actors were considered household names (and they probably were). I recognised John Hargreaves from the terrific film [I]Long Weekend[/I] (1978) and all the others probably have starred or guest-starred in one of the Australian TV series we used to watch. It was one of those seventies things that I desperately wanted to see so I guess I'm Don and dusted now. My overactive imagination [I]was[/I] the reason for me to watch horror at a young age. Not that it never backfired but somehow I could never resist it. This is new to me. Story-wise there was no reason to continue but 80s horror was very enthusiastic about the new kind of special effects and finding out how much they could do with it. Like Final Destination it's all about characters getting killed in cartoonish but nevertheless gruesome ways, stuff that the "standard" slashers couldn't do. For all its cheating I will say that Elm Street has the edge of inescapable dread. I mean, it is humanly possible [I]not[/I] to visit Camp Crystal Lake but it's not possible to stay awake forever. For a moment I thought you were talking about the pointless remake from 2010 so I looked it up to be sure. I have watched all the sequels but I've never heard of this movie-within-a-movie version. I wonder if it's something like [I]Shadow Of The Vampire[/I] (2000) about the making of the original [I]Nosferatu[/I] film. I watched that recently and realised that John Malkovich irritates me. [/QUOTE]
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