Movies

Mad Love (1935) This was my choice for family movie night. Another classic I have read about all my life but never seen until now. We were astonished at how much was packed into this short film, a masterpiece of expressionist qrotesquerie. It just snaps right along with one thing after another. Lorre as the deranged hand-transplanting surgeon is amazing, and I especially enjoyed the visual contrast between the Caligariesque setting of his private clinic and the gleaming and elaborate modern medical devices. A superior effort in every way 10/10

Then back to work:

The Satan Bug (1965) Expensive biological warfare thriller, with the deadliest virus ever created stolen from a secret desert lab. Nicely filmed in Panavision, which made good use of the horizontal desert setting. Proceeds at an orderly pace without getting too exciting. 5/10

Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) Dreadful exploitation flick that I sat through to see the kind of crap a guy had to endure just to see some footage of gals with no shirts on. These crappy nudies seem to fall back on having a narrator of some sort, faking up a near-plot to provide the "redeeming social value" required to keep it from being classified as obscene. One really long hour. 1/10