Month: January 2016

Morel’s Invention [L’invenzione di Morel] (1974)

I’m always amused by those lists of “obscure” Science Fiction films that feature films like Primer and Dark City.  Obscure?  You can find them in most video stores.  To me, “obscure” means films like Decoder, Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea or Morel’s Invention. What makes this Italian movie particularly interesting is that there is no dialogue […]

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Nothing But The Night (1973)

This is one of those rare films where identifying its genre gives away far too much.  Nor is it possible to mention which 1960 movie it strongly resembles without giving away the ending.  Nor, for the same reason, can we reveal which current obsession of modern genre fiction is the film’s deep dark secret! Frustrating, indeed.  Perhaps this is […]

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