Friday night, I had a nostalgically powerful moment. I caught a few moments of the 1976 remake of King Kong on television; specifically a scene that had a powerful effect on me when I saw it as a child. The Dude, Mrs. Sam Shepherd, the poor man's Andy Rooney, and Clayton Endicott III happen upon the natives of Skull Island performing a pre-sacrifice ceremony. The tribe's leader does an oddly sexual dance while wearing a creepy ape mask. When the chief spots the white people, specifically the shapely blond, he offers seven of "his" women in exchange for her. I think that did some weird things to me in regards to gender relations.
But I realized: Despite a mild lifelong fascination with apes (this and this come to mind), I've never seen the original, 1933 King Kong. Truly bizarre; it has been moved to the top of my Netflix queue. And here's an interesting exercise that's further whetted my appetite: Someone made a modern-style film trailer out of the original footage:
Not far behind on the queue is the 2005 remake, which I heard is self-indulgent, but I think it's worth a try; some time ago, I found myself transfixed by a muted TV showing a scene from it (Adrien Brody blasting giant bugs) while waiting on line at a Best Buy.
This, though, I can skip. Not entirely sure what's happening here…
2 comments:
I’d passion to ascertain that too!
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شركة مكافحة النمل الاسود بالرياض
شركة تنظيف مكاتب بالرياض
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شركة تنظيف بيارات شمال الرياض
شركة تنظيف بيارات غرب الرياض
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شركة شفط بيارات شرق الرياض
شركة شفط بيارات شمال الرياض
شركة شفط بيارات غرب الرياض
شركة شفط بيارات جنوب الرياض
شركة تنظيف قصور شرق الرياض
شركة تنظيف قصور شمال الرياض
شركة تنظيف قصور غرب الرياض
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