•RABBIT HOOD (1948), •PSYCHIC PARROT (1977), •THE WAY THE EAGLE SHITS: AN ESSAY BY AL LEVIN (1975), aka: THE WAY...THE EAGLE...SHITS: AN ESSAY BY AL LEVIN; THE WAY...THE EAGLE...(EXPLETIVE DELETED): AN ESSAY BY AL LEVIN, •BANANAS (1971), <<<ELECTION SPECIAL!!!

 

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•RABBIT HOOD (1948),

While unwittingly trespassing in the royal gardens in search of carrots, BUGS BUNNY runs afoul of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who tries to apprehend him for poaching. The royal grounds are, in fact, amply posted with "No Poaching" signs (one reads "Not even an egg"), but BUGS either didn't see or ignored them. Of course, BUGS sets out to endlessly turn the tables on the hapless sheriff, at one point talking him into building a six-room Tudor home in the middle of the King's gardens. The dueling pair are periodically interrupted by a fat, dopey Little John who proclaims, each time he appears, "Don't you worry never fear, Robin Hood will soon be here". In the end, the merriest of merry men does appear and it's...it's...oh, see it yourself. Bugs goes in disguise as the King, who then knights the Sheriff ("Arise, Sir Loin of Beef..."). Merrie Melodies. Prod Co: Warner Brothers Cartoons. Director, CHARLES M. JONES; animators, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan ; music, CARL STALLING. Voice characterisations, MEL BLANC. Color; Sound; 8 minutes. NFVLS

 

 

 

•MR MONEY (1979),

Hilarious '70s projection of a future that came all too quickly - ATM automation in banking. What happens when you automate the officiousness of mercantile bureaucracy? You get a paternalistic, Totalitarian ATM. Mr. Money is a talking automatic-teller machine with quite a personality - giving each customer what he considers they deserve! Dir: Shevard Goldstein, Prod: Karen O. Lund, Prod Co: M.T.I. Teleprograms. 4 mins. ALC.

 

 

•PSYCHIC PARROT (1977), 

The Psychic Parrot, always unerringly correct, predicts the imminent (Friday, midnight) destruction of planet Earth. The President decides to send a rocket to the moon with a selected group of people on board so that the human race will survive.  Across the globe, all the silvertails panic & jump ship, heading for the Moon (where they belong! Good riddance!). The build-up and drama in the days preceding the final events are dutifully reported by television and received by kooky couple Henrietta (Alix Elias) and Fred (Michael Vale), who await the final moment, and, perhaps, their just desserts. Prod Co: Parrot Productions. Jeffrey Schon; Rhoden Streeter; Prod/Dir: Derek Lamb. 20 mins. ALC.

 

 

 

•THE WAY THE EAGLE SHITS: AN ESSAY BY AL LEVIN (1975),

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THE WAY...THE EAGLE...(EXPLETIVE DELETED): AN ESSAY BY AL LEVIN

Brilliantly scathing satirical expozay of the Capitalist ethos & Multinationalism, with magnificent use of found footage. A dynamite film-essay by journalist, Mike Levin. 11 mins. ALC

 

 

 

•GIANTLAND (1933),

MICKEY MOUSE tells a crowd of orphans a version of Jack & the Beanstalk in which he plays the leading role, taking on Rumplewatt - King of the Giants, Prince of the Tyrants. Mickey casts himself as Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk. He starts with the climbing of the beanstalk; after evading the giant a few times, he ends up inside a cheese sandwich, and then in the giant's mouth, where he ultimately grabs onto a pipe and gets pulled out by the giant. In the ensuing chase, Mickey launches a pepper bomb to slow the giant down, then outruns him coming down the beanstalk and sets the stalk on fire. [Not to be confused with Mickey and the Beanstalk - which came in 1947]. A fun cartoon full of action and gags. One prime gag is the giant looking at a newspaper, which says "EXTRA ... GIANTS WIN." There is top quality animation in several scenes - Mickey riding a giant butterfly to the castle after he climbs the beanstalk; Mickey in the giant's mouth - trying to avoid being swallowed, and the giant chasing Mickey and falling, pulling much of the scenery down with him into the huge hole he makes with the fall. Dir: Bert [THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933)] Gillett. Prod: WALT DISNEY. Cast: MARCELLITE GARNER 7 mins. ALC

 

 

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•BANANAS (1971),

 

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Once again, Woody Allen casts himself as a neurotic, unlucky in love, New Yorker, the alter ego this time being Fielding Melish, a products tester (read, human guinea pig) for a large corporation. He meets and falls for a pretty political activist, Nancy, but when she ends their relationship, he heads for San Marcos, a country under fascist rule, that Nancy vehemently protested against. Once there, he becomes embellished in various political plots, as the State, and the rebels, battle for control of the country.

 

Ostensibly, 'Bananas' appears to be screwball, absurdist political satire. There's a wonderful opening sequence in which Howard Cosell presents an episode of Wide World of Sports, live from San Marcos, covering the assassination of the president, paving the way for fascist rule. For a satirical swipe at the media's tendency to trivialise politics by presenting them as entertainment, it's hard to think of a more memorable or effective example. Cosell even attempts to interview the felled President after he's been shot!

 

There's also a priceless gag regarding the CIA sending soldiers to fight on both sides, because 'The American Government is taking no chances.' We also have a rebel leader who, upon commanding his troops to a successful military coup, announces himself as the new dictator and announces the new national language as 'Swedish',  insisting everyone change their underwear on the hour.

 

This is one of Woody Allen's earliest films -which should rank with the all-time greatest comedies. Although it was made back when the trial of The Chicago Seven was still fresh and Tobacco was still advertised on television, Bananas is timeless and still topical: J. Edgar Hoover in drag; the CIA sending US troops to fight on both sides of a revolution because they are afraid of being on the wrong side. One can usually recall a few scenes from a good movie, but Bananas is one of those great movies which one can replay in the mind from beginning to end. (Bananas is neatly bracketed at the beginning and end by Howard Cossell playing himself in bizarre Wide World of Sports coverages.)

 

The movie doesn't really have a point . . . except maybe that maniacal dictators are crazy, dangerous and should be driven from power . .. or maybe that freedom is worth fighting for . . . or maybe that some causes are worth laying down your life for. Obviously, there's relevance in all of that for us, today. Or maybe the whole point of this movie could simply be that Woody Allen knows how to make people laugh. "So long suckers!"

 

Trivia: Woody Allen said he made a conscious decision not to show any blood to maintain the light, farcical tone of the film. Howard Cosell was allowed to improvise most of his part. The rebels' anthem is the same one used in Sleeper (1973). In an interview, Woody Allen was asked why he named the movie "Bananas". His response: "Because there are no bananas in it." The film was originally titled "El Weirdo". Dir: WOODY ALLEN. Wr: WOODY ALLEN, Mickey Rose. Cast: WOODY ALLEN, LOUISE LASSER, CARLOS MONTALBÁN, HOWARD COSELL, ALLEN GARFIELD, DANNY DEVITO (uncredited), SYLVESTER STALLONE (uncredited). MPAA: Rated PG-13 for comic sexuality, including some pin-up nudity, some drug use and crude language. 82 mins. NFVLS

 

 

 

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