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My movie year (not yet)

I still haven't seen much, or at least nothing to even mention. Meanwhile, new stuff continues to pile up, some of it looking at first glance to be supremely bizarre. I wonder how easy people would find the movie quiz if I used films like these:

Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos AKA Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles (Mexico - 2002), directed by Ignacio Ortiz. I knew nothing about this odd blend of fantasy and history, and after reading this synopsis at imdb, I may know even less: "Arcangel gets a message from his brother telling that their father is very sick. Arcangel and his son travel to hometown, the familiy house looks abandoned, only Isabel, a misterious [sic] old woman, is there. His father and brother are dead for so many years. Tranquilino, the grand grand father looked at the eyes of the coyote, since then the horror of a crime and the hell of being unable to sleep will chase them. Teresa is pregnant. Arcangel knows that a curse is coming. 'It's said that only love can save them from disgrace, but that's crap. Love doesn't exist.'"

Still, with moments in the film like the following, maybe the above does make sense after all:

And if that isn't weird enough for you . . .

Oily Maniac (1976 - Hong Kong), produced by The Shaw Brothers. If you're in the mood for action-packed lunacy, you can hardly go wrong with anything by The Shaw Brothers. I don't have to see anything but the title to know that this one will be a laff riot. The reviewer for Hong Kong Digital described the title character as "a charred and melted version of the Michelin Tire man" who can't change into his alter ego without a barrel of oil to drench himself in. His powers then are pretty much limited to oozing down drains and making a mess. But like all good movie monsters, he loves the pretty ladies.

Posted by Steve Monaco at October 5, 2007 2:47 PM

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