Great day in the morning! We’ve made it to episode 400! How did this happen? They said we’d never do it. They said we were crazy. They said we would burn out and fade away. They said that a cabal of hamster people secretly run the government. They said investing in knock-off Beanie Babies was a sound financial move. They said dying my body hair bright blue would be a wise move. I’m beginning to think I shouldn’t listen to “them” anymore. But here we are, at our quatercentenaryth anniversary! Thank you all for listening, reading, commenting, lurking silently, whatever. Just thank you. For this terribly special episode, we’ve decided to discuss a movie that, while foolishly dismissed by many, for such trivial reasons as “poor quality,” “insanely low budget,” “completely irrational story” and other such trivialities, we here at Max, Mike; Movies know which movies have truly influenced the entire cinematic world . . . or at least, you know, us. We’ve referenced this movie, we’ve quoted this movie, so now, we’re going to actually address Phil Tucker’s masterpiece magnum opus movie that he finished: “Robot Monster.” Thank you, Phil Tucker, for teaching us how to live like the hu-man, to laugh like the hu-man . . . again. Give a listen!
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For years I would have chosen Fritz Lang, Orson Welles or (Surprise1) Werner Herzog as my favourite director but after some thought I think, at least for now, I will say F.W. Murnau. I have seen a few of his 12 surviving films and they are all just amazing and ground breaking. I can only imagine what he would have done had he not been killed in a car accident. Some of his films seem far too advanced for the silent film era and they still look amazing today.
Happy 400th!
Ok, color me surprised! Not sure I’ve seen any Murnau but if he’s enough to turn you head from Werner H., he’s worth checking out. Thanks, Vince, and thanks for the kind words. And, of course, thanks for sticking with us on this voyage.
What am I SAYING?! Of course I’ve seen one Murnau film! He’s the guy who brought us the original “Nosferatu”! Duh! Brain am no thinky good.
1) OMG, I can’t say how many times I have tried to subscribe to get notifications if anyone posts or responds here and suddenly today… I got notified!
I love Nosferatu but some of his other films are better preserved and just look amazing and he gets such incredible performances despite the lack of sound, or maybe because of it.