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12-18-2007, 05:20 PM
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Thanks. It's one of those movies I've watched a lot and really thought about. As someone who's both bipolar and of gypsy descent it's unavoidable.
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12-25-2007, 08:30 AM
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Before Larry Talbot becomes the Wolf Man, he is already, in a sense, the Wolf Man. He doesn't much care who Gwen Conliffe is. He uses devious tricks to try to pressure her into going on a date with him, despite her protests; when she finally acquiesces, it's mainly for the purpose of breaking the news to him that she's engaged, but he's not the least bit concerned with that. Talbot is a likable guy but animalistic from the start, and he is the only Universal monster doomed to suffer a curse mainly because he wanted to get laid.
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12-27-2007, 10:06 AM
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It's like in Dante or Ovid. Things aspire toward their true nature and nature aspires to bring out the truth in people. Try as they might to fight off nature, nature wins out. The Wolf Man is in a sense more modern than the other Universal movies, because Larry isn't a lunatic, a deviant or a foreigner. They in fact point out that he's been in America. So, his humanity and his Americanness are inescapable. It's sort of American machismo that makes him so gauche with Gwen. All his noble upbringing doesn't matter a whit on account of his cowboy demeanor. Later on, he tries to outdo Gwen's fiancee at the shooting gallery, but can't shoot the wolf. With all the posturing that the shooting game presents, he's stunned by his primal manhood. Sophistication doesn't work for him. The question sort of becomes "is it more tragic that a wolf is forced to wear clothes and walk upright or is it more tragic that a man can become an animal"? I think it's wonderful that during war time a movie is made about whether we can reconcile our civilized and uncivilized selves. During war, we have the gun, we're out the shooting gallery and yet our bestial nature is staring us right in the face. The intent was probably not quite so deep, but the poetics are there.
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12-28-2007, 09:22 PM
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No. I really should read his books. I'd love to find his autobiography.
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12-29-2007, 02:27 AM
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I also have to go with creature from the black lagoon
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12-30-2007, 05:58 AM
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Dracula was elegant and somewhat courtly in his approach; Frankenstein's monster was violent but never knew his own strength; the Mummy was just plain persistent.
But the Lagoon Creature, now that's a vicious fellow, with those claw paws. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that Fish Guy! NAPOLEON. Does the Creature have LARGE TALONS? FARMER. I don't understand a word you just said!
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12-31-2007, 12:15 PM
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I always assumed that the webbing between the fingers was also sharp.
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